I'm PB — 24, born in Ahmedabad, painting a life in America one plot twist at a time. Two heartbreaks, one fashion degree, and a white canvas I'm still figuring out how to fill. This is all the stuff I didn't filter out.
Thrifting in Williamsburg during a 96-degree August heatwave, I found a silk slip dress cut from an old sari and had a small crisis about sustainability and diaspora.
The sunset from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade in late August turned the whole skyline gold, and for once I put my phone down and just watched Manhattan glow.
The 6 train at 7AM is usually all elbows and silence, until a woman got on at 33rd Street carrying marigolds that smelled exactly like my nani's puja room.
Old Bollywood scripts, for the drama
A sunset worth running home for
Marigolds from my mom's garden
The Brooklyn Bridge, eventually
Born and raised in Ahmedabad, India. I moved to the States at 16 with my family — everything I knew left behind for a world I'd only seen in Bollywood movies.
Now I'm 24, with a Fashion Design degree, living in New York and working in the fashion industry. The drama, the twists, the climax my life holds — I could direct a whole comedy out of it.
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