Features
At age 7, my daughter has a joy in her Brown skin that I still have to work for
By Raakhee Mirchandani for The Today Show
My 7-year-old daughter Satya takes up a lot of space in the world. Literally. Her stuff is everywhere.
Every surface of the apartment is covered in the things that fill her life: notebooks, my vintage copies of "The Baby-Sitters Club,"squishies, scrunchies and paradindis. Bindis share space with slime and graphic novels, side by side, all of them equal parts of what this little girl is made of.
Essay: A Toddler, A Turban, and a Little Lesson In Confidence
By Raakhee Mirchandani for NBC News
It’s the same sweet scene most morning: Agan stands over the sink, fabric in hand, stretching it and then wrapping it, carefully placing the thick black cotton in perfect folds on his head.
It’s methodical, deliberate, and badass.