About me
Hi, my name is Yasmin! Welcome to " The Masala In The Story "!
When people ask me where I come from I never know what to answer, maybe that's why I feel at home everywhere.
I looked more or less like this on my first passport, everything else is bureaucracy.
My heart beats to the rhythm of India. Now I'm in Canada, for love.
I spent most of my life defining myself by what I studied and by my work aspiration, so I graduated, got some job experiences, and then...I was jobless.
I felt useless, incapable and failed. Lost.
So I started to define myself based on my dreams and projects, focusing on the future, forgetting the present.
“The Masala In The Story ” is my solution to stay in the present: to discover the beauty of every day.
Care, education, and hybrid - these are my favorite words.
I have three sisters: my favorite people in the world.
THE MASALA IN THE STORY
Masala: what?
Masala is a set of spices typical of Indian cuisine, it is not just one spice.
It is India, it is Mumbai, which I have tattooed on my body and has given me so much in life.
Masala is a metaphor.
It is a powder of meanings, of details, ground and made into small pieces and then scattered: it is cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, cloves, pepper and turmeric, in life.
Masala is a color that stays on your hands, marks your teeth and takes over your clothes.
It is tangy, it does not leave you indifferent.
In the story, Masala is a detail, a spark, a scar. Not necessarily the bright side.
"Masala, Masala!" Shreyank, my love, tells me when he thinks that I am spicing up the story, because they are told with passion.
Masala is what gives flavor to words, to a simple day, what makes it a story.
To whom?
You may like this blog if you are passionate about India, if you are in or have experienced a long distance relationship and/or a relationship with someone from another culture. Or if you are my mom.
Why?
I would like this blog to be a story of interculturalism, of deconstruction of stereotypes: India is not a path of spirituality, binational relationships are a reality that is still hardly understood, living abroad is not always easy.
THE MASALA IN THE STORY
About
I write about interculturalism, families and binational relationships, and life abroad.
I write about India.
I like to destroy stereotypes.
I dedicate this blog to kind people, the defeated and the dreamers.
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