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 Have you ever been watching a show at the theatre, or a movie or a TV show and found yourself thinking: ‘Ah there’s the token POC so this production doesn’t look racist’? Because I can’t count the amount of times that has happened to me. Growing up, I watched a lot of Bollywood movies but naturally I also loved watching Hollywood movies and I also loved getting to go on school trips to the theatre to see different shows. However, the number of times I would see myself represented on stage or on the big screen was scarce. I remember thinking that one day it would get better. At one point I even dreamed of being on stage myself as an Indian performer in the West End. Now I find myself in the big year of 2021 and I feel like we’ve barely moved from the point we were at ten years ago. Conversations surrounding diversity – or the lack thereof – are getting louder, but a lot of these conversations are still mostly coming from POC. Our voices are going hoarse at how much we’re fighting t

 I can’t believe it’s been a month since my first ‘Book Recommendations’ post. I had so much fun writing it and received positive feedback for it, so I thought I’d do another one. I’m thinking of doing them monthly (aiming to drop them on the 7 th of each month) because I love sharing books that I’ve really enjoyed reading. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid If you know me at all, then you’ll know that I haven’t shut up about this book since reading it. I’m also convinced that Taylor Swift read this book and decided to make it her entire personality because so many of her songs can relate to the story. And who can blame her really? The story follows Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo as she recalls the story of her life, a forbidden love and her various marriages. Evelyn opens up to journalist Monique Grant who learns there is so much more to Evelyn than meets the eye – but will Monique like everything she learns about Evelyn? A tale full of emotion, the ruthlessness