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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Namrata Yadav, a 28-year-old consultant-turned-writer based in Mumbai, India. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve always loved writing and being creative.But for my parents, the thought of me pursuing writing was absurd.Creative jobs are rarely supported in mainstream Indian…

I remember the way sweat pooled on my top lip and dripped down my neck inside my mom’s faded Mazda on 110-degree summer days in the Sonoran desert.”Is it cold up there?” I once asked from the backseat when I was 8 years old. The air conditioning never seemed to…