'As someone with a bumpy nose, brown skin, and hair on my arms, I saw no representation of realistic brown bodies until recently.' asyiaiftikhar
Growing up, the taste of eliche and the earthy scent of oil was a familiar scene in our household. My sisters and I would sit in our kurte as my mother massaged our scalps, our tongues burnt from hot tea. And when the time came to leave the house I would meticulously scrub my hair free of the oil, swap my kurta for jeans and ask for an English Breakfast at the café counter. This part of my life was not meant for public viewing.
So when the Sharma sisters played out these moments in one of the biggest Netflix shows of all time it felt like more than just “Southrepresentation”, it was both a rare ode to South Asian sisterhood and the beauty of the subcontinent’s shared culture. Bridgerton. Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in episode 206 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022For many diaspora, our mothers are so removed from our experience that it is under our sister’s wing we often fall. I saw this in Kate and Edwina Sharma who are so maternal in their love for one another.
sisters . Simply put by Kate in one episode, “I simply wish to steer my sister to the greatest happiness”.As well as the strength of their bond, the Sharmas offered an empowering perspective of a South Asian woman. In the past it was the status quo for any South Asian woman featured on tv to be subservient, meek and oppressed.
Bridgerton. Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma, Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in episode 206 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022Perhaps, for me, the most impactful aspect was that, at its core, these women were considered beautiful and worthy of emotional love. Of course made even more impactful by the fact that the actors are dark-skinned in a culture rife with colourism.
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