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Aug 6, 2023Liked by Raju Tai

WOw love those curly hair wigs! And loved reading this

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Feb 12, 2023Liked by Raju Tai

This is ❤️ .

From one curly haired girl to another... May you find love on every turn...

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Loved this! As someone with curly hair who has been through a similar journey of hating it to embracing it, I could relate to your post a lot. Now I wouldn't have my hair any other way, haha!

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Great piece. Wish you and your hair a long and winding adventure together!

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Nov 21, 2022Liked by Raju Tai

Raju, thank you penning down every curly girl's emotions so beautifully. I embraced my curls in life because of you, I feel like I have the prettiest hair.

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Raju, the moment I read the title, I knew I had to hear this piece. I saw your face as I heard your story and felt all the emotions through all the stages. This is a journey of love. Loving your hair. A relationship that took the time it needs, defying the forces of the world, till a rhythm, a balance, a new way to accept was found. Thanks for writing this. I'm sending you and your curls lots of pyaar ❤️

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What an ode to wayward, defiant, autonomous curls and beings ♥️

This needlestraight-haired person spent years perming her hair in order to be seen as wicked, kutri, untameable, unpredictable. Learning to accept my good-girlness and my decidedly noneccentric, unmoody hair after soaking in the luscious otherness of your beautiful essay ♥️

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I love it! And I love curls too. Like you I spent years figuring out the mood of my hair.

❤️

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