you are an example of what i think is someone who, incidentally, now happens to be bangladeshi. so, i m a firm believer that as a bangladeshi and a british, i ll take the good bits from this bit and i ll take the good bits from that bit. i believe that we firmly, happily live in that grey area. i m proud to say that i mix up my britishness and my bangladeshiness and put it all together in cookbooks that people actually really like. it s taken me a very long time to accept that middle place. you know, i ve always felt i m too haram to be halal, too halal to be haram, too white to be brown, too brown to be white. you know, all of these, like, contradictions. i m not going to lie for a second and tell you that there are times where i ve wanted to bleach the brown out of me because life would have been so much easier if i wasn t brown, if i wasn t bangladeshi, if i could just be like everybody else. i come with all of those layers
you are an example of what i think is someone who, incidentally, now happens to be bangladeshi. so, i m a firm believer that as a bangladeshi and a british, i ll take the good bits from this bit and i ll take the good bits from that bit. i believe that we firmly, happily live in that grey area. i m proud to say that i mix up my britishness and my bangladeshiness and put it all together in cookbooks that people actually really like. it s taken me a very long time to accept that middle place. you know, i ve always felt i m too haram to be halal, too halal to be haram, too white to be brown, too brown to be white. you know, all of these, like, contradictions. i m not going to lie for a second and tell you that there are times where i ve wanted to bleach the brown out of me because life would have been so much easier if i wasn t brown, if i wasn t bangladeshi, if i could just be like everybody else. i come with all of those layers
i ll take the good bits from this bit and i ll take the good bits from that bit. i believe that we firmly, happily live in that grey area. i m proud to say that i mix up my britishness and my bangladeshiness and put it all together in cookbooks that people actually really like. it s taken me a very long time to accept that middle place. you know, i ve always felt i m too haram to be halal, too halal to be haram, too white to be brown, too brown to be white. you know, all of these, like, contradictions. i m not going to lie for a second and tell you that there are times where i ve wanted to bleach the brown out of me because life would have been so much easier if i wasn t brown, if i wasn t bangladeshi, if i could just be like everybody else. i come with all of those layers that i do represent, and i understand the importance of that now. if you and me were talking five years ago, i would have said, let s talk about baking. now, it s far more important for me to talk about
you are an example of what i think is someone who, incidentally, now happens to be bangladeshi. so, i m a firm believer that as a bangladeshi and a british, i ll take the good bits from this bit and i ll take the good bits from that bit. i believe that we firmly, happily live in that grey area. i m proud to say that i mix up my britishness and my bangladeshiness and put it all together in cookbooks that people actually really like. it s taken me a very long time to accept that middle place. you know, i ve always felt i m too haram to be halal, too halal to be haram, too white to be brown, too brown to be white. you know, all of these, like, contradictions. i m not going to lie for a second and tell you that there are times where i ve wanted to bleach the brown out of me because life would have been so much easier if i wasn t brown, if i wasn t bangladeshi, if i could just be like everybody else. i come with all of those