In this episode of The Brown Box, we sit with Mandakini Arora — historian, writer, and feminist.

We talk about belonging, displacement, and how you build a home in a place you choose. 🎧 Press play to hear:

• How her parents' refugee story shaped her childhood — and her search for belonging
• The comfort she found in books and the (very British) world they opened up for her
• Walking into AWARE and feeling, for the first time, like she was home
• The incredible women of AWARE
• The AWARE saga, from the inside
• Why she believes every person who cares about equality should be a feminist
• What a road rage incident taught her about belonging and being Indian in Singapore
• How she went back to school at 59 — and graduated alongside her own daughter
• Her next book about the English women who chose Singapore and shaped the nation
• And her advice to her younger self about writing and not waiting. 

👂 Full conversation waiting for you. 

Listen now — link in bio.

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