I am thrilled and deeply grateful to share this special new edition of Always Anjali with you, now available!
We have come a looong way and I can’t help but reflect on all the challenges along the way. But to be acquired by the #1 publishing house in the world says a lot. Anjali has become more than a book. She represents a promise and a collective voice from a community that is tired of having others tell our stories inauthentically and poorly.
This book is based on my own very real experiences when I started working professionally as an actor in the 90s and was told over and over again that I needed to change my name to work. I lost out on jobs, big and small, when I refused to do so. I know it seems unfathomable in 2023, but it’s still happening. Maybe not in such openly blatant ways, but in the small, little things we say and do to each other. And to our children. They tell me about it all the time.
Today is about celebrating those who feel no one is listening.
And to the ones who feel we don’t see you, we do. I do. You may not get the big headline or have a big shiny light on you, but you matter and we need your voice. You’re perfect exactly the way you are and don’t need to change a damn thing.
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