Stories from the Stage: Rite of passage for Indian American teenager and her mustache

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Storyteller Shweta Bhatt was just 13 when her mom took her to have her upper lip hair threaded. It’s an experience many young Indian girls and others with dark hair have to deal with. Bhatt shared her experience to GBH’s Stories From The Stage on World TV.

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