For a child, growing up in a diverse country like India, where most families live outside their native cities, and are often a product of mixed cultures and religions, it can make for an interesting story. But, sometimes, it can also lead to the feeling of being a misfit. Kshama Alur and Akhila Das Blah’s children experienced the latter, often also around their food choices. “My sons are often teased for being South Indian but eating meat,” says Blah; while for Alur, her son was asked by his classmates at his school in Singapore why he ate idli with his hands.