“Just the simple act of wearing a beard, I had to grow into it. Purely because of the number of times wrong conclusions have been made based on my appearance or because I am Muslim. I have been stopped innumerable times by the cops, been racially profiled, and dealt with 1 year's worth of investigation based on no grounds or concrete proof, solely based on my appearance. As it is brown Muslim kids' lives became hell after 9/11, and I have grown up feeling unsafe” - thank you for having me @two_odd_ Read the full article: bit.ly/3g0e9hA Photography : @akshitagarud @christopherklaus @isajunge Art direction and edit: @akshitagarud MUA and hair : @florinavyas Styling: @aathi.rai Words: @tanya_sharma and @akshitagarud