Unapologetic is the Indian edition of journalist Haroon Siddiqui’s memoir, previously published as My Name Is Not Harry. Haroon has a 35-year career in journalism, both in India and later in Canada, where he moved to in 1967. Throughout his career, he has spoken up on identity, immigration and the need for decolonisation. The following is an excerpt from Unapologetic. 

Excerpt credit: Southside Books, Hyderabad

When your parents gave you names like Sita, Lakshmi, Durga, Kamala, Ram, Ganesh

and Gopi, or Maryam, Khadija, Ayesha, Mohammed, Omar, Osman or Ali, they

hoped that every time........

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