Anjana's Courageous Account of Defying Conventions - Young and Grey in India

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A few years back I had no idea that you could embrace your grey hair at a young age. I only knew one thing: That if you have grey hair you just need to hide it.

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So I started digging for inspiration on the web. I found so many silver-haired beauties to admire but did not find ones my age until I came across the blog of Lauren and a few Facebook groups like Gray and Proud and The Silver Circle.

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My husband Achal was there to hold me and uplift me during the ‘grey’ days, and I also created my Instagram account, @sparklingsilvers, for documentation purposes.

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I was always looking for motivation and inspiration from fellow Indians but couldn’t find any. So I decided to take charge and use my Instagram account to inspire the women of India.

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I decided to grow out my greys until I got to the length needed for a pixie cut. I knew I didn’t have the patience and guts to carry two-toned hair.

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I am confident and I am beautiful inside and out and the colour of my hair or any other change in my body can’t change my definition of beauty for me.

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