Starlet Rivals 4: The Bollywood Academy

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cooked samosas wafting over from the kitchen STARLET RIVALS Bela Priyanka came Mom’s voice as if on cue Food is ready Here now Mom was always calling somebody in the household to come and eat It was funny how she used the same come-and-eat tone each time We walked into the kitchen which was a carnival of aromas and animated chatten Each auntie talked louder than the next as though the louder they spoke the greater the importance of their opinion The funny thing was that they weren’t even my real aunties I always wondered whether India was the only place where kids addressed every adult as auntie or uncle out of respect Come girls sit Mom said frowning a little when she noticed my eyeshadow She always told me I was too young for makeup but she was the one who had bought it for me as a treat for performing to her students the week before I’d danced to Tap To My Heartbeat the hit song of the year It was ridiculously catchy with its Hindi verses and English chorus against a disco beat Apart from being an outstanding dance teacher Mom was the best cook in our neighborhood People were always telling her to start a food business but with her full-time job as a teaching assistant while also running