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Unbecoming A Memoir of Disobedience

Anuradha Bhagwati

A raw, unflinching memoir by a former US Marine Captain chronicling her journey from dutiful daughter of immigrants to radical activist effecting historic policy reform. After a lifetime of buckling to the demands of her strict Indian parents, Anuradha Bhagwati abandons grad school in the Ivy Leagu...

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The guest was telling her story in this new book, which detailed her journey of rebellion, the obstacles she faced, and how she found peace.

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And she's telling her story now in a new book called Unbecoming, A Memoir of Disobedience. Unbecoming a Memoir of Disobedience.

— Episode: Anuradha Bhagwati, Activism Against Mili...

Episode: Anuradha Bhagwati, Activism Against Military Sexua...

The guest was telling her story in this new book, which detailed her journey of rebellion, the obstacles she faced, and how she found peace.

"

And she's telling her story now in a new book called Unbecoming, A Memoir of Disobedience. Unbecoming a Memoir of Disobedience.

Unbecoming for me. That's also a Buddhist phrase which a lot of folks comment on. It was about unlearning my cultural conditioning as an Indian American kid becoming a Marine.

The book is called Unbecoming. I'm a more of disobedience.

Episode: Anuradha Bhagwati, Activism Against Military Sexua...

This was Anuradha Bhagwati's new book detailing her personal story of rebellion, her journey through the Marines, and her path to finding peace. The title itself was noted to be a play on Michelle Obama's book 'Becoming' and carried multiple meanings related to unlearning conditioning and military terminology.

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And she's telling her story now in a new book called Unbecoming, A Memoir of Disobedience.

Unbecoming a Memoir of Disobedience.

For me, I get very real in this book like there were times where I was no saint, you know, but both before I was in uniform and in uniform.

For me, unbecoming... That's also a Buddhist phrase which a lot of folks comment on. It was about unlearning my cultural conditioning as an Indian American kid becoming a Marine.

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