For as long as I can remember, the word "fat" walked into every room before I did. I was the girl who was heavier than the rest, and somehow that became the only thing people wanted to talk about. Friends, colleagues, even my own cousins had a nickname ready appu, fatty, "south Indian actress," dharti ka... said with a laugh, like it was harmless. It wasn't. Every comment landed like a small cut, and after enough of them, I stopped noticing where one ended and the next began.