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Arshia Kapadia

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
162 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I close the lid, and I say, , farewell.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I never open that box again.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I look at it from time to time, but I just let it be.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I now live in New Jersey.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

No prizes for guessing that I have a pretty formidable lipstick collection of my own now.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I remember the first time I walked into a Sephora and I bought a beautiful shade of Chanel lipstick.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Creamy, glistening, just waiting to be applied.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

It cost me more than $30.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Didn't even bat an eyelid, didn't convert it into Indian rupees.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Just pay it up.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Oh, Ammi, I thought, you must be so proud of me.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

But I haven't really gravitated towards the shiny reds, pinks, you know, the brighter colors that she loved.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I'm more of a nude girl myself.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

So I think that Ammi would have been really disappointed in my choice of lipstick shades.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Hey, Ammi, I survived.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

I lived to tell the tale.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

It's okay, Arshi beta.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Why can't you tell this tale wearing shiny red lipstick?

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

Indian parents.

The Moth
High Wire: The Moth Radio Hour

There's no winning.