Rusgulla Cheeks

On Indian sweets

zara meerza
Gay Mag
Published in
8 min readApr 17, 2020

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Photo: Veena Nair/Moment/Getty Images

He raised his small, sticky arms above his head and screamed “YALLAH” as loud as his voice would allow. My dad at three years old, sat on a cool tile floor with syrup dripping from his tiny fists. In either hand, a milky white ball, a rasgulla. He loves to tell this story.

Rasgullas are sweet spongy things with a mysterious history. Many regions of India try to claim their origin…

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zara meerza
Gay Mag
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Zara Meerza is a writer and filmmaker. She has worked for the BBC, Warp Films, VICE, Sky Arts, and Topic Studios across documentary and narrative.