Hello, my name is Kunal Narwani. I am a Hong Kong Born Indian and I identify as a Mahjong teacher.

What I really mean is that I inherited my Indian culture and roots whilst I absorbed Hong Kong/ Chinese culture through my journey and experiences in Hong Kong. This also means that I don't fit the generic bill of what a Hong-Konger looks like. Brown skin, big beard and loves his Indian cuisine. At the same time, can order at restaurants in Cantonese (of course food is priority), understands that his Chinese name (賴冠希 laai6 gun3 hei1) is similar to a notorious Hong Kong actor, and loves his dim sum, too (especially Ham Sui Kok 咸水角).

Growing up in the a local English medium school taught me a lot. I learnt to appreciate and embrace my "Desi" culture, but also the importance of learning the local language (Cantonese). It was the combination of the two that allowed me to make new and authentic connections with the people in my university, where I, for the first time, felt culture shock. I was quite literally outnumbered, or how I like to call it, endangered. However, we navigated our way through these new opportunities, made nunerous new connections and shared my culture with the others, too.

I just want to leave you with this: You may have brown skin and eat curry, or, pale-lightly tanned skin and eat dim sum and congee. But you can still love playing Mahjong, eat Gai Mei Bao (雞尾包), speak Cantonese and identify as a Hong-Konger!

Thank you for your time. Over and out.

Hello, my name is Kunal Narwani. I am a Hong Kong Born Indian and I identify as a Mahjong teacher.

What I really mean is that I inherited my Indian culture and roots whilst I absorbed Hong Kong/ Chinese culture through my journey and experiences in Hong Kong. This also means that I don't fit the generic bill of what a Hong-Konger looks like. Brown skin, big beard and loves his Indian cuisine. At the same time, can order at restaurants in Cantonese (of course food is priority), understands that his Chinese name (賴冠希 laai6 gun3 hei1) is similar to a notorious Hong Kong actor, and loves his dim sum, too (especially Ham Sui Kok 咸水角).

Growing up in the a local English medium school taught me a lot. I learnt to appreciate and embrace my "Desi" culture, but also the importance of learning the local language (Cantonese). It was the combination of the two that allowed me to make new and authentic connections with the people in my university, where I, for the first time, felt culture shock. I was quite literally outnumbered, or how I like to call it, endangered. However, we navigated our way through these new opportunities, made nunerous new connections and shared my culture with the others, too.

I just want to leave you with this: You may have brown skin and eat curry, or, pale-lightly tanned skin and eat dim sum and congee. But you can still love playing Mahjong, eat Gai Mei Bao (雞尾包), speak Cantonese and identify as a Hong-Konger!

Thank you for your time. Over and out.