'They called me Godzilla', Jonita Gandhi opens up on childhood bullying
India, June 16 -- Delhi-born singer Jonita Gandhi, who moved to Canada when she was nine months old, recently opened up about facing racial bullying as a child.
"I used to get a lot of racist comments while growing up. But I was more bothered about being bullied for my facial hair. I used to have curly side-locks. They called me 'Godzilla'. I think they just thought I was ugly. I used to come home and cry. Even the Punjabi boys in my class would make fun of me," she told Hauterrfly.
She added that she struggled with body image issues. "Growing up, I was convinced that I was never going to have sex because of the same issues. I couldn't accept my own body; how can someone else accept it?" she says.
Music helped her find confidence and a sense of uniqueness. She said, "I still have some of those issues; music helped me. It made me feel I am doing something different in life. That made me feel cool when nothing else made me feel cool. I now feel like the ugly duckling who became the swan."htc...
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