Can you tell me about how this story idea came about?

We were on the phone and you were looking around your mom's house.

Oh, was that specific?

Okay.

Yeah.

So we have these sofa cushions that we bought from furniture store on Long Island that

has nothing to do with India and my cushions have paisley on them.

And then I look at this other bench that's in that family room that is an old Indian

design and the Indian cushions on that have paisley.

And I think it was either the same day or like the next day where there's a small temple

in my house.

I look at the fabric and the temple and I'm like, oh fuck, there's like paisley here.

Can I ask you to introduce yourself?

Yeah, my name is Hemantius Suri.

I also go by Heems, my friends call me Heema and I'm a rapper mostly, but I also talk

about arts and culture, especially of India and the Indian diaspora.

How would you describe what does paisley look like?

You know, I guess it looks like a teardrop with a little curl on the top.

People have described it as like half of a yin yang.

So you asked your mom about this?

Hi mom.

Hi Victor.

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