Pranali Gupta did not set out to become a social media content creator.
In 2019, when a friend suggested she should try it, the Hong Kong-born Indian said no, as she was โnot the type of person who likes taking photos or videos of myselfโ.
However, Gupta, who speaks fluent Cantonese, warmed to the idea of having a platform where she could help other Hongkongers understand more about her bicultural identity.
โ[My Cantonese friend] was like, โDonโt you get tired answering the same questions? You can just shoot a video and answer everyone.โ That was her way of convincing me,โ recalls Gupta.
So, in January 2020, the media industry professional uploaded a video of herself visiting an Indian eyebrow-threading service in Hong Kong. Her online journey snowballed from there.