Rolando Maldonado

A rite-of-passage story through the eyes of Riza Gupta, a shy, nervous, young Indian woman, whose controlling mother has high hopes for her to be a doctor. However when her hero CXCX ChuChu hosts a rap-off, she plucks up the courage and runs to the battle in her sari.

A mother dealing with a regretful family past with domestic abuse on her father's side learns to stand up for herself, and deal with the consequences when she can't.