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COLOR CODED: FINDING OURSELVES AND OUR STORIES
Have you ever felt like a misfit in your skin, career, gender, family, city, in the roles you played…or the ones you refused to?
In Color Coded, Urmila Menon paints an intimate portrait of self-discovery, identity, and belonging through vivid storytelling and soulful reflection. She unpacks the many shades of what it means to grow, love, and heal across cultures and generations.
Blending personal narrative with creative form and cultural insight, this book invites you to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with your truest self. Written with warmth and honesty, Color Coded is both a mirror and a map for women, immigrants, creatives, and dreamers, who oscillate between the polarities of belonging and acceptance.
Through fourteen pivotal chapters of self-discovery, the book invites you to reflect on your own journey using creative prompts designed to help
✨ Unlearn the stereotypes and conditioning that hold you back.
✨ Unravel who you are beyond the “shoulds” and systems.
✨ Rebuild a life that is authentically yours in spirit and pace.
This memoir, serves as a quintessential guide on finding purpose in pain, a powerful revolution of self-reflection.
It is an
Pick up the mic. Share your story. Pass it on.
In Color Coded, Urmila Menon paints an intimate portrait of self-discovery, identity, and belonging through vivid storytelling and soulful reflection. She unpacks the many shades of what it means to grow, love, and heal across cultures and generations.
Blending personal narrative with creative form and cultural insight, this book invites you to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with your truest self. Written with warmth and honesty, Color Coded is both a mirror and a map for women, immigrants, creatives, and dreamers, who oscillate between the polarities of belonging and acceptance.
Through fourteen pivotal chapters of self-discovery, the book invites you to reflect on your own journey using creative prompts designed to help
✨ Unlearn the stereotypes and conditioning that hold you back.
✨ Unravel who you are beyond the “shoulds” and systems.
✨ Rebuild a life that is authentically yours in spirit and pace.
This memoir, serves as a quintessential guide on finding purpose in pain, a powerful revolution of self-reflection.
It is an
Pick up the mic. Share your story. Pass it on.
214 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2025
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December 27, 2025
Color Coded is an honest and powerful book about identity and showing up with your voice.
What stayed with me is its authenticity — no masks, no performance. Just the courage to tell, simply, what has shaped her identity, how she has adapted, and when she chose to take space.
Creativity becomes a character in its own right, evolving throughout the chapters until it emerges as a form of resistance to discrimination — and ultimately, the hero of the story.
It’s a reminder that reclaiming our story doesn’t have to be loud.
It just has to be true.
What stayed with me is its authenticity — no masks, no performance. Just the courage to tell, simply, what has shaped her identity, how she has adapted, and when she chose to take space.
Creativity becomes a character in its own right, evolving throughout the chapters until it emerges as a form of resistance to discrimination — and ultimately, the hero of the story.
It’s a reminder that reclaiming our story doesn’t have to be loud.
It just has to be true.
December 16, 2025
Urmila writes with heart, her raw emotions rhythmically etched on paper - first a crescendo followed by a few short beats that keep your mind and heart glued to the music of her words.
I felt like I was reading about myself as a fellow South Indian and misfit. Someone who has survived and is now thriving. Who refused to be served racism, stood up, walked away and created a space for herself and others.
Highly recommend reading this if you are ready to be yourself. The reflective prompts are fantastic - a novel inclusion for a reader wanting to fully engage.
I felt like I was reading about myself as a fellow South Indian and misfit. Someone who has survived and is now thriving. Who refused to be served racism, stood up, walked away and created a space for herself and others.
Highly recommend reading this if you are ready to be yourself. The reflective prompts are fantastic - a novel inclusion for a reader wanting to fully engage.
December 27, 2025
Color Coded seems to be more than a memoir, it’s a mirror and a companion. Urmila’s ability to weave her personal journey into something universally relatable makes the book powerful. It doesn’t just tell a story; it creates space for readers to reflect on their own identities and struggles.
What strikes me most is the balance between vulnerability and strength: she bares her heart, yet the narrative is infused with resilience and hope. The inclusion of reflection prompts adds a unique interactive layer, transforming the book into both a memoir and a guide for introspection.
In short, this debut feels like a quiet but profound offering—a book best read slowly, savored, and revisited when one is searching for clarity or courage. It’s not just Urmila Menon’s story; it becomes the reader’s story too.
What strikes me most is the balance between vulnerability and strength: she bares her heart, yet the narrative is infused with resilience and hope. The inclusion of reflection prompts adds a unique interactive layer, transforming the book into both a memoir and a guide for introspection.
In short, this debut feels like a quiet but profound offering—a book best read slowly, savored, and revisited when one is searching for clarity or courage. It’s not just Urmila Menon’s story; it becomes the reader’s story too.
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