Watermelon once more
- Independent Ink
- Dec 2, 2025
- 1 min read
Lush has just re-launched it's watermelon soap in solidarity with Palestine.
By Meher Pestonji in Mumbai
Kudos to Lush, the premium brand cosmetics company based in Britain.
It has just re-launched it's watermelon soap in solidarity with Palestine, donating 75 five per cent of sales proceeds to fund prosthetic limbs for child amputees in Gaza.
There are estimated to be a mind-boggling number of 6000 child amputees in the tiny strip of land that is Gaza/Palestine.
This is the highest concentration of child amputees in the history of the world.
Lush has long taken a stand for Palestine closing retail outlets in UK in solidarity with pro-Palestine protests.
Watermelon is symbolic of Palestine because it's colours -- red, green, black -- replicate the colours of the Palestinian flag.
Much to the chagrin of Israel, shoppers are buying multiple soaps and stores are running out of stocks.
Wonder if it's available in India and where we can get it.
Meher Pestonji is a poet, author and journalist based in Mumbai.