Invisible India | Navigating Indian Culture With Love
116 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsJessica Kumar is an American development advocate living in Bihar, India. She engages in powerful &empathetic interviews to shed light on lesser known aspects of Indian culture, founded in cultural anthropology, sprinkled with hints of modern relationships.
Join us to hear diverse voices, stereotype breakers & interesting people who are experts in:
-language learning (specifically acquisition of South Asian languages)
-breaking stereotypes about racial identity
-cross-cultural parenting
-interracial relationships, navigating cross-cultural marriage
-gender roles
-doing business in India
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87 | Navigating Scams in India with Fluent Hindi
March 26, 2024 00:55 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBIs India safe for foreign travelers? I believe that in 95% of situations, having the right skills and language will help you get out of sketchy situations. But how? With most Hindi travel guides out there, the book is going to teach "Namaste, Mera naam Jessica hai. Aap kaise hain? Aapka naam kya hai?" While these are not bad things to learn, but actually not that important if you’re just trying to survive in India. But what are the things you need to know? How to book a taxi and how to...
86| MUST KNOW Phrases for Asking Questions in Hindi
December 14, 2023 17:49 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBAsking questions in Hindi might be the most important thing you can learn. In this episode, Jessica talks about the importance of asking questions and not just making declarative statements in Hindi. In this episode, we talk about "kya - what." "Kya" is the most important word you need to know to be able to ask questions in Hindi. This video is a sample from the larger Hindi Grammar Foundations course by Jessica Kumar. Hindi Grammar Foundations is a 2.5 hour course including 30+ video ...
85| Top 10 Pro Tips for Travel to India
October 03, 2023 02:30 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBIf this is your first trip to India or eighth, this episode highlights the top 10 pro pointers you need to known to reduce the headaches, inconveniences and ripoffs that are likely to happen while visiting India. Download the new e-booklet "The Traveler's Guide to India" What's Included in the e-booklet? 30+ pages of practical tips, which will put you years ahead in: -Language Learning -Transportation -Money & Payments -Guide to Food -Communication Strategy -Things NOT to Say in Indi...
84| Navigating the Indian Medical System | Featuring Melody Crisp, Physician Assistant
June 04, 2023 18:50 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBNavigating the Indian medical system can be incredibly confusing, intimidating and even downright frustrating if you didn't grow up in South Asia. Knowing the ins and outs of how the medical field is run in India is crucial to being able to care for yourself and others in routine visits and especially emergencies. If you are visiting India, living in India as a foreigner, or an NRI who is caring for someone, this is the episode for you. A recent injury prompted me to record this episode wh...
83| Predictions for the Future of Indian Podcasting with Indicast | Aditya Mhatre & Abhishek Kumar
May 02, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBI've been following Indicast with Aditya Mhatre and Abhishek Kumar for 17 years. They are the hosts of India's longest running multi-person podcast. Covering major business tycoon stories, to media personalities, to the latest news, these guys are the dynamic duo of Indian podcasting. In Part 2, Jessica talks with them about predictions for future digital India and how they think tech has changed the ways people live. Part 1 about their personal lives of being two of India’s first podcast...
82| India's Longest Running Podcast | Indicast Part 1
April 05, 2023 18:03 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBAditya Mhatre and Abhishek Kumar were two of the first people in India to start podcasting, and today more than 15 years later, their show theindicast.com is still running. Interviewing some of the biggest celebrities in India, with humility, intellect and humor, Aditya and Abhishek are a dynamic duo. During this interview, Jessica gets behind the scenes of what it meant for Abhishek and Aditya personally to run the show this long and how the podcast has opened new opportunities for them d...
81| Kids Hindi Lesson | Things NOT to Say in Hindi | Course Preview
March 06, 2023 13:18 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBWhat NOT to say in Hindi as a kid! This is an preview from the Kids' Hindi Kickstarter Course coming out next week on www.learnhindianywhere.com. It is an 18 part course taking you through all the responses you need to know as a kid in your first years of speaking Hindi. Jessica has 17 years experience in helping others learn Hindi and has multiple other courses online including Hindi Hacks, Overcome Pronunciation Pitfalls. This time, she teams up with her 8 year old son to create a whole...
80 | Unfair & Lovely | Colorism in India with Mallika Thoppay
February 07, 2023 03:40 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBIn Episode 80, Jessica Kumar and Mallika Thoppay take on colorism in South Asian communities. Mallika shares about her activism and how colorism affects everyone and hurts us all. She works with children in helping them to accept others as they are and stand up for themselves if they are being discriminated against. She authored "Unfair and Lovely" to combat colorism in India. The book tackles colorism and is an effort to nip this social issue in the bud. It chronicles the journey of S...
79| Best of 2022 | HIGHLIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS FROM THIS YEAR
December 07, 2022 09:43 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBJoin me for a wrap of 2022 with snippets of the best episodes from this year. I'm very thankful for your support and encouragement through the past four years! Here are the highlight episodes of 2022! Episode 68 - Eliza Keyton (EliKutty) - Ethics of Language Learning Episode 71 - Devika Cariapa - childrens' author and archaeologist! Episode 72 - What is it Really Like Being Married to an Indian Man? a conversation with two other women married to Indian men about the things they love ab...
78| Indian vs Western Education | A Guide for Moving Families
November 04, 2022 09:35 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBIf you've ever wondered what the differences are between the educational system in Western countries, this episode is for you. If you're an NRI wondering if you should move back to India, or if you are a Westerner thinking about making the shift to India, this is for you too. In this episode, Jessica details the major differences between Indian and Western education styles as well a a LIST OF QUESTIONS you need to ask a new school before enrolling your child. Mentioned in this Episode: ...
77 | Thriving as a Foreigner in India | Part 2 | Relationships
September 06, 2022 08:28 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBHow do you build relationships in India? Part 2 of this 2 part episode deals with the relational dynamics of living in India as someone who didn't grow up there. Skip the outdated guide books and listen in to this advice from Jessica, who first started living in India in 2006. Friendships, finding common ground, how to manage house help and language learning tips are all here. Whether you are visiting or planning on living in India, these tips will help you go beyond surviving to thriving...
76| Thriving as a Foreigner in India | Part 1 | Practicalities
August 02, 2022 04:20 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat are the crucial elements you need to life life well in India? Part 1 of this 2 part episode deals with the practicalities of living in India as someone who didn't grow up there. Skip the outdated guide books and listen in to this advice from Jessica, who first started living in India in 2006. Negotiation, dealing with the complications of Indian currency, how to give and receive directions and of course tips on learning the local language(s) of the place you are visiting or living in....
75 | Hindi Pronunciation Tips | Featuring Abhishek Kumar
July 05, 2022 14:07 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBEpisode 75 contains a teaser of Jessica's upcoming course Overcome Hindi Pronunciation Pitfalls! Abhishek joins Jessica to work through some of the most common pronunciation errors that learners of Hindi make. In this episode, we take a small slice and discuss the vowel sounds of Hindi which are often mispronounced. Hear the subtle differences between short A and long A, and why you may have been saying "Namaste" incorrectly all these years! Keep an eye out of the upcoming course later in ...
74 | All About Indian In-Laws Part 2
June 09, 2022 00:51 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBJessica dives deeper about having Indian in-laws as a foreigner. In this 2 part episode, Jessica discusses listener questions about having Indian in-laws when you didn’t grow up in Indian culture. We talk about how to address conflict, what happens when you're in a multi-generational home and how to address the different view of boundaries in East vs West. Be sure to listen to Part 1 to hear about meeting the inlaws for the first time and other popular questions about marrying an Indian. ...
73| All About Indian In-Laws | Part 1
May 11, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBJessica tells all about having Indian in-laws as a foreigner. In this 2 part episode, Jessica discusses listener questions about having Indian in-laws when you didn’t grow up in Indian culture. You probably know Indian families are close knit. That is why having a good relationship with our in-laws is so important. We discuss questions like what to expect when meeting the in-laws for the first time, gender biases, handling boundaries, managing questions about children and more. Listen in ...
72| What is it REALLY Like Being Married to an Indian Man?
April 13, 2022 04:15 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBHearing others' perspectives always brings out new perspectives. I interviewed two other women who are married to Indians who bring various cultural and linguistic background to their stories. Sheida is from Iran living in Canada. Parneet is French, living in Belgium. I asked the various questions to bring out these women's thoughts and experiences: 1) Things you enjoy about being married to an Indian. 2) Your favorite thing about Indian culture. 3) One challenge of being cross culturall...
71| Indian Childrens' Literature with Author Devika Cariapa
March 22, 2022 14:19 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBDevika Cariapa is an award-winning children’s author who uses her background in history and archaeology to creatively communicate with a young audience. Her first book, India Through Archaeology: Excavating History (Tulika Books) encourages children to explore Indian history through the lens of archaeology. It was awarded the Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award 2018 and the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019. She is also the author of India Through People : 25 Game Changers (Tulika ...
70 | Hindi Hacks You Didn't Know You Needed | Hindi Course Preview
March 08, 2022 19:42 - 20 minutes - 19 MBWhat are the top five verbs you need to now in Hindi to start most simple conversations? Jessica breaks down the basic verbs to listen for in Hindi conversation and how these verbs can be used for beginners and intermediate speakers of Hindi. This episode is a sneak preview of Jessica's upcoming Hindi course "Hindi Hacks You Didn't Know You Needed to Know." This course if different from other courses on the market. If you've ever felt perfectionism stop you from trying to speak Hindi, thi...
69 | Ethics in Language Learning with Eliza Keyton
February 22, 2022 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBEliza Keyton (Eli Kutty) and Jessica Kumar are both language learners of Indian languages. In the years since learning Malayalam and Hindi, Eliza and Jessica have become increasingly convinced that there needs to be greater representation of Indians and proper credit given to those who have taught their indigenous languages to foreigners. In this episode, Eliza and Jessica talk through the challenges of navigating leftover colonialism which makes learning a language responsibly tricky in to...
68 | Learning Malayalam vs Learning Hindi with Eliza Keyton
February 08, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBEliza Keyton (Eli Kutty) is an American Malayalam learner and dedicated to sharing her learnings with other learners. Jessica and Eliza dive into the complexities of learning Hindi vs Malayalam and the challenges of learning an Indian language. Jessica and Eliza both share their clear intentions of uplifting Desi voices and pointing the attention back to native speakers of their target languages. They both speak about their unique experiences as white Americans and how one needs to be aware...
67 | Best of 2021 | Highlights and Reflections on this Year
December 21, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MB2021 was the year where I (Jessica) hosted only South Asian guests! Hear 2-4 min blurbs from 8 of our best episodes with powerful, empathetic and informational interviews! In this episode we highlight: Episode 48 - The Carolina Desis - Rashmili Vemula and Gurtej Singh - language and how that fits into their identity as Indian Americans Episode 50 - Kunal Dutt- historian and activist, We dive into Bihar's rich history and why its in danger. @SaveHistoricPatnaCollectorate Episode 53 - P...
66 | Reflections on Indian Culture | Ask Me Anything
December 07, 2021 20:51 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBJessica takes a moment to reflect on some of the learnings about Indian culture she has observed in the last 15 years. The most common questions she gets asked as a foreigner married to an Indian living in India: How do you celebrate festivals as a cross cultural couple? Is it safe to eat street food in India? How many languages have you learned? AND MORE... Two Ethical Businesses Supporting Local Artisans: Ziyada Handicrafts - beautiful hand made fabrics for the Holidays. Enjoy a 10%...
65 | Yoga is Dead Part 2 | Jesal Parikh & Jessica Kumar
November 16, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBThis is Part 2 of Jessica's conversation with Jesal Parikh, the co-host of the provocative podcast “Yoga is Dead.” She and her co-host Tejal Patel, highlight injustices of the digestion of yoga by modern Western culture. In this episode, Jessica and Jesal explore the process of historical Indian yoga and how that has morphed into a different animal in Western society. Jesal names names trends of the colonization of yoga and how South Asians are taking it back. Enjoy this highly nuanced conv...
64 | Yoga is Dead Part 1 | Jesal Parikh & Jessica Kumar
November 10, 2021 00:12 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBGet ready to have your mind blown. Jesal Parikh is the co-host of the provocative podcast "Yoga is Dead." She and her co-host Tejal Patel, highlight injustices of the digestion of yoga by modern Western culture. In this episode, Jessica and Jesal explore the process of historical Indian yoga and how that has morphed into a different animal in Western society. Jesal names names trends of the colonization of yoga and how South Asians are taking it back. Enjoy this highly nuanced conversation ...
63 | Behind the Scenes of an Indian-American Marriage
October 27, 2021 03:08 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBShould I share pictures of my life on social media even if I fear being judged by conservative relatives? What are the no-nos of social media in more conservative Indian families? If you are in a desi/non-desi relationship, maybe you have some of the same questions we do. How do you protect your relationship but also interact on social media with the ever watchful Indian aunties? Jessica shares her top 5 tips for protecting family relationships online. Plus, bonus - Is our life really ...
62 | The Way of Chai | Kevin Wilson
October 05, 2021 22:05 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBKevin Wilson has formed his identity as fitting in the spaces between black and white binary spaces throughout his life. Best known as "The CEO of Chai" on social media, he goes by @crossculturechristian as an expression of someone who wants to invite people into a safe place on the harsh landscape of critical social media sites. People talk about the "vibe" of his tiktoks and reels, but he sees his social media presence as a way to encourage and nourish people. And if you learn how to make...
61 | How to Learn a New Language and Culture Without Losing Yourself | Burning Man | Camp Languages
September 15, 2021 01:48 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBThe dissonance caused by learning a new culture and language can be one of the most disorienting things that humans can go through. How can one respectfully and responsibly learn a new language without doing harm to those around them or losing themself in the process? Join Jessica Kumar, Invisible India Podcast host and lifelong Hindi learner as she guides us through being aware of our own motivations, practicing cultural humility and decolonizing the language learning process. #...
60 | Strategies for Learning Fluent Hindi & Any Indian Language
August 24, 2021 12:07 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBWhat does it take to successfully learn Hindi? Jessica breaks down tips and tricks and answers the most common questions about how to learn Hindi fluently. -What is unique about learning Hindi? -Why is it so hard to learn Indian languages from a book? -Is language school worth it? -Is it more important to focus on Hindi pronunciation or vocabulary? -Does age matter in learning a language? -How important is it to learn Devnagri script? Also check out previous episode and YouTube video...
59 | Help! I'm in Love With an Indian! | Cross-Cultural Relationship Advice
August 10, 2021 02:05 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBAre you in a relationship with an Indian? Overwhelmed by the differences between your culture and Indian culture? In Episode 59 of the Invisible India Podcast | Navigating Indian Culture with Love.... we dive in! As a veteran in India (15 years) and being married to Abhishek from Bihar for 11 years, Jessica shares 3 main tips for engaging with Indian culture and understanding the deep undercurrents of how language, family and cultural contexts influence the way people behave in relationships....
58 | Inequality & Opportunity | A Review of "Maid in India" with Tripti Lahiri | Part 2
July 27, 2021 09:01 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB"Maid in India" is a masterful work that not only uncovers some of the biggest challenges to India's informal labor sector, but some of the greatest opportunities it presents. Jessica rates it as one of the best books she has read on Indian culture as a whole, as it highlights the invisible aspects of hierarchy and classism through storytelling and hard data. Tripti Lahiri, Author, joins Jessica for an enlightening conversation about the book and personal experiences of grappling with the p...
57 | Inequality & Opportunity | A Review of "Maid in India" with Tripti Lahiri | Part 1
July 20, 2021 10:02 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB"Maid in India" is a masterful work that not only uncovers some of the biggest challenges to India's informal labor sector, but some of the greatest opportunities it presents. Jessica rates it as one of the best books she has read on Indian culture as a whole, as it highlights the invisible aspects of hierarchy and classism through storytelling and hard data. Tripti Lahiri, Author, joins Jessica for an enlightening conversation about the book and personal experiences of grappling with the p...
57 | Inequality & Opportunity | A Review of "Maid in India" with Tripti Lahiri
July 20, 2021 10:02 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB"Maid in India" is a masterful work that not only uncovers some of the biggest challenges to India's informal labor sector, but some of the greatest opportunities it presents. Jessica rates it as one of the best books she has read on Indian culture as a whole, as it highlights the invisible aspects of hierarchy and classism through storytelling and hard data. Tripti Lahiri, Author, joins Jessica for an enlightening conversation about the book and personal experiences of grappling with the p...
56 | Teaching Kids Indian Languages
July 06, 2021 00:30 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBJessica hosts Anita Sachariah to share on tidbits of how to teach Indian origin children heritage languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Punjabi and many more. Jessica and Anita speak about their experiences teaching their own children and creating resources for children and adults to bridge the gap in learning Indian languages wherever learners are in the world. This conversation was part of the Lingua Cultura Experience held on June 24-27, 2021 on Clu...
55 | Learn Gujarati Culture & Language | Sanskar Teaching with Vaishali Patel
June 22, 2021 00:30 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBVaishali Patel is passionate about passing on the Gujarati and Hindi languages and cultures to others! Hear her story of how she immigrated to the US and started teaching others Gujarati. Her company, Sanskar Teaching, includes a number of programs both online, live classes and products to bring students closer to Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi languages. _________________________________________ Discount for Sanskar Teaching: Vaishali is offering discounts for listeners to the Invi...
54| Hindi Lesson for Kids | Fruits of India | Beginner's Hindi
June 07, 2021 23:30 - 16 minutes - 15 MBEnjoy this conversation lesson including Hindi words with English explanation. The lesson is 10 minutes, including simple instructional vocabulary and vocabulary about fruits (mango, lichi and banana.) Learn more about Indian culture from Jessica's perspective (an American living in India since 2006.) She shares her learnings about cultural significance of different fruits, where they come from and the kids demonstrate how to eat them! A few words we are going to review before we begin ...
53 | Rashmi Chadha | Female Entrepreneurship & Overcoming Sexism
May 19, 2021 09:18 - 19 minutes - 18 MBRashmi Chadha is an entrepreneur, travel influencer and international speaker. Despite her ever smiling persona, there is depth and pain in her story. Overcoming sexism at many junctures, the tragic loss of her mother and obstacles from society, she continues to push forward to make the world a better place for women. She is the founder of wovoyage, a travel company making women’s travel experiences more safe and enjoyable. And with her media background now she is consulting companies like Y...
52 | COVID Crisis in India? What is Happening Right Now?
May 04, 2021 00:30 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBWhat is really happening in India right now with the COVID Crisis? Jessica, an American living in India with her family tells a first hand account of what it feels like to be in the midst of India's huge COVID crisis. How did we get here and what was the progression like from lockdown #1 in 2020 to a life of normalcy in late 2020, to complete chaos now in April 2021. What does it feel like to be in a small city and how is the healthcare infrastructure holding up? Hear from her per...
51 | Patna's TOP 5 Historic Sites and Why They are in Danger
April 27, 2021 02:42 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBPatna, Bihar’s historical sites are in danger. Kunal Dutt shares about the top 5 historic sites in Patna, the capital of Bihar, India. Kunal founded the Save Historic Patna Collectorate campaign to raise awareness of how Patnaites are allowing their history to be cannibalized in the name of becoming a “smart city.” He shares the tragic story of losing several iconic pieces of history and what you can do to get involved to stop further demolition of Indian history! Follow Kunal Dutt: Inst...
50 | The Top 5 Most Raw Experiences I Have Had in India
April 06, 2021 08:26 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBIn Jessica's 15 years in India, there have been countless interesting and exciting moments. Here in our 50th EPISODE she reflects on 2 dumb newbie mistakes, 1 religious experience, 1 natural disaster and 1 wild animal story. Hear about the crazy, dumb mistakes that Jessica made as a young intern in India and the other wild experiences that come with living off the beaten path. Learn more about Jessica and Abhishek's life in Bihar, whey they moved back to India after settling in t...
49 | COVID in India vs the US
March 09, 2021 00:30 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBIs COVID really worse in American than India? What did it feel like on the ground in India during the world's biggest lockdown. Why on earth would anyone travel between the US and India right now? Listen to Jessica and Abhishek share about their experience traveling from Bihar, India to Chicago and BACK AGAIN in the middle of a pandemic! Why did they go? What were their observations? What was the flight like? We answer questions that many people have asked us in the past few month...
Ep. 49 | COVID in India vs the US
March 09, 2021 00:30 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBIs COVID really worse in American than India? What did it feel like on the ground in India during the world's biggest lockdown. Why on earth would anyone travel between the US and India right now? Listen to Jessica and Abhishek share about their experience traveling from Bihar, India to Chicago and BACK AGAIN in the middle of a pandemic! Why did they go? What were their observations? What was the flight like? We answer questions that many people have asked us in the past few month...
48 | Learning Indian Languages as Indian-Americans | w/ The Carolina Desi
February 16, 2021 00:30 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBThe standard for Indian-Americans is seemingly impossibly high wherever they go. Not fully accepted as "American" nor fully embraced as "fully Indian." Rashmili Vemula and Gurtej Singh join Jessica in a conversation about assimilation, cultural retention and language learning as Indian-Americans. Rashmili talks through her Telegu roots and how dance was a connection point to Indian culture. Gurtej shares how American Sikhs are used to being a minority wherever they go. Check YouTube for...
47 | Working in India - Navigating Professional and Personal Relationships in India with Craig Storti
January 05, 2021 00:26 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBDirect vs indirect communication has been a painful point for Indians working with Westerners and vice versa. Craig Storti, author of “Speaking of India” draws on his decades of international consulting experience to share about the common pain points between Western and Eastern professionals. Jessica and Craig dive in deeper to see how these differences in direct vs indirect communication impact personal relationships, marriage, parental relationships between 1st generation diaspora desis ...
46 | Jessica Tells All | Learning Hindi & Marrying an Indian
December 01, 2020 20:45 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this bilingual episode, Jessica tells all the questions you may be wondering about what its like to be a foreigner in India, how she learned fluent Hindi and what it is like being married to an Indian while living in a conservative community in North India. do people treat her weird as a foreigner? how do people react to her speaking fluent Hindi? how did Abhishek's parents feel about their son marrying an American? Hear her answers and how she relates some of the off the wall things...
45 | Growing Up White in India with Aparna Mulberry
November 17, 2020 02:25 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBAt first glance, one may assume Aparna Mulberry is a Western woman who has merely visited India. But only a few moments after speaking to her, you realize the depth and knowledge of her experiences as growing up in the Amritapuri Ashram in Kerala, India. Aparna is an American born, but India raised woman who spent her formative years in Kerala. Fluent in Malayalam, her story of finding her place of fitting in in India and also America is inspiring and enlightening for anyone living a mul...
44 | The Realities of Transnational and Cross-Cultural Adoptions Among South Asians | Part 2
October 20, 2020 16:19 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBThis month we are focusing on Transnational Adoption and hearing the stories of 3 families who are perfectly blended, where at least one member of the family is South Asian. What are the things adoptive parents need to be aware of before adopting from India? What is it like to be Indian parents of an adopted African-American child? What is it like to be two Australian parents living in India with two adopted Indian children? This week, we talk to Mahi. She and her husband are an Ind...
43 | Transnational and Cross-Cultural Adoptions Among South Asians
October 05, 2020 13:12 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBThis month we are focusing on Transnational Adoption and hearing the stories of 3 families who are perfectly blended, where at least one member of the family is South Asian. What is it like to be adopted as a South Asian into a totally different culture across the world? What is it like to be Indian parents of an adopted African-American child? What is it like to be two Australian parents living in India with two adopted Indian children? This week, we hear from Jacob, born into a Tibet...
43 | Tibetan-Nepali & American | Transnational and Cross-Cultural Adoptions Among South Asians | Part 1
October 05, 2020 13:12 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThis month we are focusing on Transnational Adoption and hearing the stories of 3 families who are perfectly blended, where at least one member of the family is South Asian. What is it like to be adopted as a South Asian into a totally different culture across the world? What is it like to be Indian parents of an adopted African-American child? What is it like to be two Australian parents living in India with two adopted Indian children? This week, we hear from Jacob, born into a Tibetan...
42 | What We Would Change About Our Indian Wedding
August 18, 2020 03:50 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBIndian weddings are generally a multi-day affair, including a number of rituals and family get togethers. And lets not forget the food! After 10 years of marriage, Jessica and Abhishek reflect on what they would change about their "Big Fat Indian Wedding." What are the important things to include and what doesn't matter years later? What do a bride and groom need to compromise? Is it better to have one ceremony or two? How do you convince your family to include what you want in your wedd...
41 | Exploring Indian Education with Educational Expert Shubhada Ranjan
August 03, 2020 12:30 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBFrom the outside, the Indian educational system is a confusing landscape that produces some of the world's top talent, CEOs and world leaders, yet is criticized for inequality and illiteracy. What are the basic building blocks of Indian education? How did India move from the Guru/Shishya ancient system to a high tech, competitive enterprise? Does the Indian school system really start at age 3? Shubhada Ranjan is the Head of Public Relations at a 3000 student school in Patna City, Bihar....