Jessica 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 -int ...
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Every episode has been designed to bring you some kind of value add. Life is a never ending self improvement game - whether it's health, career guidance, lifestyle advice or just plain old inspiration... Each episode will charge you up in some way. We deep dive into some of the world's most intelligent, most successful minds in order to mine out the diamonds they've created over the course of their lives. INDIAN CULTURE PODCAST IS ONE OF THE BEST PODCAST FROM INDIA??. Hope you will enjoy. #inst
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The Baba Gonesh Podcast - Lessons in Indian Culture and Breaking News from the Homeland
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The Wisdom and World View of Baba Gonesh, guru of all things spiritual.
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Two very unqualified Desi college friends and self described haters discuss Indians (and Indian Americans) in Pop Culture.
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A true desi and a proud Mumbai girl, 5 years ago I moved out of home and have been going from one country to another and have changed more houses and cities than I can remember. This is a podcast about life abroad, trying to make sense out of different cultural norms and a whole new way of living. My confusions and the stories that arise from this chaos while I try to hold on to my culture, identity and life as I know it...
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87 | Navigating Scams in India with Fluent Hindi
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Is 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 ac…
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The Brown Burndown: Mini Episode - Barbenheimer, Sophie Turner and LARRY
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Happy 2024! To commemorate the new year, we're bringing you an episode...we recorded 5 months ago. And catch the first "lie we told" at the 30 second mark where we announce that it's going to be a "mini" one (spoiler, it's 50 minutes long). Chaos all around! Join us on this time traveling journey where we cover Barbenheimer, Nixon, Sophie Turner, H…
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86| MUST KNOW Phrases for Asking Questions in Hindi
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Asking 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 s…
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Baba's Observations From The Street: The Fashion-Conscious Monkey
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A Fashion-Conscious Monkey is cited on the streets of India and Baba Gonesh was there to capture it all.Autor: Baba Gonesh
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Breaking Baba News - The Goat Rebellion
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The Great Goat Rebellion - It was bound to happen!Autor: Baba Gonesh
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85| Top 10 Pro Tips for Travel to India
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If 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 …
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Breaking Baba News - Air India Filthy Urine Man (The Saga Continues)
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Baba obtains the complaint letter from woman who was urinated on while flying Air India. Outrage sparks upon learning the shockingly inadequate penalty the filthy urine man will face after conducting this disgusting act.Autor: Baba Gonesh
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Breaking Baba News - Urinated On Air India
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Filthy Disgusting Urine Man Arrested After Defiling Woman on Air India!Autor: Baba Gonesh
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84| Navigating the Indian Medical System | Featuring Melody Crisp, Physician Assistant
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Navigating 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 …
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Breaking Baba News - India Becomes World's Most Populous Country!
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Baba Gonesh has some exciting Breaking Baba News to share as India officially becomes the world’s most populous country, knocking China into second place after nearly 75 year. Baba spikes the cricket ball a bit on this latest installment.Autor: Baba Gonesh
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The Brown Burndown Mini Episode: Love Again, Spare and Ozempic
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Happy #AAPI month! This one is delayed (duh) but hopefully worth it because....WE REUNITED!!! Three point five years later we bring you the third IRL recording in Brown Burndown history.We also get into: A) Elusive Taylor Swift concert tickets (this was recorded pre breakup so sry no takes there) B) #Nickyanka continuing to Nickyanka (see: https://…
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83| Predictions for the Future of Indian Podcasting with Indicast | Aditya Mhatre & Abhishek Kumar
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I'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 …
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Breaking Baba News - Mumbai Medical Mishaps
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Baba Gonesh is back after a lengthy hiatus with another installment of Breaking Baba News: Mumbai Medical Mishaps: Surgical Scissors Found in Woman’s Stomach Bottle of Vodka Found Inside Man Deodorant Found in Man’s StomachAutor: Baba Gonesh
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82| India's Longest Running Podcast | Indicast Part 1
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Aditya 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 …
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81| Kids Hindi Lesson | Things NOT to Say in Hindi | Course Preview
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What 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…
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80 | Unfair & Lovely | Colorism in India with Mallika Thoppay
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In 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"…
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Emergency RIP Queen Episode + Never Have I Ever Season 3
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We reward your many month wait with: 1) Poor audio until the halfway point 2) In-depth discussion of the Queen's cause of death 3) Liz Truss (lol) 4) An episode we recorded in September and has extremely out of date takes on a) Mindy Kaling and b) Harry and Meghan5) Also lots of good other stuffHOWEVER we are back and promise to provide a more time…
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79| Best of 2022 | HIGHLIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS FROM THIS YEAR
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Join 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 - Wh…
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What's in a name? Particularly if you are a turkey? For the upcoming U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, Baba provides a history lesson on the discovery of the bird that has come to be known by many names around the world.Autor: Baba Gonesh
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of our good friend and show contributor, Baba Gonesh on this very special episode of Smorgasbord Radio. As you heard on our 40th anniversary episode, Baba has been with us from the very beginning and so our archives are vast and deep. In honor of the spiritual guru's milestone birthday, we attempt to highlight the bes…
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78| Indian vs Western Education | A Guide for Moving Families
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If 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…
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In honor of the Smorgasbord Radio Show's 40th anniversary, Baba calls into the show to reminisce with Chris about how they met so many years ago. Here we finally get to learn about Baba's backstory and how he ended up going from an incense entrepreneur to high school radio legend and a valuable contributor to the SmorgShow Podcast.…
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77 | Thriving as a Foreigner in India | Part 2 | Relationships
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How 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 languag…
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76| Thriving as a Foreigner in India | Part 1 | Practicalities
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What 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 Indi…
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The Brown Burndown EMERGENCY Roe Episode
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Oh hi....its us. and we are BACK with a SUPER BUMMER episode but one that is close to our hearts!First we talk about how we're not going to talk about frivolous things (before we spend 15 minutes talking about frivolous things like...Mindy's haircut (yay), and Bridgerton (....).Then we talk about the huge bummer that is the state of women's rights …
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The Ceiling Fan Suicides and India's Culture of Death
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This installment is taken from episode 144 of the SmorgShow Podcast where we compiled a series of Baba Gonesh man-on-the-street news stories involving India’s culture of death. We look back on the string of suicides throughout India involving ceiling fans, and other bizarre stories concerning strange deaths, suicides, or “flirtations” with death.…
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75 | Hindi Pronunciation Tips | Featuring Abhishek Kumar
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Episode 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 betw…
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74 | All About Indian In-Laws Part 2
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Jessica 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 …
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73| All About Indian In-Laws | Part 1
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Jessica 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…
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72| What is it REALLY Like Being Married to an Indian Man?
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Hearing 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…
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Breaking Baba News - The Prophesies of Baba Vanga
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After a 6-month contract dispute with the SmorgShow Podcast, Baba returns with an episode intended for the start of the new year. Baba reports on Bulgarian Clairvoyant Baba Vanga and her predictions for 2022!Autor: Baba Gonesh
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71| Indian Childrens' Literature with Author Devika Cariapa
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Devika 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-Good…
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70 | Hindi Hacks You Didn't Know You Needed | Hindi Course Preview
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What 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 …
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69 | Ethics in Language Learning with Eliza Keyton
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Eliza 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 e…
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68 | Learning Malayalam vs Learning Hindi with Eliza Keyton
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Eliza 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 b…
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67 | Best of 2021 | Highlights and Reflections on this Year
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2021 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 -…
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Bye bye 2021 || Lessons learnt from 2021 by Anup Karande
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2021 was also with little bit of pandemic, surprises and some ups and downs. As the time passes, we always learn something, that school don't teach us. And in today's episode I am going to share my experience of learning of this year. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anup-karande/message…
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The Brown Burndown Mini Episode 2: The Sex Lives of College Girls (Ep 1-5)
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This "mini" (maxi) episode opens like its sponsored content for Parachute oil but LOL no we wish nobody pays us to do this. This week we discuss: 1) Tropical breezes2) New words we've learned3) Our investment thesis re: crocs4) The first 5 episodes of Mindy Kaling's new show "The Sex Lives of College Girls"Are the takes kinda outdated now that the …
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66 | Reflections on Indian Culture | Ask Me Anything
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Jessica 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? A…
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The Brown Burndown Mini Episode 1: We're Alive!
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Fear not because we are BACK! We're happy to report that we are alive and well in our first ever mini-episode, where we'll catch you up on what we've been up to since the summer. Tune in for #nickyankawatch2k21 updates, a deep dive into BJ Novak's dating life, and the funniest thing PChops has ever said! #potatoes (iykyk) Come join us for this brie…
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65 | Yoga is Dead Part 2 | Jesal Parikh & Jessica Kumar
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This 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…
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64 | Yoga is Dead Part 1 | Jesal Parikh & Jessica Kumar
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Get 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 Weste…
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63 | Behind the Scenes of an Indian-American Marriage
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Should 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 t…
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Breaking Baba News - Monkey Kills Delhi Man with Brick!
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Delhi man is killed by brick hurled by monkey!!Autor: Baba Gonesh
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Honey Trap Causes Treason! Rajasthan Man Honey-Trapped by Seductive Women employed by Pakistan’s Intelligence AgencyAutor: Baba Gonesh
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Kevin 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 …
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Rape case's in India || Analysis and Solution
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THIS PODCAST IS NOT FOR FRAME PURPOSE. Hello guy, In this video I am going through detail analysis of rape case's according to NCBR data (2020). Video is in 4 parts :-1) Rape case's in India2) what government had done? 3) What you can do? 4) Initiative taken by the NGO'S. #rape_mukt_bharat#rapecasesinindia#ncbr#india#indianculture#stoprape#plzstopr…
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61 | How to Learn a New Language and Culture Without Losing Yourself | Burning Man | Camp Languages
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The 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 sh…
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60 | Strategies for Learning Fluent Hindi & Any Indian Language
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What 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?…
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59 | Help! I'm in Love With an Indian! | Cross-Cultural Relationship Advice
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Are 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…
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