Trying to Live Up to Our Elders

In the weekly discussion segment of American Desis, Akaash and Arjun discuss themes that resonated with them during the interview. In response to theinterview with Sharad Nani, Akaash and Arjun discuss how refreshing and enlightening it was to speak with Naniji. They discuss how surreal it was to learn about the freedom movement from someone who witnessed it first hand, as well as the idea that "she was born a slave". They also discussed our responsibility to our peoples, both at home and abroad, vs. our responsibility to a country. As always, this is followed by interactions with our community. We discuss an important online movement to document the 1947 Partition experiences, Bobby Jindal, and the general sense of love and nostalgia that everybody had listening to Naniji. As always, we ask y'all to review and rate. Discuss and share our podcast! We are only as strong as our community and we continue to hope you join!