Strong South Asian womxn The first time I’d heard of Poorna Bell was when I read her book Chase the Rainbow all those years ago, I remember how moved I was by the honesty and vulnerability in that book. Chatting with Poorna for Masala Podcast was a wonderful nurturing experience. I loved exploring with Poorna […]
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Disability & South Asian culture I loved chatting with Shani Dhanda, the multiple award-winning disability rights activist. Shani has a rare condition called: Osteogenesis Imperfecta (better known as brittle bone disease) characterised by bones that break easily, often from little or no apparent cause. Though, this has never stopped Shani from living her life to
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Grief & loss Mona Arshi is a poet, novelist and essayist. I interviewed Mona Arshi for Masala Podcast and it was the most nourishing and positive conversation on grief. It’s difficult to imagine that discussing grief can be uplifting, but it truly was. We circled around language, loss and love and grief of course. Mona
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