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Fargo/Never Have I Ever star Richa Moorjani on beauty & South Asian identity: S5, Ep 13

Richa Moorjani and I explore South Asian American identity, the cultural divides between Hollywood & Bollywood, the damaging impact of Western beauty ideals as well the pressure on South Asian women to be “skinny” at odds with our genetics.Richa gets personal sharing her early life, her parents, her real-life friendship with Poorna Jagannathan and her […]

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S5 Ep 12 Sangeeta Pillai: Why I became a South Asian feminist & podcaster

In this extra-special final episode, Masala Podcast creator Sangeeta Pillai becomes the guest. She is interviewed by Hollywood actor & producer Melanie Chandra about the importance of South Asian feminism. Sangeeta talks about her own personal and painful experiences growing up in the Mumbai slums with an alcoholic, abusive father. She talks about seeing South Asian women being treated badly, which

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