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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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Live in Germany: With Prasanna Oommen, Laxmi Manuela & Anu Ambasna , S4 Ep11

“How are we expected to present ourselves as women from South Asian culture? Together, we discuss our experiences as South Asian womxn living all over Europe and what it means to be South Asian feminists today.” The fiercely feminist Masala Podcast goes international! This very special live episode was recorded in Cologne, Germany. Sangeeta Pillai

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