inbetweenish • bridges across cultures
If you're generally confused about where you belong, you may have just stumbled into the right place! The inbetweenish is exactly what it sounds like: it's about the space in-between, where it's neither here nor there, where you don't fit neatly into a box.
Through open conversations with people from all walks of life, we will share personal stories about growing up in numerous countries, amongst different faiths, speaking multiple languages, and integrating into new and diverse cultures. Join me, your host, Beatriz Nour, as I navigate the delicate dynamics of growing up inbetweenish.
inbetweenish • bridges across cultures
🌶️ the diversity that brings us together — with Aakshi
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What is the strongest tie you have to your home country?
How does your schooling inform your own identity?
On this episode, I chat with Aakshi Sinha about her upbringing, growing up all over India, and then going away for college at Minerva University. Aakshi bravely shares stories from her boarding school days, from complicated hierarchal relationships, to coping mechanisms through music and community building. Together we explore subjects of mental health, seeking therapy, discovering one’s sexual identity and the importance of representation. One topic we keep circling back to is Partition and Independence, and Aakshi asks a very important question: how much of history is actually felt in the present?
Episode Mentions
- On Children by Khalil Gibran
- The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
- 1947 Partition Archive — a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to archiving the people's history of Partition
- Gaysi — safe zone and platform exploring the intersection between being Desi and queer
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More about: Aakshi Singha
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The in-betweenish pod is produced by Beatriz Nour
Music is composed and produced by Malik Elmessiry