Grab your bubbles and favorite treat and tune into Burfi & Bubbles! Join childhood friends and co-hosts, Simmi and Diya, as they interview guests who share their lived experiences that spread awareness and normalize conversations that have been fairly taboo within the South Asian diaspora. Together they celebrate resilience, joy, and complex living.
From Reel Life to Real Life: In Conversation with Sumaira Ahmed
Upon being diagnosed with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder, Sumaira Ahmed took on this life-altering disease by founding The Sumaira Foundation (https://www.sumairafoundation.org/), a non-profit organization that has been raising funds and bringing the NMO community together. From working as an actress in projects to being an awardee of WeWork’s 2021 Women for Tomorrow (https://www.wework.com/ideas/community-stories/member-spotlight/wework-is-helping-women-founders-get-back-to-the-office) initiative, Sumaira talks with us about her journey and where she envisions her foundation in the future.
1 Jul 2021TRANSCRIPT
Of the Culture, For the Culture: In Conversation with Brinda Guha
Dancer, choreographer, and collaborator, Brinda Guha (https://www.brindaguha.com/), the artistic director of Kalamandir (https://www.kalamandirdanceco.com/) and curator of Wise Fruit NYC (https://www.wisefruitnyc.com/), speaks with us about her journey in creating personal and professional spaces for activism and learning. Join us to hear about Brinda’s lived experiences as she navigates being of the culture and for the culture as a queer Brown woman.
8 Jun 2021TRANSCRIPT
Meet Simmi & Diya: Why Two Childhood Friends Launched a Podcast
Come along for the ride as two childhood friends talk about their life trajectories and what inspired them to launch a podcast in their 30’s in-midst of juggling careers, relationships, and diasporic culture.
8 Jun 2021
Lemons to Lemonade: In Conversation with Nadia Hussain
Nadia Hussain, a Director at Moms Rising, the co-founder of BAWDI and an ACLU board member has carved her life path by breaking barriers and blazing a path of intention and care. She’s made exquisite and powerful lemonade out of the lemons that life presented to her and shares those lived experiences with us.
4 Jun 2021
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From Reel Life to Real Life: In Conversation with Sumaira Ahmed
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[…] Only recently since the foundation has gone global have I been more in touch with patients, let's say in India and Bangladesh and in Nepal and Sri Lanka, Bhutan. And I think it's all of the above the, you know, there's a ton of misdiagnosis. 35 % of patients are misdiagnosed with MS. […]
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