Desi Tea Talks is a podcast series focused to bring to you a unique and unfiltered take on life and all its nuances from three Indian expats currently settled in America. We are your hosts: Aishwarya (Seattle), Manasi (Los Angeles), and Parija (Pittsburgh), repping three different regions of America. We will discuss a variety of topics related to food, lifestyle, relationships, travel, and many more - you name it and we got you covered!
On this episode, we give you a little sneak peek into our background, lives, and friendship. We talk about our childhood in India and our adulthood in America. We also talk about how we started this fun-filled #DesiTeaTalks (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/desiteatalks) journey...leave us a comment down below with any questions you may have "About Us".
3 Feb 2021
Episode 14 : Women of Color in Workforce
On this episode, we discuss some of our experiences as women of color in workforce. We all work in different industries and face a variety of challenges.
30 Jan 2021
Episode 13: Ultimate Pre-Natal Guide with @fitnessforthefitmom
Happy New Year friends! In this episode, we talk to our friend; a fitness blogger and mother of two, Akshitha (aka @fitnessforfitmom). We discuss some pre-natal and postpartum fitness ideas, health tips and other challenges during pregnancy.
17 Dec 2020
Episode 11 : Reflections 2020
#2020 has been one of a kind! The COVID-19 #pandemic will go down in history books and while it was a painfully slow year, it is almost coming to an end. In this episode we look back at 2020, the learnings we had and how it changed our lives all together.
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Song - Dhaakad from Bollywood movie Dangal
2 Dec 2020
Episode 10 - Holiday Gift Guide
2020 has been an unprecedented year, but the #HolidaySeason is finally here!! On this episode, we share with you some of our gift ideas for friends and family...everything from smaller items perfect for stocking stuffers to gifts for women/ men or even kids. All these gifts are available online, so they are very #quarantine shopping friendly. At Desi Tea Talks, we support small businesses and urge you all to do the same. #HappyHolidays Disclaimer - We are not sponsored by any of these products :)
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19 Nov 2020
Episode 9 - Trader Joe's Favorites
As we enter the #holiday edition of #quarantine2020, we bring to you some of our favorite picks from #TraderJoes (www.traderjoes.com). We all love to cook and eat and explore new items to cook with and snack on. On this episode, we share a some of our favorite items from Trader Joe's....from their frozen section to their drinks aisle, and everything in between. Add a comment with some of your favorite items from Trader Joe's and let us know what you think about our favorites list! P.S. We are not sponsored by or have any affiliation to Trader Joe's, but we sure love their products :)
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5 Nov 2020
Podcast 8 : Real talk with an Air Force Veteran
This #veteransday, we had a chance to talk to an U.S. Air Force Veteran as part of our #realtalk series. Having served for the country, our guest shares some great insights about his training, family support, deployment, and the GI Bill.
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21 Oct 2020
Episode 7: Siblings versus Single Child - What was it like growing up?
On this episode, we bring to you our perspective on growing up as a single child versus growing up with a #sibling. We talk about how our relationship with our silbling(s) has changed over the years and also share some funny stories from our #childhood.
7 Oct 2020
Episode 6: Healthify Your Indian Cooking
#newepisodealert Our latest episode is now live! On this episode, we share some of our swaps to make #Indianfood relatively healthy. We give some tips and tricks on how to making cooking as stress-free as possible, while still eating healthy and nutritious food. We also talk about some of our favorite appliances that we use on a day to day basis to cook and eat #healthyfood.
A huge shoutout to @iamrajmaheshwari a.k.a. Gheewala from NY for Vrindavan Ghee...we absolutely love this brand of ghee to cook/finish our food with 🤤
Here's the link to the food blog mentioned in the episode https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/. This one is a good collection of some of the healthy Indian recipes.
|| Disclaimer - We are not experts on health & nutrition and the content shared in this video is our personal experience and learning from the day to day cooking ||
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Song - Dhaakad from Bollywood movie Dangal
22 Sept 2020
Episode 5- Relationships : Do we have a typical Indian marriage?
This episode is the first one in our #relationship series! On this episode, we discuss how we feel marriages have evolved over generations, specifically Indian marriages. We talk about how we think our relationships with our respective spouses are different than that of what is conceived as a "typical" Indian marriage.
10 Sept 2020
Episode 4 - Travel Diaries: Machu Picchu
On this episode, we talk about our journey to get to Machu Picchu and our honest first impression! All 3 of us love to travel and have a lot of stories to share from our travels. What better way to kick off our #traveldiaries series, than our epic trip to Machu Picchu. We honestly can't wait to travel again and hope to have even more stories to share with y'all!
On this episode, we share our stories of the glorious festival celebrating our beloved Ganeshji, while growing up in India. We also talk about the story of how Ganeshji came into being and how he got his elephant head. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane...Ganpati Bappa Morya!!
12 Aug 2020
Work from Home : Love or hate?
On this episode, we discuss how we are doing and what we have been going through while having to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We share some funny and some not so funny experiences and also tips on how we are trying to overcome some of the stress caused by this quarantine situation. Hope the tips and ideas help you be productive and make your day go by faster. Stay healthy, fit, and strong...we will get through this together! Leave a comment below to let us know your story(ies) working from home.
27 Jul 2020
Chai : A Hug in Mug
Our first episode is dedicated to what started it all...Tea! In this episode, we talk about our thoughts/experiences with different kinds of tea, health and other benefits, some things to consider, and nostalgic memories around tea. Leave a comment below to let us know your favorite tea and/or memory(ies) around tea.
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