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Why isn't there mental health education earlier in school?
After an unfortunately long break, Pretty Desi is back! Join us again as Smruti and Anusha talk about early mental health education, and their views on its importance to students today. Especially coming out of the ongoing pandemic, listen as they discuss why this makes the problem even more timely.
28 Nov 2021
Desi Food and the Lunch Box
Join Aayush and Anusha as they talk about what it's like having Desi Food in non-Desi settings, their experiences, and what they think about stereotyping and "othering" of supposedly foreign foods.
2 Oct 2021
Why Saying My Name RIght Matters
Growing up in a globalized world, people often have to collaborate, teach, and learn from people of different cultures and nationalities. While this is happening however, many people fail to see how important the simple act of pronouncing act is. Especially when a name holds so much purpose and meaning for a person, it's important that people take the time to learn how to pronounce these names. Listen as Aayush and Anushka talk about their thoughts and experiences with this topic, hope you enjoy!
26 Aug 2021
Students and Stress: a Desi take
Especially as COVID grips the world, listen as Nikhita and Aayush talk about how it's affecting life as students, along with thoughts about work, stress, and more!
27 Jul 2021
India's population and a two-child policy in UP?
Join Shyam and Anushka as they talk about the dangers of overpopulation in an Indian context, and how the state of Uttar Pradesh has just proposed a two-child policy to combat this. While it may be possible, gender ratios among other things are possible problems that can come from this.
Listen to learn about the problems a policy like this could have, and alternatives we can do to control populations!
15 Jul 2021
The Importance of getting your vaccine in India
This podcast is more of a PSA, with Nithilan and Shyam discussing the importance and need for India to get vaccinated! Listen as we talk about vaccines, getting them from the right place, and why it's so important especially now.
Get vaccinated today!
23 Jun 2021
South Asia’s Environment problem and India’s goal for “Green Railroads”
In this episode, Raghav and Nithilan talk about South Asia’s environment and the new prospects of India hoping to have the world’s largest green railroads by 2030! The announcement is impressive considering the political diversity of the country, but listen as they discuss where we go from here.
7 Jun 2021
Why Protests (and the Farmer Protests) shouldn't just be stereotyped as chaos
Especially amid the ongoing farmer protests that have been continuing for months, we thought it'd be best to do a segment about why protesting shouldn't always be equated to chaos and anarchy. Join Sid and Shyam as they talk about why there is still a stigma around protests, and how we can stop it!
22 May 2021
Teen mental health in the age of social media: Beyond Desis
In this episode, Raghav and Nithilan talk about how social media affects our everyday lives, how it can distort perceptions of beauty, and where we need to draw the line. From discussions about breakdowns from deleting apps, to "Instagram for Kids", join us as we acknowledge May's Mental Health Awareness Month!
7 May 2021
COVID and India's Youth
As the COVID crisis grows in India, we take a look at how the country with one of the largest youth populations is having its youth affected by the pandemic. Raghav, Krish, and Somya look into how hard the pandemic is hitting India's youth, and how the youth are taking initiative to help people find COVID resources + supplies.
22 Apr 2021
Appropriation vs. Appreciation, where’s the line? (Ft. Desi culture)
Join Akash, Nikhita, and Siddarth as they talk about their opinions on trends that use South Asian culture. Since this is a controversial topic, this episode has a little more hosts to get more opinions. We hope you learn as much as we did!
8 Apr 2021
Gender Stereotypes in Bollywood need to change: the problem with musical sexism
Bollywood is one of the most iconic industries in South Asia, but musical sexism and male-centric storylines dominate the space far too much. Join Anushka and Shyam as they talk about why the movies kids look up to, need to start teaching them equality; not stereotypes.
26 Mar 2021
Why South Asians need to support #StopAsianHate
Listen as today's hosts of Pretty Desi with One Suryan: Samraat, Raghav, and Nithilan talk about why the South Asian community NEEDS to support stopping Asian hate. It's vital that we don't brush it off, and that we support organizations and voices that are helping stop the hate.
Links and names of organizations you can support are at the end, along with resources you can share.
We need to stop the hate.
10 Mar 2021
The Upside-Down World of Colorism
This episode, Anushka and Shyam talk about beauty standards and fairness in South Asia. Listen as they discuss the origins of Indian/Desi perceptions of beauty, relive pressures from fairness standards, and talk about Bollywood's role in the obsession. Join us!
1 Mar 2021
Parag Mehta on identity struggles being LGBTQ+ as a South Asian
We’re so honored to have had the opportunity to interview Mr. Parag Mehta! He's so full of good advice and positive energy as he talks about why we should face our problems, stresses, and struggles head-on according to our values. In this episode, the One Suryan team joins Mr. Mehta as he shares his inspirational views and story of coming out as he was growing up in rural Texas. We hope you enjoy!
18 Feb 2021
Desis, Stress, and the Model Minority Myth
Join us for our second episode as Akash, Nithilan, and Sidharth introduce themselves, unravel the model minority myth, media stereotypes of Desis, academic stress, and even Ravi Ross? Listen to find out!
29 Jan 2021
Why no farmers means no food
In our first episode, we learn why and how the farmers in Punjab are still protesting, why it's taking so long for their demands to be met, and why you should care. No farmers no food is more than just a trend!
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