A special 30th episode with my parents Jyotsna Lawania and Anil Lawania. We discuss growing up in the 1960s in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, leaving India, settling in Saudi Arabia, Oman & UAE and parenting two animals that everyone calls their sons.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
1:04 Growing Up With Eight Siblings
5:30 Studying At IIT
10:18 Regret On Not Clearing Civil Services
16:28 Witnessing The 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots
19:38 The Indian Emergency
20:48 Leaving India
31:40 Mom’s Entry: Childhood In Agra, Uttar Pradesh
38:09 How Would Your Parents Describe You?
39:27 How Did You Both Meet?
45:48 Leaving India
49:07 On Becoming Parents
54:28 What Is The Naughtiest Thing Your Kids Have Done?
58:32 How Would You Rate Yourself As Parents?
1:03:10 Raising Children In A Foreign Country
1:04:50 Were We Good Sons?
1:06:52 Are We Good Brothers To Each Other?
1:08:25 Watching Your Children Leave Home
1:10:57 Happiest Memory
1:12:11 Advice For Your Sons
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