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India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love88 | Navigating India Respectfully as a ForeignerDoes India seem intimidating? Are you afraid you'll do something which may offend people when you visit? Or even if you attend an Indian function outside of India, what do you do?
In this episode, Jessica shares a number of stupid things she did and mistakes she has made over the years, with humor and lessons attached.
She also talks a fair amount about overcoming a white saviorism mentality and learning to take a back seat to Indian leadership.
Additional Resources:
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2024-09-2724 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love87 | Navigating Scams in India with Fluent HindiIs India safe for foreign travelers? I believe that in 95% of situations, having the right skills and language will help you get out of sketchy situations.
But how?
With most Hindi travel guides out there, the book is going to teach "Namaste, Mera naam Jessica hai. Aap kaise hain? Aapka naam kya hai?" While these are not bad things to learn, but actually not that important if you’re just trying to survive in India.
But what are the things you need to know? How...
2024-03-2624 min
Soul FightersOn To Greater Things - With Jessica ThorntonShelan Kumar's long-time friend, Jessica Thornton, joins the Soul Fighter's podcast this week! Jessica is a very insightful and intentional person, with many great life experiences to share! Tune in to hear more about her reflection on high school years, tackling a new career fresh out of college, and all the big things she's moving on to today!
2024-03-0745 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love86| MUST KNOW Phrases for Asking Questions in HindiAsking questions in Hindi might be the most important thing you can learn.
In this episode, Jessica talks about the importance of asking questions and not just making declarative statements in Hindi.
In this episode, we talk about "kya - what." "Kya" is the most important word you need to know to be able to ask questions in Hindi.
This video is a sample from the larger Hindi Grammar Foundations course by Jessica Kumar. Hindi Grammar Foundations is a 2.5 hour course including 30+ video lessons, downloadable homework, audio recordings and...
2023-12-1412 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love83| Predictions for the Future of Indian Podcasting with Indicast | Aditya Mhatre & Abhishek KumarI've been following Indicast with Aditya Mhatre and Abhishek Kumar for 17 years. They are the hosts of India's longest running multi-person podcast. Covering major business tycoon stories, to media personalities, to the latest news, these guys are the dynamic duo of Indian podcasting.
In Part 2, Jessica talks with them about predictions for future digital India and how they think tech has changed the ways people live.
Part 1 about their personal lives of being two of India’s first podcasters and how the show came into being.
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2023-05-0220 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love82| India's Longest Running Podcast | Indicast Part 1Aditya Mhatre and Abhishek Kumar were two of the first people in India to start podcasting, and today more than 15 years later, their show theindicast.com is still running. Interviewing some of the biggest celebrities in India, with humility, intellect and humor, Aditya and Abhishek are a dynamic duo.
During this interview, Jessica gets behind the scenes of what it meant for Abhishek and Aditya personally to run the show this long and how the podcast has opened new opportunities for them during the dawn of Digital India.
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2023-04-0541 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love81| Kids Hindi Lesson | Things NOT to Say in Hindi | Course PreviewWhat NOT to say in Hindi as a kid!
This is an preview from the Kids' Hindi Kickstarter Course coming out next week on www.learnhindianywhere.com. It is an 18 part course taking you through all the responses you need to know as a kid in your first years of speaking Hindi.
Jessica has 17 years experience in helping others learn Hindi and has multiple other courses online including Hindi Hacks, Overcome Pronunciation Pitfalls.
This time, she teams up with her 8 year old son to create a whole course for kids designed for kids 4...
2023-03-0615 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love80 | Unfair & Lovely | Colorism in India with Mallika ThoppayIn Episode 80, Jessica Kumar and Mallika Thoppay take on colorism in South Asian communities.
Mallika shares about her activism and how colorism affects everyone and hurts us all. She works with children in helping them to accept others as they are and stand up for themselves if they are being discriminated against.
She authored "Unfair and Lovely" to combat colorism in India. The book tackles colorism and is an effort to nip this social issue in the bud. It chronicles the journey of Sahana, who is a middle school girl. She and he...
2023-02-0720 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love78| Indian vs Western Education | A Guide for Moving FamiliesIf you've ever wondered what the differences are between the educational system in Western countries, this episode is for you. If you're an NRI wondering if you should move back to India, or if you are a Westerner thinking about making the shift to India, this is for you too.
In this episode, Jessica details the major differences between Indian and Western education styles as well a a LIST OF QUESTIONS you need to ask a new school before enrolling your child.
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2022-11-0419 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love77 | Thriving as a Foreigner in India | Part 2 | RelationshipsHow do you build relationships in India? Part 2 of this 2 part episode deals with the relational dynamics of living in India as someone who didn't grow up there. Skip the outdated guide books and listen in to this advice from Jessica, who first started living in India in 2006.
Friendships, finding common ground, how to manage house help and language learning tips are all here.
Whether you are visiting or planning on living in India, these tips will help you go beyond surviving to thriving in India with these tips!
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2022-09-0620 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love76| Thriving as a Foreigner in India | Part 1 | PracticalitiesWhat are the crucial elements you need to life life well in India? Part 1 of this 2 part episode deals with the practicalities of living in India as someone who didn't grow up there. Skip the outdated guide books and listen in to this advice from Jessica, who first started living in India in 2006.
Negotiation, dealing with the complications of Indian currency, how to give and receive directions and of course tips on learning the local language(s) of the place you are visiting or living in.
Whether you are visiting or planning on living in I...
2022-08-0217 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love75 | Hindi Pronunciation Tips | Featuring Abhishek KumarEpisode 75 contains a teaser of Jessica's upcoming course Overcome Hindi Pronunciation Pitfalls! Abhishek joins Jessica to work through some of the most common pronunciation errors that learners of Hindi make. In this episode, we take a small slice and discuss the vowel sounds of Hindi which are often mispronounced.
Hear the subtle differences between short A and long A, and why you may have been saying "Namaste" incorrectly all these years!
Keep an eye out of the upcoming course later in the summer of 2022. www.learnhindianywhere.com
Links mentioned in this episode:
The "Hindi Hacks You Never Knew You Needed" co...
2022-07-0513 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love74 | All About Indian In-Laws Part 2Jessica dives deeper about having Indian in-laws as a foreigner. In this 2 part episode, Jessica discusses listener questions about having Indian in-laws when you didn’t grow up in Indian culture.
We talk about how to address conflict, what happens when you're in a multi-generational home and how to address the different view of boundaries in East vs West.
Be sure to listen to Part 1 to hear about meeting the inlaws for the first time and other popular questions about marrying an Indian.
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2022-06-0926 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love73| All About Indian In-Laws | Part 1Jessica tells all about having Indian in-laws as a foreigner. In this 2 part episode, Jessica discusses listener questions about having Indian in-laws when you didn’t grow up in Indian culture.
You probably know Indian families are close knit. That is why having a good relationship with our in-laws is so important.
We discuss questions like what to expect when meeting the in-laws for the first time, gender biases, handling boundaries, managing questions about children and more.
Listen in as a guide for your own masala desi relationship.
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2022-05-1126 min
Drive with Us PodcastHe Survived a Horrific Car Crash – Jessica Kumar (S5E9)What would you do if you saw your husband get crushed between two cars on the side of the road? Today’s driver, Jessica Kumar, recounts a story about the time she was driving with her husband during a bad snow storm and had to stop their car on the side of the road. The EMT … He Survived a Horrific Car Crash – Jessica Kumar (S5E9) Read More »The post He Survived a Horrific Car Crash – Jessica Kumar (S5E9) appeared first on Drive with Us Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
2022-04-2834 min
Drive with Us PodcastHe Survived a Horrific Car Crash - Jessica KumarWhat would you do if you saw your husband get crushed between two cars on the side of the road? Today’s driver, Jessica Kumar, recounts a story about the time she was driving with her husband during a bad snow storm and had to stop their car on the side of the road. The EMT …
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2022-04-2834 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love70 | Hindi Hacks You Didn't Know You Needed | Hindi Course PreviewWhat are the top five verbs you need to now in Hindi to start most simple conversations? Jessica breaks down the basic verbs to listen for in Hindi conversation and how these verbs can be used for beginners and intermediate speakers of Hindi.
This episode is a sneak preview of Jessica's upcoming Hindi course "Hindi Hacks You Didn't Know You Needed to Know." This course if different from other courses on the market. If you've ever felt perfectionism stop you from trying to speak Hindi, this is a great place to start to overcome ba...
2022-03-0820 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love69 | Ethics in Language Learning with Eliza KeytonEliza Keyton (Eli Kutty) and Jessica Kumar are both language learners of Indian languages. In the years since learning Malayalam and Hindi, Eliza and Jessica have become increasingly convinced that there needs to be greater representation of Indians and proper credit given to those who have taught their indigenous languages to foreigners.
In this episode, Eliza and Jessica talk through the challenges of navigating leftover colonialism which makes learning a language responsibly tricky in today's climate.
Jessica and Eliza both share their clear intentions of uplifting Desi voices and pointing the attention back to native s...
2022-02-2234 min
The Fluent ShowWhat Women in Language Will Bring You in 2022Women in Language is an online event filled with talks presentations from female language experts who have done amazing things and documented their journey.
The conference is open to everyone, and it's organised by Kerstin, Lindsay and Shannon. In this episode, I've got 10 speakers from the conference sharing exactly why they love this event and what they'll be bringing you this year. Make sure you get your $29 ticket at www.womeninlanguage.com today!
You will hear from
Jessica Kumar on privilege in linguistics
Irene Cangi on reaching higher language levels of Italian
Lauren Williams...
2022-02-2134 min
The ClariTea Talk ShowEP#07 Jessica Kumar on life in Bihar, learning Hindi & adapting a new CultureHello listeners. This episode was long due! It was an absolute pleasure talking to Jessica Kumar. She is an American development associate living in Bihar. Jessica offers some wonderful insights into her journey from Chicago to Patna. Now as we explode into a world where borders between cultures seem to blur, her experience can give us some important lessons. In this episode, we talk about: - when and why she came to India - her first work experience in India - challenges a white person faces while adapting to Indian culture - w/ undertone...
2022-02-1941 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love68 | Learning Malayalam vs Learning Hindi with Eliza KeytonEliza Keyton (Eli Kutty) is an American Malayalam learner and dedicated to sharing her learnings with other learners. Jessica and Eliza dive into the complexities of learning Hindi vs Malayalam and the challenges of learning an Indian language.
Jessica and Eliza both share their clear intentions of uplifting Desi voices and pointing the attention back to native speakers of their target languages. They both speak about their unique experiences as white Americans and how one needs to be aware of white privilege while learning a language.
Both women are married to Indian m...
2022-02-0837 min
The Fluent ShowAn Impossible Snapshot of India (with Eli Kutty and Jessica Kumar)Their eyes met at Dubai airport...and it started a love affair with Malayalam!
In this episode, my American-born guests Jessica Kumar and Eliza Keyton (Eli Kutty) share their stories of falling in love with India - well, some of it! You'll hear about
how Jessica and Eliza travelled the world
what family traditions in India mean for independent women like these two
why one person's experience can never show you all that India has to offer
how learning a language can change your experience of India, no matter where you are
why both of them...
2022-02-071h 14
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love67 | Best of 2021 | Highlights and Reflections on this Year2021 was the year where I (Jessica) hosted only South Asian guests! Hear 2-4 min blurbs from 8 of our best episodes with powerful, empathetic and informational interviews!
In this episode we highlight:
Episode 48 - The Carolina Desis - Rashmili Vemula and Gurtej Singh - language and how that fits into their identity as Indian Americans
Episode 50 - Kunal Dutt- historian and activist, We dive into Bihar's rich history and why its in danger. @SaveHistoricPatnaCollectorate
Episode 53 - Positivity- Rashmi Chadha- female entrepreneur, business coach owner of WoVoyage women’s travel company. An inspiring story from a woman who h...
2021-12-2137 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love66 | Reflections on Indian Culture | Ask Me AnythingJessica takes a moment to reflect on some of the learnings about Indian culture she has observed in the last 15 years.
The most common questions she gets asked as a foreigner married to an Indian living in India:
How do you celebrate festivals as a cross cultural couple?
Is it safe to eat street food in India?
How many languages have you learned? AND MORE...
Two Ethical Businesses Supporting Local Artisans:
Ziyada Handicrafts - beautiful hand made fabrics for the Holidays. Enjoy a 10% discount with code "I...
2021-12-0718 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love65 | Yoga is Dead Part 2 | Jesal Parikh & Jessica KumarThis is Part 2 of Jessica's conversation with Jesal Parikh, the co-host of the provocative podcast “Yoga is Dead.” She and her co-host Tejal Patel, highlight injustices of the digestion of yoga by modern Western culture. In this episode, Jessica and Jesal explore the process of historical Indian yoga and how that has morphed into a different animal in Western society. Jesal names names trends of the colonization of yoga and how South Asians are taking it back.
Enjoy this highly nuanced conversation about how power, privilege, race and economic shifts have created a yoga industry out of an a...
2021-11-1625 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love64 | Yoga is Dead Part 1 | Jesal Parikh & Jessica KumarGet ready to have your mind blown. Jesal Parikh is the co-host of the provocative podcast "Yoga is Dead." She and her co-host Tejal Patel, highlight injustices of the digestion of yoga by modern Western culture. In this episode, Jessica and Jesal explore the process of historical Indian yoga and how that has morphed into a different animal in Western society. Jesal names names trends of the colonization of yoga and how South Asians are taking it back.
Enjoy this highly nuanced conversation about how power, privilege, race and economic shifts have created a yoga industry out...
2021-11-1034 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love63 | Behind the Scenes of an Indian-American MarriageShould I share pictures of my life on social media even if I fear being judged by conservative relatives? What are the no-nos of social media in more conservative Indian families? If you are in a desi/non-desi relationship, maybe you have some of the same questions we do.
How do you protect your relationship but also interact on social media with the ever watchful Indian aunties?
Jessica shares her top 5 tips for protecting family relationships online.
Plus, bonus - Is our life really all it looks like on social media? What are w...
2021-10-2715 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love62 | The Way of Chai | Kevin WilsonKevin Wilson has formed his identity as fitting in the spaces between black and white binary spaces throughout his life. Best known as "The CEO of Chai" on social media, he goes by @crossculturechristian as an expression of someone who wants to invite people into a safe place on the harsh landscape of critical social media sites. People talk about the "vibe" of his tiktoks and reels, but he sees his social media presence as a way to encourage and nourish people.
And if you learn how to make a fresh cup of chai along the way...
2021-10-0642 min
Brown People We KnowPWK: The Carolina Desi (Jessica Kumar)Carolina-based Desis Gurtej Singh and Rashmili Vemula explore life as the children of Desi immigrants in their podcast, The Carolina Desi. With their guests, the dynamic duo discuss the double life that so many of us live while navigating the cultural and societal differences that surround Desi Americans.
On today’s episode, Gurtej and Rashmili interviewed Jessica Kumar. When Jessica was 23, she decided to begin her journey pursuing hindi fluency while visiting India. In 2016, she did something that may surprise many of us. She immigrated from the United States to Bihar with her Indian husband and two children. On this ep...
2021-09-2828 min
The Healing Catalyst29. Releasing Identities & Attachments for Healing with Jessica ZweigJessica Zweig is an award-winning entrepreneur, personal branding expert, the founder and CEO of SimplyBe. Agency and author of “Be. - A No Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Your Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself.” Today, Jessica shares her healing journey from struggling with body dysmorphia and low self-esteem that manifested as chronic sinus infections to the inner work and truths she had to confront to heal herself. Dr. Avanti and Jessica also talk about the healing power of letting go and dive deep into how Jessica learned to listen to her body and let go o...
2021-09-1648 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love61 | How to Learn a New Language and Culture Without Losing Yourself | Burning Man | Camp LanguagesThe dissonance caused by learning a new culture and language can be one of the most disorienting things that humans can go through.
How can one respectfully and responsibly learn a new language without doing harm to those around them or losing themself in the process?
Join Jessica Kumar, Invisible India Podcast host and lifelong Hindi learner as she guides us through being aware of our own motivations, practicing cultural humility and decolonizing the language learning process.
#burningman #burningman2021 #sparkleverse #burner #virtualburn #virtualburn2021 #CampLanguages.
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2021-09-1532 minBrown People We KnowPWK: The Carolina Desi (Jessica Kumar)The Carolina Desi is a podcast where Carolina-based Desis Gurtej Singh and Rashmili Vemula explore life as the children of Desi immigrants. Through their guests, they reconcile the cultural and societal differences that surround Desi Americans, and discuss the double life that so many of us live while navigating that dynamic.
On today’s episode, Gurtej and Rashmili interviewed Jessica Kumar, @invisibleindia on IG., who has an unusual immigration story. While visiting India at 23, Jessica decided to start pursuing fluency in Hindi. In 2016, she committed to life in India, moving from the United States to Bihar with her Indian husband an...
2021-09-0728 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love60 | Strategies for Learning Fluent Hindi & Any Indian LanguageWhat does it take to successfully learn Hindi?
Jessica breaks down tips and tricks and answers the most common questions about how to learn Hindi fluently.
-What is unique about learning Hindi?
-Why is it so hard to learn Indian languages from a book?
-Is language school worth it?
-Is it more important to focus on Hindi pronunciation or vocabulary?
-Does age matter in learning a language?
-How important is it to learn Devnagri script?
Also check out previous episode and YouTube video "Why I Learned Hindi" where...
2021-08-2420 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love59 | Help! I'm in Love With an Indian! | Cross-Cultural Relationship AdviceAre you in a relationship with an Indian? Overwhelmed by the differences between your culture and Indian culture?
In Episode 59 of the Invisible India Podcast | Navigating Indian Culture with Love.... we dive in!
As a veteran in India (15 years) and being married to Abhishek from Bihar for 11 years, Jessica shares 3 main tips for engaging with Indian culture and understanding the deep undercurrents of how language, family and cultural contexts influence the way people behave in relationships.
She covers how to understand joint families, language learning and how to share frustrations about the culture without hurting your partner.
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2021-08-1019 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love58 | Inequality & Opportunity | A Review of "Maid in India" with Tripti Lahiri | Part 2"Maid in India" is a masterful work that not only uncovers some of the biggest challenges to India's informal labor sector, but some of the greatest opportunities it presents. Jessica rates it as one of the best books she has read on Indian culture as a whole, as it highlights the invisible aspects of hierarchy and classism through storytelling and hard data.
Tripti Lahiri, Author, joins Jessica for an enlightening conversation about the book and personal experiences of grappling with the patron/client relationship of employing domestic help in India. This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Conversation.
2021-07-2744 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love57 | Inequality & Opportunity | A Review of "Maid in India" with Tripti Lahiri | Part 1"Maid in India" is a masterful work that not only uncovers some of the biggest challenges to India's informal labor sector, but some of the greatest opportunities it presents. Jessica rates it as one of the best books she has read on Indian culture as a whole, as it highlights the invisible aspects of hierarchy and classism through storytelling and hard data.
Tripti Lahiri, Author, joins Jessica for an enlightening conversation about the book and personal experiences of grappling with the patron/client relationship of employing domestic help in India. This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Conversation. ...
2021-07-2024 min
Multipurpose With Lakshit.Jessica Kumar: On How It Feels To Be A Bhartiya BahuaiOn This Epiosde I Sat Down With Jessica Kumar, originally from America, first came to India in 2006 for work and has since learned fluent Hindi and married Abhishek, originally from Bihar. In addition to working for a nonprofit and living in Bihar, Jessica hosts the Invisible India Podcast about cross cultural relationships and navigating Indian culture.
2021-07-1631 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love56 | Teaching Kids Indian LanguagesJessica hosts Anita Sachariah to share on tidbits of how to teach Indian origin children heritage languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Punjabi and many more. Jessica and Anita speak about their experiences teaching their own children and creating resources for children and adults to bridge the gap in learning Indian languages wherever learners are in the world.
This conversation was part of the Lingua Cultura Experience held on June 24-27, 2021 on Clubhouse.
FULL AUDIO recording on www.invisibleindiapodcast.com/episodes
View the YouTube of Anita and Jessica speaking together here.
2021-07-061h 03
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love55 | Learn Gujarati Culture & Language | Sanskar Teaching with Vaishali PatelVaishali Patel is passionate about passing on the Gujarati and Hindi languages and cultures to others! Hear her story of how she immigrated to the US and started teaching others Gujarati. Her company, Sanskar Teaching, includes a number of programs both online, live classes and products to bring students closer to Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi languages.
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Discount for Sanskar Teaching: Vaishali is offering discounts for listeners to the Invisible India Podcast. Use code INVISIBLEINDIA for 15% on any course https://www.learngujarationline.com/store
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2021-06-2227 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love54| Hindi Lesson for Kids | Fruits of India | Beginner's HindiEnjoy this conversation lesson including Hindi words with English explanation. The lesson is 10 minutes, including simple instructional vocabulary and vocabulary about fruits (mango, lichi and banana.) Learn more about Indian culture from Jessica's perspective (an American living in India since 2006.) She shares her learnings about cultural significance of different fruits, where they come from and the kids demonstrate how to eat them!
A few words we are going to review before we begin
Aam- mango
Lichi - lichi
Kela - banana
Phal- fruit
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2021-06-0816 min
The Story BarIn The Melting Pot with Jessica KumarWelcome to another brand new episode of The Story Bar Podcast.
I recently connected with Jessica Kumar, she is the host of the Invisible India Podcast. What’s her story and what the podcast is all about is something we discuss in this conversation.
We also talk about her own personal journey of making a major international move with its' personal, cultural, and professional implications. I request you all to check out the website
www.invisibleindiapodcast.com to learn more about it.
Before we begin, we all know what India is going...
2021-05-2631 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love53 | Rashmi Chadha | Female Entrepreneurship & Overcoming SexismRashmi Chadha is an entrepreneur, travel influencer and international speaker. Despite her ever smiling persona, there is depth and pain in her story. Overcoming sexism at many junctures, the tragic loss of her mother and obstacles from society, she continues to push forward to make the world a better place for women. She is the founder of wovoyage, a travel company making women’s travel experiences more safe and enjoyable. And with her media background now she is consulting companies like Yatra, Policy Bazar and small businesses in social media marketing.
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2021-05-1919 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love52 | COVID Crisis in India? What is Happening Right Now?What is really happening in India right now with the COVID Crisis?
Jessica, an American living in India with her family tells a first hand account of what it feels like to be in the midst of India's huge COVID crisis. How did we get here and what was the progression like from lockdown #1 in 2020 to a life of normalcy in late 2020, to complete chaos now in April 2021.
What does it feel like to be in a small city and how is the healthcare infrastructure holding up?
Hear...
2021-05-0414 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love51 | Patna's TOP 5 Historic Sites and Why They are in DangerPatna, Bihar’s historical sites are in danger. Kunal Dutt shares about the top 5 historic sites in Patna, the capital of Bihar, India. Kunal founded the Save Historic Patna Collectorate campaign to raise awareness of how Patnaites are allowing their history to be cannibalized in the name of becoming a “smart city.” He shares the tragic story of losing several iconic pieces of history and what you can do to get involved to stop further demolition of Indian history!
Follow Kunal Dutt: Instagram- @SaveHistoricPatnaCollectorate https://www.instagram.com/savehistoricpatnacollectorate/
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/SavePatnaCollectorate
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2021-04-2722 min
The Carolina DesiCD44 Invisible India with Jessica KumarWe've spoken before about the immigrant experience coming from South Asia to the US, but never the other way around! This time, we get to know Jessica Kumar, an American Midwesterner and Co-host of the Invisible India Podcast. Over time, Jessica found herself building a life with her husband and children halfway across the world in India. We sat down to ask Jessica about her work, her transition to life in India, raising bilingual children there, the misconceptions she had before arriving, and much more. Invisible India episode mentioned: Debunking Misconceptions about India @InvisibleIndia on IG...
2021-04-0627 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love50 | The Top 5 Most Raw Experiences I Have Had in IndiaIn Jessica's 15 years in India, there have been countless interesting and exciting moments.
Here in our 50th EPISODE she reflects on 2 dumb newbie mistakes, 1 religious experience, 1 natural disaster and 1 wild animal story.
Hear about the crazy, dumb mistakes that Jessica made as a young intern in India and the other wild experiences that come with living off the beaten path.
Learn more about Jessica and Abhishek's life in Bihar, whey they moved back to India after settling in the US and how Jessica learned fluent Hindi. Chalo!
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2021-04-0621 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love49 | COVID in India vs the USIs COVID really worse in American than India?
What did it feel like on the ground in India during the world's biggest lockdown.
Why on earth would anyone travel between the US and India right now?
Listen to Jessica and Abhishek share about their experience traveling from Bihar, India to Chicago and BACK AGAIN in the middle of a pandemic! Why did they go? What were their observations? What was the flight like?
We answer questions that many people have asked us in the past few months about the differences between India and Amer...
2021-03-0915 min
But What Will People SayMoving to India with Jessica KumarSend us a textJessica Kumar is the host of the Invisible India Podcast and joins me this week to talk about integrating to life in Bihar, India with her husband, Abhishek. She has learned the language and navigated raising bi-racial kids in India. We discuss the impact of colonialism in India, the pressure to assimilate, and trying to preserve her own identity and culture while embracing a new one.Follow Jessica on IG: @InvisibleIndia and invisibleindiapodcast.com You can find her podcast on all major streaming platforms! Zenwadi code: BWWPS10...
2021-02-171h 05
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love48 | Learning Indian Languages as Indian-Americans | w/ The Carolina DesiThe standard for Indian-Americans is seemingly impossibly high wherever they go. Not fully accepted as "American" nor fully embraced as "fully Indian." Rashmili Vemula and Gurtej Singh join Jessica in a conversation about assimilation, cultural retention and language learning as Indian-Americans. Rashmili talks through her Telegu roots and how dance was a connection point to Indian culture. Gurtej shares how American Sikhs are used to being a minority wherever they go.
Check YouTube for the video of our conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIrG7vE8Ua4&ab_channel=InvisibleIndiaPodcast
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2021-02-1641 min
Say It Out Loud with Vasavi KumarJessica Zweig x Vasavi Kumar: How to Simply Be Who You Are to Create an Amazing Life, Brand and BusinessWe have Jessica Zweig, named by Forbes as a “personal branding expert,” author of “Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself,” and all around bada** on today’s episode of The Being Human Podcast. Jessica is the CEO and founder of The SimplyBe. Agency, a personal branding company that helps millions of people worldwide, having been featured on Fox, ABC, NBC, Thrive Global, Business Insider, and more, as an expert on authentic branding. She’s also been named a Top Digital Marketer to Watch by Inc., one of 2020’s Most...
2021-02-0454 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love47 | Working in India - Navigating Professional and Personal Relationships in India with Craig StortiDirect vs indirect communication has been a painful point for Indians working with Westerners and vice versa. Craig Storti, author of “Speaking of India” draws on his decades of international consulting experience to share about the common pain points between Western and Eastern professionals.
Jessica and Craig dive in deeper to see how these differences in direct vs indirect communication impact personal relationships, marriage, parental relationships between 1st generation diaspora desis and their parents who grew up in South Asia.
Get “Speaking of India” here. Listen and follow Invisible India on social media to see how you...
2021-01-0535 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love46 | Jessica Tells All | Learning Hindi & Marrying an IndianIn this bilingual episode, Jessica tells all the questions you may be wondering about what its like to be a foreigner in India, how she learned fluent Hindi and what it is like being married to an Indian while living in a conservative community in North India.
do people treat her weird as a foreigner?
how do people react to her speaking fluent Hindi?
how did Abhishek's parents feel about their son marrying an American?
Hear her answers and how she relates some of the off the wall things you may have never thought about being a...
2020-12-0116 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love45 | Growing Up White in India with Aparna MulberryAt first glance, one may assume Aparna Mulberry is a Western woman who has merely visited India. But only a few moments after speaking to her, you realize the depth and knowledge of her experiences as growing up in the Amritapuri Ashram in Kerala, India.
Aparna is an American born, but India raised woman who spent her formative years in Kerala. Fluent in Malayalam, her story of finding her place of fitting in in India and also America is inspiring and enlightening for anyone living a multicultural life or finds themselves struggling to raise children in a cr...
2020-11-1729 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love44 | The Realities of Transnational and Cross-Cultural Adoptions Among South Asians | Part 2This month we are focusing on Transnational Adoption and hearing the stories of 3 families who are perfectly blended, where at least one member of the family is South Asian.
What are the things adoptive parents need to be aware of before adopting from India?
What is it like to be Indian parents of an adopted African-American child?
What is it like to be two Australian parents living in India with two adopted Indian children?
This week, we talk to Mahi. She and her husband are an In...
2020-10-2033 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love43 | Tibetan-Nepali & American | Transnational and Cross-Cultural Adoptions Among South Asians | Part 1This month we are focusing on Transnational Adoption and hearing the stories of 3 families who are perfectly blended, where at least one member of the family is South Asian.
What is it like to be adopted as a South Asian into a totally different culture across the world? What is it like to be Indian parents of an adopted African-American child? What is it like to be two Australian parents living in India with two adopted Indian children? This week, we hear from Jacob, born into a Tibetan Nepali family, who was later adopted by...
2020-10-0519 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love42 | What We Would Change About Our Indian WeddingIndian weddings are generally a multi-day affair, including a number of rituals and family get togethers. And lets not forget the food!
After 10 years of marriage, Jessica and Abhishek reflect on what they would change about their "Big Fat Indian Wedding." What are the important things to include and what doesn't matter years later?
What do a bride and groom need to compromise?
Is it better to have one ceremony or two?
How do you convince your family to include what you want in your wedding?
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2020-08-1821 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love41 | Exploring Indian Education with Educational Expert Shubhada RanjanFrom the outside, the Indian educational system is a confusing landscape that produces some of the world's top talent, CEOs and world leaders, yet is criticized for inequality and illiteracy.
What are the basic building blocks of Indian education?
How did India move from the Guru/Shishya ancient system to a high tech, competitive enterprise?
Does the Indian school system really start at age 3?
Shubhada Ranjan is the Head of Public Relations at a 3000 student school in Patna City, Bihar. A product of Indian education herself, college professor and community activist, she explores common questions and m...
2020-08-0329 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love40: 10 Unique Aspects of Indian WeddingsIndian weddings are knock-down, drag-out get togethers work remembering! What are 10 aspects that are unique to Indian weddings?
2020-07-2119 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love39: Karl Rock on Love and Making India HomeKarl Rock, popular YouTuber in India, tells Jessica more of his personal story of marrying his Indian wife, making India home and learning Hindi.
2020-07-0735 minSay It Out Loud with Vasavi KumarJessica Zweig x Vasavi Kumar: Stop Dimming Your Shine, Apology Culture, and Loving SolitudeI brought on Jessica Zweig, CEO of the Simply.Be agency because she is masterful when it comes to helping her clients show up authentically as the person they were born to be. If you have ever questioned your message, your voice, and your purpose, listen to this episode. At the end of the day, what you have to say, matters. Jessica Zweig: jessicazweig.com or @jessicazweigConnect with Me: @mynameisvasaviGrab my FREE Guide on 10 Must-Have Habits of Ultra-Confident Women: www.vasavikumar.com/freeguideGet Mentored by Me: www.vasavikumar.c...
2020-07-0259 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love38: Peepal Farm Founder Robin Singh on Organic Farming, Veganism & Rediscovering the Indian DreamRobin Singh of Peepal Farm is going against the grain of consumerism in India. A practitioner of radical compassion, he and his colleagues started an organic farm, animal refuge and place for people to connect to nature.
2020-06-2326 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love37: How I Learned Fluent Hindi - Tips & Tricks for Success (Bilingual Hindi & English Episode)What does it take to successfully learn Hindi?
Jessica breaks down tips and tricks and answers the most common questions about how to learn Hindi. What is unique about learning Hindi and why you can't learn Hindi from a book.
2020-06-0925 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love36: Multicultural Black and Indian Family - Growing up Gupta - Part 2What is it like to be a black woman married to an Indian man?
2020-05-1935 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love35: Multicultural Black & Indian Family - Growing Up Gupta - Part 1What is it like to be a black woman marrying a North Indian man?
In Episode 35, Nikita Gupta, multicultural lifestyle blogger, shares her beautiful story of falling in love with Indian culture and finding acceptance through overcoming stereotypes as an African-American woman marrying into a North Indian family.
Her story has lots of twists and turns, but ultimately there is a happy ending. Nikita is an expert at finding cross-cultural resources for mixed families and shares them across her platforms.
Find her on
www.growingupgupta.com
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/growingupguptas/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/growingupguptablog
Pinterest...
2020-05-1233 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love34: Why I Learned Hindi (English & Hindi Bilingual Special Episode)One of the most common questions Jessica gets asked is "Why and How did you learn Hindi?"
In Episode 34, she takes on part 1- what were the motivating factors to learn Hindi and how did she overcome cultural and mental barriers to become fluent in Hindi?
2020-04-3018 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love33: Jamie Alter - Breaking Stereotypes of IndiannessJamie Alter is certainly a rare kind of person. 4 generations ago, his great grandfather moved to India from the United States, and their family has rooted here. His father, Tom Alter was a famous Bollywood actor, but what is it like to be a white person with an Indian passport. Jamie has a fascinating story. Sports commentator, YouTube personality and actor, Jamie is breaking stereotypes on what it means to be a modern Indian.
2020-04-1441 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love32: Ask Us Anything- Part 2You asked? We told!
Listeners wrote in to ask us anything! In Part 1, we answered real and off the cuff to your questions about cross cultural marriage, overcoming cultural barriers and managing family expectations as an Indian-American couple.
In Part 2, we talked about life in India- overcoming difficulties of stereotypes and adjusting to life in India.
2020-03-3133 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love31: Ask Us Anything- Part 1Listeners wrote in to ask us anything! We answer real and off the cuff to your questions about cross cultural marriage, overcoming cultural barriers and managing family expectations as an Indian-American couple.
2020-03-1728 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love30: In Love with India. In Love with an Indian. - RED FM InterviewThis episode is a special salute to love. On Valentine's Day, Jessica went on air with RJ Visha with RED FM 93.5 in Patna to share her love story.
2020-03-0322 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love29: Meet the 2 Idiots- Traveling the World with a Toddler- Part 2Meet the 2 Idiots, Abhishek and Natasha, who traveled 31 countries, comprising of 39 flights, 3 cruises, and almost a 100 destinations in 8.5 months. They left their corporate jobs and did it together, with a 2 year old.
2020-02-1829 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love28: Meet the 2 Idiots- Traveling the World with a Toddler- Part 1Meet the 2 Idiots, Abhishek and Natasha, who traveled 31 countries, comprising of 39 flights, 3 cruises, and almost a 100 destinations in 8.5 months. They left their corporate jobs and did it together, with a 2 year old.
2020-02-0420 min
hey, girl.Jessica on Reluctance & MeaningFor the last episode of 2019, Alex sits down with astrologist, writer, and psychic medium, Jessica Layandoo to discuss reluctance, cultivating self-acceptance, community building, and becoming who we are through it all.
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2019-12-2931 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love27: From India to Central EuropeIn 18 days, we covered 6 countries, 5 currencies, 8 hotels and we don’t know how many languages with our 2 young children. All on a relatively slim budget.
2019-12-1029 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love26: Hinduism and Indian Ethnicity with Ajay VergheseDr. Ajay Verghese, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California Riverside joins us to dive into two urgent topics affecting the social landscape of India today- 1) the legacy of ethnic colonialism and 2) modernization’s affect on Hindu's religious practices.
2019-11-2540 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love25: Invited- The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness with Leslie VernerAuthor Leslie Verner approaches how Western cultures can learn from other cultures posture of open hospitality. Author of “Invited- the Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness”, Leslie sensitively approaches being a white American engaging in cross cultural friendships and what her research and learnings have led her to in her personal life. In this episode, Jessica and Leslie discuss how being a stranger in a new culture produces a sense of empathy for others.
2019-11-0537 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love24: India's Unique Sanitation Challenges with Chris HyunWhat are some the unique challenges that India faces in managing toilet waste, water and everything in between?
Sanitation expert Chris Hyun, PhD Candidate, joins us to share about India’s unique sanitation challenges and what he has found through his research.
2019-10-1535 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love23: The Good and Bad of VoluntourismEven with the best of motives, short term volunteer trips can create chaos and unintended long term problems, especially in developing countries.
What are the pitfalls and dangers of engaging in voluntourism?
2019-10-0124 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love22: How to NOT Lose Your Mind as an NGO/Aid WorkerThis episode is for the people who are long term NGO employees, aid workers or those volunteering in an under-privileged environment. Maybe you are burnt out from seeing hard stuff on a day in and day out basis and from being confronted daily with human pain and suffering.
2019-09-1018 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love21: Misconceptions About the West in IndiaDo Westerners have a lot of money? Life in places like the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe must be easy. Why do Westerners "abandon" their parents in nursing homes? Is romance in the West really like what we see in the movies?
2019-08-2739 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love20: Teaching Kids Gender EqualityMisogyny, sexism and restrictive gender roles are all challenges that this generation of children are standing up against. In India, we have unique challenges for both girls and boys as the cultural narrative is rapidly shifting of what manhood and womanhood looks like. How do we compassionately parent and empower our children to navigate mixed messages? Is it best to adopt Western values or is there some that Indians can uniquely guide this next generation into a new understanding of gender roles while retaining Indian culture?
2019-08-1320 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love19: Debunking Misconceptions About IndiaThis week, we take on the top misconceptions about India and debunk them one by one. Do all Indians have arranged marriages? What is all the fuss about caste? Do Indians ride elephants to school? (Yes, that one really came in.)
2019-07-3022 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love18: Surviving the Most Common Inconveniences of Life in IndiaMaybe you’ve heard that India is a rough place to live. If you live like locals, there is a lot you can do to prepare yourself and prevent some of the most common inconveniences of life in India. From navigating traffic to avoiding dysentery, there are tried and true ways that local people survive unscathed by India’s sometimes harsh conditions. Even as a visitor there are preparations and life hacks you can adapt to protect yourself from the elements.
2019-07-1623 minIndia with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love17: The REAL India Experiential Bucket ListOnce you’re past the surface level touristy phase, you get into what makes India the real deal. How well traveled are you in India? More than checking off a list of places you’ve been, what have you experienced? Show us the real life you’ve experienced in India!
2019-07-0223 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love16: Indians and the Smartphone RevolutionSmartphones have changed the world. But something quite peculiar has happened in India where the use of the smartphone challenges many social norms and yet supports and upholds other time held traditions.
2019-06-1724 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love15: Gender Based Inequality and Violence Against Women in India with Shefa SikderGender Based Inequality and Violence Against Women in India with Shefa Sikder Shefa Sikder is a hero for women’s issues. She is broadly informed on women’s inequality and laser focused on gender based violence in South Asia.
2019-05-1437 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love14: Varanasi- Gayi, Ghat & GhantiVaranasi is where the ancient and modern collide in 21st Century India. Hear about the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world with 5000 years of history.
2019-04-2938 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love13: Breaking Myths on Kids' Food Habits in India (HINDI & ENGLISH)Have you ever wondered why kids are picky or refuse to try different foods? Have you been frustrated with the mess that feeding your child creates? Do you feel like your children’s food habits are spoiled and you don’t know how to fix it?
2019-04-1124 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love12: Learn Hindi Like A ProIn Episode 12, Jessica interviews Jon Rider, a linguist, translator, web developer, trainer, cultural liaison and founder of HindiUnlocked.com. In our line of work, we cross paths with a lot of people who are trying to learn Hindi.
2019-04-0138 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love11: Raising Bilingual KidsThere is no formula to raising bilingual children. In this episode Jessica talks philosophy of language learning and what you as a parent can do to encourage your child.
2019-03-2624 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love10: Thailand For Indian TravelersThere are no shortage of podcasts and blogs about visiting Thailand, but most of the sites and advice blogs are geared towards Westerners. We take this episode to break down touring Thailand from an Indian perspective. Thailand is a hot spot for Indians, but there is a lot that can go wrong and a lot that you need to be aware of.
2019-03-1234 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love9: Being White in India - Privilege, Hierarchy & Cultural AdaptationWhat is it like to be a foreigner in India? What about a person who stands out like a sore thumb? In this episode, Jessica shares a bit of our backstory of getting married in the US then returning to India as a family. She also dives into what it is like to be a white person outside of the international, mega cities of India and how white privilege affects her life every day.
2019-03-0411 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love8: Ayurveda 101: A Conversation with Dr. Shari Krishna on the Basics of Ayurvedic MedicineWant to learn about Ayurvedic medicine? Hear from Dr Shari Krishna from Kairali Ayurvedic Center as we talk about her introduction to medicine, life as a South Indian in North India, and the basics of Ayurveda. The ancient healing system of Ayurveda has both scientific and mystical beginnings.
2019-02-2543 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love7: What Did We Do in a 5 Star Hotel?Hear our comedic take on "5 Ways to Be Tacky in a 5 Star Hotel" and how we exhibited questionable behavior on a recent trip to Gurgaaon.
2019-02-1916 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love6: Dreamy Udaipur - Palaces, Coffee and a Model City of CleanlinessVoted the highest quality of life in India, Udaipur way exceeded our expectations. We loved every minute of this beautiful, historic, clean and navigable city.
2019-02-1218 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love5: Pushkar And Ajmer - Hippies, Camels, Temples & Islamic ShrinesIn this episode we cover a wide variety of information about Rajastan’s vegetarian hot spot, Pushkar and touch on Ajmer’s Khwaja Sahib Shrine. We talk about pro travel trips in India and some specific to Rajastan.
What does it feel like in Pushkar? Chai, falafel, good coffee shops, temples, camels and hippies. What is so special about Ajmer Sharif’s shrine to Moinuddin Chishti? How many humps do Indian camels have? Learn about where the gypsy people originated from. Is dressing up in traditional banjaara clothes cultural appropriation? What is Abhishek’s favorite non-touristy food to try in Pushkar...
2019-02-0533 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love4: Giving Birth in IndiaHear Jessica's story about giving birth in India and fighting against cultural norms to try for a natural, unmedicated birth.
There is a gaping hole of awareness of natural birth in India and there are many reasons contributing to that which are discussed on the podcast.
Did you know that India skipped the Industrial Revolution? India went from an Agricultural Society to a Digital Society in a short amount of time. Imagine the jump in generation gap! This is one of the contributing factors to why many people have odd thoughts on medical science, including childbirth.
Nowadays people basically say...
2019-01-1415 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love3: Pilgrimage to BodhgayaA visit to one of Buddhism's most holy sites in Bodhgaya ushers one into the mind blowing nature of India’s clash- the modern and ancient all in one place. In this episode, Jessica walks you through Bodhgaya and the Mahabodhi temple experience.
Enjoy some pro-travel tips of exploring rural India and learn about the state of Bihar, where Bodhgaya is located.
2019-01-1411 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love2: We Went Through an International Travel CrisisImagine, you are on a vacation with your family and the unimaginable happens. Your most important documents, money and devices are stolen out from under your nose. You are stranded in a foreign country for almost 2 weeks because of circumstances out of your control.
2019-01-1218 min
India with Jessica | Navigating Indian Culture With Love1: Intro to Us. Why Did We Move Back to India?Introduction- Who are we? What is this podcast all about?
For those of you who don’t know us, we are a cross cultural couple (Indian and American) living and working in India with our two kids.
In Episode 1 we talk about why we moved back to India with our young kids after a fruitful life and careers in America. What does it feel like to be a returning NRI? How did we get here? What is it like living in the least developed state of India outside the metropolitan, tier 1 cities?
2019-01-1111 min
Working with IndiaEpisode 6: Jessica KumarA conversation with Jessica Kumar about the importance of language learning, finding your place in Indian society, and how not to give feedback
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