Strange Life Of A Brown Skinned Girl: Recent Episodes
Mahathi
This podcast aims to explain to the world how life is from the perspective of a brown skinned girl from a south Asian country. As she steps out from her beloved country to the west, she understands so much more about the culture she lived in for years and begins to appreciate it and question it in different ways. The podcast is all about her stories, experiences and opinions that she believes can make a difference.
This episode gives a perfect insight into the life of a brown girl because it talks about literally what every girl goes through once a month- periods. And you thought periods were not tough enough already? Brace yourself, because we have it worse!
This episode talks about the issue of colorism and internalized racism within the subcontinent culture. With a million dollar fairness industry, Indians seem to be surely obsessed with looking as white as possible, and darker skin tones are assumed to be ugly. Dive in to the episode to know more about why and how it all started, and how it affects lives of young girls.
This episode hits a recap on everything Indian. It is basically like elementary school in my voice. I discuss what India is all about, and what it's culture is like, with specific focus to the culture to the majority Hindus. I also explain the notion of Indian subcontinent, desiness and what is South Asia. Ohh and wait for the surprise song at the end (only on Anchor) 😁
This episode gives a sneak peak to what the Podcast titled "The Strange Life of a Brown Skinned Girl" is about. How is life of a brown girl in a South Asian country different from others? How does the society or the culture affect the mindset of a brown girl? Stay tuned to find out more.