Small Talk with Tamim & Sharin: Recent Episodes
Small Talk Podcast
Journalist and teacher duo, Sharin and Tamim candidly discuss work, relationships, finances, and more. They also tackle stereotypes surrounding the South Asian and Muslim communities. It’s a lot of Small Talk about ‘big’ problems.
We discuss how we handle conflict and get into what unfolded in our most recent argument and how we resolved the issue. We also discuss how to manage conflict in the household with other family members such as in-laws etc and what has best worked for us in the health of our relationship and bond with the in-laws.
We talk about wedding expenses, some cultural traditions like hamper gift giving and our advice on how to plan your dream wedding.
Sharin wrote a piece on hair care maintenance for Muslim women for The Sunday Times Style magazine and this caused quite a stir in the comments section with both positive and negative responses. In this episode, we talk about the headscarf, Sharin's experience with her headscarf, and the hijab ban in France and other countries plus we share a clip from her interview with Ruth Davidson for Times Radio who invited her to the show because of the 'backlash' she faced in the comments section for her piece.
Here is the article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/even-though-my-hair-is-covered-i-want-it-to-look-its-best-7hbc7n0zf
Is being so different from your other half a bad thing? We discuss how we continue to make our marriage work despite how different we are from one another from our hobbies and our personalities too. We also share how we adapt to different situations when it comes to communicating with family members, friends and more.
How to approach the subject of finance, what is expected of the husband and wife, how to save, and more.
We discuss the hot topic of being a homemaker, focusing on your career, or choosing to balance both. Plus, we also share how you can complain about TV reporting and articles on the negative stereotyping of the South Asian and Muslim communities.
Is it really so bad to live with your in-laws? We discuss the initial stages of how we adjusted to living together along with Tamim’s parents and look into some of the stereotyping surrounding this concept.
We talk about the honeymoon phase and how it isn’t necessarily the same for us being an ‘assisted’ couple than it would be if we had been ‘normally’ dating. We also share a little insight on some lockdown challenges we faced as a couple and touch on a big topic that will be coming soon, PDA in our culture and religion.
In this first episode, we delve right into how we met, the concept and dynamics surrounding arranged and assisted marriages, how it works, and the marriage CV. We also discuss the differences faced in getting married in this generation and our parent's generation.
Introducing Small Talk, a podcast hosted by South-Asian couple, Sharin, a journalist, and Tamim, a teacher, who candidly discuss relationships, work, finances, and more. They also tackle stereotypes surrounding the South Asian and Muslim communities. It’s a lot of Small Talk about ‘big’ problems.