Prickly Peers
Have you ever wondered why some brown women can stand up to norms and stereotypes more easily than the rest of us? We call them prickly women! Is prickliness inherent or inherited, can you build the prickly muscle to be able to achieve your goals more easily, where do you lie on the prickly meter? Join Ankita and Nalini, your prickly peers, as they talk to uninhibited brown women all over the world in a quest to find the secret brown sauce for their courage, success and happiness.
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S01E07: My Mother Said.... You are a Rajput girl, don't be scared
Bravery, fearlessness and sacrifice are often admirable traits. Yet, what happens when they are taught in the name of caste and at the cost of all other emotions? Join Ankita as she chats with Rashmi- an emotional intelligence coach in Malaysia, who battled her own human emotions while growing up in Uttar Pradesh because 'Rajput darte nahi hai' (Rajputs are fearless) and 'Rajput rote nahi hai' (Rajput's don't cry)!
How did Rashmi tread the path from what her mother taught to discovering self love, self acceptance and breaking out of generational trauma. Did Rashmi ever repeat these sentences to her daughter? Tune in to find out.
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