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Three Desi Things

Three Desi Things

10 episodes

Three desis — one Indian and two Indian-Americans — banter and joke with each other, delve into history and discover little-known facts about the food, culture, and people of India and South Asia.

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#10 - In Dialogue with Ira Mukhoty, author of books on amazing Indian women from the Mughal era and beyond

Published: April 23, 2021, 4:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 35 seconds

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#9 - Cricket in the US, the origin of filter coffee, and a desi man who was America’s first celebrity chef

Published: April 9, 2021, 11:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 28 seconds

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#8 - India's first car, a South Asian goes viral in 1950s America, and the story of a South African snack

Published: March 25, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 17 seconds

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#7 - In Dialogue with Beth Watkins (@bethlovesbolly), Bollywood blogger, expert and general film enthusiast

Published: March 11, 2021, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 36 seconds

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#6 - The origins of Indo-Chinese food, Punjabi-Mexicans, and an Indian spy who fought the Nazis

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 10:40 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 25 seconds

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#5 - In Dialogue with Krish Ashok, the author of Masala Lab, a book on the science behind desi cooking

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 2:27 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 40 seconds

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#4 - Bollywood-Hollywood "inspirations", the world's first female head of state, and samosas

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 3:05 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds

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#3 - A rebel queen from Tamil Nadu, English words that are not really English, and how the British got desis addicted to chai

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 42 seconds

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#2 - Jewish origins of Bollywood, an African military mastermind in India, and millets

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 29 seconds

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#1 - Gin and tonics, the world's first vaccines in India and why hill stations exist

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds

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