South Asian Sexual & Mental Health Alliance
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We have a podcast!

Brown Taboo Project

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Join SASMHA’s founders & guests as they discuss South Asian identity, mental health, healthy relationships, LGBTQ+ issues, sexuality, and other brown taboos.

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“Thank you guys so much for the latest episode! It was truly enlightening and the discussion really helped me evaluate my own experiences with mental health. Keep up the amazing work ♥”
— Anonymous Listener

Season 2, Episode 1 // Bend it like an ABCD

Starting off this season, we dive into a topic that’s touched us all: Desi-American pop culture! Listen in to learn more about the kinds of things that we were listening to, reading, and watching as we grew up that explored South Asian-American identity in whatever way it might be. Among our recommendations name dropped in this episode, we have:

  • Bend it like Beckham (2002 Movie)

  • Born Confused, by Tanuja Desai Hidier (novel)

  • A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray (novel)

  • The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri (novel and 2006 movie)

  • Deepica Mutyala, CEO of Live Tinted (@deepica)

  • Hari Kondabolu (Comedian, @harikondabolu)

  • 2 Step Bhangra by Kashif & The Bilz (record)

  • Penn Masala (artist)

Others we discussed in this episode include: Aziz Ansari, Jus Reign, Mindy Kaling, Lilly Singh (Superwoman), Russell Peters, and the ever infamous Apu.

Tania Chatterjee