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Three Desi Things

Three Desi Things

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

Recent Episodes

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago

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

    3 years ago