Brown Colored Glasses
A podcast about all things diversity, from a South Asian perspective. Join Yasmin Virani, Nabeela Khalfan, Shama Dharani & Azmeen Rasool as they explore all aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to South Asians. On Brown Colored Glasses, you will have the opportunity to discover and challenge how our unique experiences, attitudes and culture as South Asians contributes to our behavior and how we can jointly begin to question ourselves and alter the narrative in a positive manner.
Episodes
18 episodes
Season Finale: Full of Pride
This season finale episode coinciding with Pride Month and celebrating the idea of normalizing all kinds of identities and perspectives, especially from our Brown Colored Glasses, is so very fitting. Specifically, as a listener, you get t...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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52:06
South Asians and Dating "Outside The Box"
As South Asians, we are all too familiar with the dreaded word "dating" and what that can mean in terms of stigmas, taboos, expectations, outcomes and more. This episode discusses it all - the idea of dating, what it means today for the current...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:28
BCG Live: In Conversation with Rizwan Mawani on Faith & Spirituality
As a bonus episode to all the listeners, this was a special live recording with the BCG hosts and Rizwan Mawani, a passion educator, author and researcher in the field of anthropology and religious studies. His work has taken him across the glo...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:01:28
For The Love Of God
Do you find yourself questioning your own faith and those of others based on how deeply they follow the practices of their faith? Do you wonder about the impact of Covid-19 on our beliefs and what this past year has meant for us in a spiritual ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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39:22
Body Image: Embrace Your Imperfections
As we continue to honor Women's History Month, this episode covers the all too familiar topic and ideal that we as South Asians struggle with quite a bit: body image. You will get to listen to heartfelt, personal experiences from each of the ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:05
Dark and Lovely: South Asians & Colorism
In this second episode which delves into the notion of South Asians and colorism, the hosts discuss all aspects of our obsession with the lighter skin - whether it's the "Fair & Lovely" face cream, the tone filter on shaadi.com or our own p...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:51
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Brand New Season for BCG and a whole new team! In this episode, you get to be a fly on the wall and listen in on four friends, aka your new hosts, talk about the good, bad and the ugly when it comes to Valentine's Day. What are some of the pres...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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48:09
Season Finale: Unleash Your Inner Child
This episode is the season finale for the first season of Brown Colored Glasses and features the host's daughter, Imaan, to reflect upon the topics of this season such as mental health, unconscious bias, gender and racial conversations and more...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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34:04
Unconventional Career Paths: Part 3 with Saqib Siddiqui
This episode is the third and final segment of the 3-Part Series on Unconventional Career Paths in South Asians. This one features, Saqib Siddiqui, a Pakistani engineer cum lawyer who shares his personal story of how his culture, his family and...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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45:03
Unconventional Career Paths: Part 2 with Aelia Hassan
This episode is the second segment of a 3-Part Series on the topic of Unconventional Career Paths in South Asians and features Aelia Hassan, a senior at Indiana University studying Sports Media and Broadcast Journalism. This dialogue really hit...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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36:40
Unconventional Career Paths: Part 1 with Anisa Butt
The episode is the first segment of a 3-Part Series on the topic of Unconventional Career Paths in South Asians and features Anisa Butt, a successful British Indian television and film actress, podcast host and more! This inspiring and motivati...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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40:19
(Bonus) Doctor, Lawyer or Engineer: The South Asian Parental Dream
This bonus episode serves as a precursor to a three part series on the topic of pursuing unconventional career paths within South Asians. It shares the perspectives and possible reasons of both the South Asian parents and the youth that may be ...
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Season 1
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13:51
Divorce IS NOT Disgrace
This episode is all about that D-word - divorce - and how we as South Asians struggle with the idea of casting a final end to marriage, something sought after as the end all, be all of a person's life and worth. In addition to analyzing the rea...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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51:30
Marrying Out: Coz Love IS Color Blind
This episode discusses interfaith and interracial marriages within our South Asian community and how and why we tend to shy away from and shun these types of relationships due to the stigmas attached of marrying outside of the community. We als...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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49:05
"Hinglish" - The New Mother Tongue?
This episode takes a deep dive into the notions of culture and identity and the important role that language plays in the formation of one's identity and heritage. "Hinglish", a blend of Hindi and English, and it's role as a new mother tongue f...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:39
Pride, not Prejudice
This episode discusses the idea of normalizing LGBTQ+ within South Asians and features two powerful and successful women, Shama Dharani and Sanya Matani who identify themselves within the queer community. From learning about their individual st...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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58:06
The Taboo of Mental Illness in South Asians
This episode delves into the reasons for the stigma, taboo and societal discomfort surrounding mental illness in our culture as well as an opportunity to hear from two experts within the field, Farahana Kassam and Naureen Dharani, who share wha...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:45