Love Across Borders
Episode 2: Desi Love
Duration 15m
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What are our fears and expectations about romantic relationships across cultures? Are these kinds of relationships really as new as they seem? What's at stake in them? A look at the true desi pioneers of yesteryear and a non-desi American who's used a digital connection to find a soul connection in India.
For more info on the early Punjabi pioneers in California, see: www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/echoes.html
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Hello Smitha,
Your last podcast is both enjoyable and instructive. I didn't know there were Indians in Brazil or that Punjabi men married Mexican women in the 19th century America. Thank you for the interesting link to the website on early Punjabi pioneers. I learned a lot.
Smitha, do you know if descendants of these "global" :-)) Punjabi / Mexican couples took part in the United Farm Workers movements in the sixties and seventies, led by the legendary Cesar Chavez.
Cesar Chavez, inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, went on numerous fasts to call attention to the California migrant worker's cause and to encourage them to remain committed to non-violence:
www.parallax.org/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=BOOKIFG
:)
Mohan
Your last podcast is both enjoyable and instructive. I didn't know there were Indians in Brazil or that Punjabi men married Mexican women in the 19th century America. Thank you for the interesting link to the website on early Punjabi pioneers. I learned a lot.
Smitha, do you know if descendants of these "global" :-)) Punjabi / Mexican couples took part in the United Farm Workers movements in the sixties and seventies, led by the legendary Cesar Chavez.
Cesar Chavez, inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, went on numerous fasts to call attention to the California migrant worker's cause and to encourage them to remain committed to non-violence:
www.parallax.org/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=BOOKIFG
:)
Mohan
you have outdone yourself, Smitha!
I love how you weave in your analysis and reflections with the interviews... I found the compare/contrast between present-day and long-ago attitudes towards "cross-cultural alliances" illuminating and fascinating...
I love how you weave in your analysis and reflections with the interviews... I found the compare/contrast between present-day and long-ago attitudes towards "cross-cultural alliances" illuminating and fascinating...
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