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, by Libba Bray (novel)

- The Namesake, by 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.

Happy Listening from SASMHA!

// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //