Being Different (Ep. 2) Meeting Manisha Nash and learning about beloning and exclusion in the Netherlands

In this episode, I speak with a wonderful young woman whose mix background apparently has brought her more questions and curiosities than every other Suriname-Dutch or Afro-Dutch person. I share my conversations with Manisha Nash who recently graduated from a master program in anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Manisha and I spoke about belonging, racism in the Netherlands, complexities of having a Hindustani mother and Hindustani and Afro-Surinamese father. Manisha also shared difficulties of writing about minorities while she had to satisfy the gaze of the so-called white scientists/anthropologists. Let’s listen to her and find out what does it mean to be different in the Netherlands.