S3E7: Queer Desi Art with Amit Patel

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04/02/21 • 46 min

We welcome our friend and the amazing dancer, choreographer, and teacher Amit Patel to this week's episode! We discuss Amit's journey towards creating the groundbreaking Bollywood Heels class in LA, what their experiences are teaching dance classes in a Desi space, how we met back at the SAAN conference in 2019, and about the impact that queer Desi art and art spaces in general have on the community.

• • Find Amit Patel at @_amitdances on IG and at his website, Amitpateldanceproject.com

• • CW: Drinking

• • Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

• • Find Amit Patel at @_amitdances on IG and at his website, Amitpateldanceproject.com

• • CW: Drinking

• • Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

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S3E6: Atlanta, Asian Hate, and Solidarity

In this week's episode, we react and discuss the tragic shootings that occurred on 3/16 at Asian-American businesses in the Atlanta metro area. We get into what solidarity means, why intersectionality matters, and the reaction from within our community.

• • Check out the book mentioned by Sriya in this episode called "Things I’ve Been Silent About” by Azar Nafisi.

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S3E8: Grieving as Desi-Americans with Meenakshi Krishna

In this episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Meenakshi Krishna, Founder and CEO of My Mantra Wellness (mymantrawellness.com), on the topic of grief. We dive into Meenakshi's own personal story, as well as how she navigated the grief process as a Desi-American. We dive into cultural competency (or lack thereof) in therapy, where she was able to find help for herself, and how her journey led to her founding My Mantra Wellness to help get people culturally-sensitive and community-based therapy and support.

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• • Intro and Outro Music adapted from: "DJ" by Jazzhar, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.