Today is Indigenous People's Day! In the first of two episodes, we discuss how America's foundation of murder, theft, and exploitation continues to bear rotten fruit in the dismantling of native rights. CW: In this episode, we talk about the tragic discovery of indigenous children’s bodies found buried underneath residential schools in Canada. We a…

Remember when we tried to record a season in the midst of a pandemic AND a chronic stress-inducing election in 2020? Lol, and then we couldn't bring ourselves to keep going? Believe it or not, smack dab in the middle of election day and the declaration of Joe Biden as president, in tandem while isolated in our homes, we decided to sit down, watch a…

Happy to see more brown people on screen? Pumped to see a surge in South Asian representation in Hollywood? Are you amazed at how much representation little brown kids have now in the shows they watch and the movies they love, how much more belonging they feel now that their stories are being heard? One of a handful of people you can thank?Kal Penn…

On Blackout Tuesday, a number of people posted a black square in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Everyone can agree it is a good thing that more people are aware of the injustices faced by the black community. However, racism and inequity didn't magically disappear that day (as evidenced by the election). So, now what? What should …

On the morning of Nov. 7, we peeled our faces from our pillows and (with one eye open) checked our social meeds to learn that Senator Kamala Devi Harris was now MADAM VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA DEVI HARRIS (it sinks in more every minute, even as we type this description). In this episode, we share our post-election thoughts and we offer you a bonu…

As a podcast born from the madness of the 2016 election, it only makes sense that we do an election special. Tune in to hear a special shade tree segment, our thoughts on voting plans and electability. Anju pops off. It's pretty much Miranda and Puja's favorite. Finally, we close with a dramatic reading you won't want to miss. We had to bring the h…

Happy Indigenous People's Day! The Jilted Indians are back for season FOUR with an episode to signal boost issues being faced by indigenous communities. We talk history, current events, and allyship. We also want to hip you to some amazing art and highlight organizations serving indigenous communities. Show notes can be found here:https://jiltedind…

Chances are, you're quarantined at home. Now you have plenty of time to catch up on some crazy current events in India regarding the most recent heinous acts of the BJP, Hindutva, and the RSS. Our focus is on the anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). How does this act tie to riots, protests, deaths, property damage, and an entire demographic…

To the shock of everyone who knows her, Miranda sat down to deliberately watch a Bollywood film with Puja. Together, they address the context of this film in the Bollywood timeline, as well as their top WTF moments (i.e., Miss Berganza, the clothes, the religion flipping, and that wedding). Join us for a fun and lighthearted discussion of Kuch Kuch…

We recorded this in the second week of January but safe to say now, it didn't take long for 2020 to suck. Still, we jilted Indians power through by talking about what we want to focus on doing in 2020, along with lifting up the brown people in politics we are hella excited about. It isn't all rainbows, we had to throw out about 20 minutes of rants …

It's time for our annual Jilted Indian book club episode! We are joined by resident book expert, fellow shitty Indian, and protest sister, Ishita Patel Kent, to discuss Balli Kaur Jaswal's Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. Come for a discussion of Desi themes throughout the narrative, and stay for the vegetable metaphors!1.8.20 Note: We neglected …

In this bonus episode, the Jilted Indians talk about Gurinder Chadha's "Blinded By the Light" a coming of age story about Pakistani-British immigrant family and Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" a story about a family's lie to their dying matriarch. SPOILER ALERTS abound as Miranda and Puja talk about representation, the "Asianness" of these films, and ce…

Why are we shocked by the mistreatment of the indigenous? Why are we shocked by racism, gender inequality, or police brutality and mass incarceration of black men? The constitution is working. Join the Jilted Indians as we discuss the importance of listening to indigenous voices and building a shared memory of the history of this country on a speci…

"Oh, it's nothing," or, "It's okay, you're busy and I don't want to bother you," is one thing when you are recovering from arthritis pain, and something else entirely when being hospitalized for something serious. Why is it that brown parents downplay their suffering toward their children, and how has that affected our ability to reach out to other…

You met Proma Khosla from our live podcast recording presentation of "A Reimagination of the Yule Ball Gowns" at Leaky Con 2019. Puja and Miranda sit down for an interview with Proma to learn more about her career as an entertainment writer for Mashable, dancer, stand-up comedian, and PROFESSIONAL HARRY POTTER FAN. Yes, you read that correctly.Show…

The Jilted Indian Podcast was invited to present "A Reimagination of the Yule Ball Gowns" as a live podcast recording at Leaky Con 2019 in Dallas. In this hour, we mercilessly drag the costuming decisions made for the Patil Twins in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. We pay homage to the Patil Twins and we educate our audience on what India…

It's time for a shitty Indian litmus test with the Jilted Indians! We are in season 3 and we have grown into our shitty Indianness (if you're just now joining us, shitty Indian is a term of belonging FYI). In this episode we check in with where we are as human beings, have we gotten over insufferable shit from our past? Are we halfway there? What a…

For an episode that was recorded more than two months ago, this episode is timely. What happens when a woman quits the patriarchy? What exactly does that mean and more importantly, what arts and crafts does she/they/he take up with all of the extra energy? A lot is covered in this episode from women's evolutionary superiority (we live longer, ask a…

We'rrrrrrrre back! Join the Jilted Indians as they discuss why it is important for South Asians to recognize and celebrate Black History Month.Show Notes can be found here:https://jiltedindianpod.com/2019/02/27/s3-b1-black-history-month/Connect with us @JiltedIndianPod on Twitter and Instagram or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/JiltedIndianPod/Don't …

It is wedding season...yay? In the season 2 finale, the Jilted Indians talk about Indian Weddings. The food, the traditions, the clothes, the Aunties...We provide tips on surviving Indian Wedding season as a single woman (Tequila is involved), turn the tables and we give the Aunties advice, and finally a brief review of 2018's "Veere di Wedding."Ju…

Where are all the south Asians in science fiction or dystopian narratives? Join the Jilted Indians as they discuss the speculative fiction writing of Vandana Singh, in her short stories collection, "Ambiguity Machines". This is our Black Panther. Tune in to see (hear)why.Show Notes can be found here:https://jiltedindianpod.com/2018/08/06/s2-be9-van…

Hey there, podcast listeners! It's Miranda. We have a special episode for you here. I had the opportunity to interview phenomenal human being and actress, Jolly Abraham. Jolly has worked with several household names in theater, television, and film. You will not want to miss what she has to say about representation on stage and in Hollywood, as wel…

We understand the news can be downright depressing these days, so join the Jilted Indians for some levity on our Desi News episode! We think you'll enjoy our recurring themes...Door Jilted Indian Podcast

Hey there listeners, it has been a while! Join the Jilted Indians with our recap of the Indian Superbowl! What is the Indian Superbowl? Why it's the Scripps National Spelling Bee of course!Door Jilted Indian Podcast

Puja and Anju finally sat Miranda down to watch Monsoon Wedding. With Puja's fully stocked snack bar and plenty of drinks (of course), we laughed, cried, sighed, shook our fists and cheered to this film. Afterward we gathered around the AT2020's to fangirl over Mira Nair and our experiences of watching her films over the years, her accolades, and h…

In part two of #AnsariNotSorry, the Jilted Indians discuss the journalism, and the response of brown women in media to the Aziz debacle (us included!). Since our record, even more response articles came out, including two amazing Huff Post articles by Nadya Agrawal and Brittany Wong.Where do we go from here when it comes to the spectrum of consent?…

We had to call a therapist for this one. The Jilted Indians met up with LMFT Shameela Keshavjee to discuss the necessity of expanding the conversation surrounding consent and sexual misconduct. The Babe.net Aziz Ansari story that broke out after the Golden Globes has spurred dozens and dozens of response articles and dialogue in media. This is part…

One year and 29 episodes later, here we are. Last weekend was the 1 year anniversary of the largest demonstration in US history, the Women's March. We decided to share with you are few moments we have been keeping in our back pockets. Featured audio clips come from the Women's Convention (Kirsten Gillibrand, Maxine Waters), The Black Women's March,…

The cinematography was gorgeous, the men were...good looking? What? After a google search of Padmavati, we learned some troubling news stories about this movie release concerning protests, theaters set on fire, and death threats issued to the lead actress and director. We guessed this concerned misogynistic white sari fantasies and ties to Hindu Na…

The Jilted Indians sat down last year to discuss the mysterious-no-more homicide investigation of local sweetheart Sherin Mathews. Trigger warning: we discuss toxic parenting and our personal stories surrounding never being good enough. We discuss the temple/church role in maintaining the model minority status far past what is safe for our girls.Pl…

Hey the Jilted Indians are back with a Festivus episode...that we are releasing on Boxing Day. We went to dinner (hence the background noise), had a few drinks, and talked about 2017. What we liked, what we didn't, what we learned, and what we recommend. Thank you all for a wonderful first year, you will be hearing from us in 2018, until then come …

Puja and Miranda met renowned comedian, podcast host, and documentary filmmaker, Hari Kondabolu. We asked him our signature questions and everything...but we forgot to ask him if we could record. Please keep in mind that we would have remembered if we weren't fangirling, which you'll find out is a different experience for each of us.Show Notes: jil…

We have been anticipating the release of Hari Kondabolu's documentary, "The Problem With Apu", and now it is available on TruTV! The Jilted Indians are joined by friend of the pod, Rashee, and we all sat down and viewed it together. We laughed, we scoffed, and old wounds were reopened. Let's talk about Apu, y'all.Connect with us @JiltedIndianPod on…

Join Anju, Miranda, and Puja in "Left Overs" a bonus episode in which we talk about immigrant thanksgiving, what we are thankful for, and read listener submitted Thanksgiving stories. This episode just made us incredibly hungry.AND we recorded this episode on the anniversary of us deciding to do this podcast. HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO US!Heads Up…

Join the Jilted Indians in celebrating Native American Heritage Month, after which we discuss the origin of Thanksgiving and what we ought to do with this holiday now that we know all of this messed up stuff.Show Notes: https://jiltedindianpod.com/category/podcast/season-two/Connect with us @JiltedIndianPod on Twitter and Instagram or on Facebookht…

It has been almost a year since "The Event" (the 2016 Election). That is the only reason we have to explain why Puja rapped this week's theme song. Also Miranda may have a sign-off to add to the end of the show. And Anju needs your recommendations for irreverent Twitter accounts, send them to her @fountofsarcasm.Just a note, this is another Skype r…

WELCOME BACK! We are so glad you can join us for Season 2. More Jilted the same amount of Indian though. Speaking of Indian, today is October 9th, aka the second Monday in October aka the day that people in the United States celebrate a man getting lost and discovering something that already existed.There are so many problems with celebrating a man…

Join the Jilted Indians in a conversation about why the fuck our Indian relatives can't seem to find anything better to talk about than our body and how fat we are. We also discuss the awkwardness of body hair (spoiler alert, women have body hair) and how our parents were no help to us there. This is our season finale! Thank you for listening! Stay…

What started out as a bonus blew up into a full episode. Join the Jilted Indians in discussing their first book club pick, "All the Single Ladies" by Rebecca Traister. We have stories.Door Jilted Indian Podcast

S1 Bonus Ep 8: The Jilted Indians watched Hasan Minhaj's "Homecoming King" together over the weekend and talked about what made us laugh, cringe with recognition, and one of us cried (one of us also dozed of like an old lady). Whether it was failing at winning the Scrips National Spelling Bee to playing one of the "cards" with your parents we talk …

One Saturday morning before 9am our hosts gathered to talk about spaces where representation seems to be getting better, in print ads and in the interwebs specifically. This week we talk about a schadenfreude moments in fiction, Asian and South Asian representation in magazines (as well as film, tv, etc), and the web series "Brown Girls." #SingleGi…

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In part 2 of "Sex, Lies, and Desi Dating", the Jilted Indians talk about marriage and we play our own special, "Indian mom who listens to her daughter's podcast"-friendly version of FMK.Door Jilted Indian Podcast

Oh, let's go there, shall we? Guest host Priya joins us for a discussion about sex, lies, and an initial conversation about the Indian LGBTQIA community.Door Jilted Indian Podcast

We continue our discussion about Brown representation in Hollywood. We talk about where we have been and what we want to see happen going forward.Door Jilted Indian Podcast

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Jilted Indians are here to unpack the sources of this egregious problem in our world. We talk stats, shame, toxic/fragile masculinity, rape culture and victim blaming. We share our stories, we share solutions.Door Jilted Indian Podcast

Worst podcast episode title ever, check.The Jilted Indians review another important movie for POCs everywhere, Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele. We talk representation, microaggressions, model minority status, and art. There are SPOILERS so make sure you see the movie first!Door Jilted Indian Podcast

In this special episode about name pronunciation microaggressions, we welcome back LMFT/fellow shitty Indian Shameela! The Jilted Indians throw a lifetime's worth of shade toward Americans who have poorly handled foreign names, all while laughing...a lot.Door Jilted Indian Podcast

Guest host Shameela Keshavjee joins us for a discussion about the stigma of receiving help for mental health issues in brown communities. She also helps us understand how we may take better care of ourselves in times of high anxiety, as we continue to hear story after story of brown people being targeted in hate crimes.…