In this episode, my guest shares her experiences about how she had to let go almost everything she had learnt while growing up in India to build a new life with her husband who had not lived in India for a very long time,  and her American-born children. By staying flexible and open-minded, she transformed in ways she herself could not have imagined!

S1E3: Building Community in the First 5 Years:

Episode 2: The first five years are notoriously difficult for most immigrants in the U.S. In this episode, our guest recounts her initial years settling in a new country, and how the time and investment she made in her family aided the transition. From supporting her husband through his grad school, to taking an active role in her kids’ education and upbringing, she managed to build a community for herself.

Episode 1: Moving to the U.S. as a rich ‘Dhobi ka kutta'!’

The introductory episode for the new podcast, “American Daughters of India” by Urmi Mehta-Otiv.