Did you know Tarantino took inspiration from an Indian film for Kill Bill Vol. 1? Or that the world's first female head of state was from South Asia? Or the samosa, the quintessential Indian snack, is not actually Indian?
Find out more on episode #4 of Three Desi Things. Wondering how we did it? Read our episode notes!
#10 - In Dialogue with Ira Mukhoty, author of books on amazing Indian women from the Mughal era and beyond
#9 - Cricket in the US, the origin of filter coffee, and a desi man who was America’s first celebrity chef
#8 - India's first car, a South Asian goes viral in 1950s America, and the story of a South African snack
#7 - In Dialogue with Beth Watkins (@bethlovesbolly), Bollywood blogger, expert and general film enthusiast
#6 - The origins of Indo-Chinese food, Punjabi-Mexicans, and an Indian spy who fought the Nazis
#5 - In Dialogue with Krish Ashok, the author of Masala Lab, a book on the science behind desi cooking
#3 - A rebel queen from Tamil Nadu, English words that are not really English, and how the British got desis addicted to chai
#2 - Jewish origins of Bollywood, an African military mastermind in India, and millets
#1 - Gin and tonics, the world's first vaccines in India and why hill stations exist
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