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Cultured, or Nah?
S2 E8: Sikh as an Identity
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Shabnum Gulati
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Season 2
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Episode 8
In this episode, Shabnum sits down with Navpreet Sachdev (Nav the Poet) and Jaydeep Singh Ugra to talk about how being Sikh plays a role in one's understanding of identity. As a minority group within India as well as in the West, and given the Sikh community's at times strained relationship with the Indian government, we explore how being Sikh can sometimes be alienating from the identity of being "Indian", yet more intertwined with the cultural identity of "Punjabi." Jay and Nav tell us about their experiences growing up Sikh in the UK and US, and as a not-turbaned and turbaned Sikh respectively.
Host: Shabnum Gulati
Guests: Navpreet Sachdev and Jaydeep Singh Ugra
Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed
Music: AnAkkiN on SoundCloud