{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6819a1fbeb737caf8ce2bc1c/6ab6813cc974afb15459b247?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rukhsar D’Cruz and the Case for Being Opinionated","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6819a1fbeb737caf8ce2bc1c/1790345379562-4ec90e04-e90f-4d7e-b0ff-b4424e3b8fdf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to the first episode of a new series of The Brown Box recorded in East Africa. </p><p>In this episode we sit with Rukhsar D&#39;Cruz, a lawyer and the voice behind the Instagram account The Daily E-vent. </p><p><br></p><p> ⚠️ Content note: this episode includes a discussion of sexual assault.</p><p><br></p><p>. 🎧 Press play to hear: </p><p>* The day she told her mum she was a &quot;fake Indian&quot; and what she understands now </p><p>* Her parents&#39; love story: a Hindu-born mother who followed Jesus, an Ismaili father, and a courthouse wedding on a Tuesday morning </p><p>* Growing up between three faiths</p><p>* Why she is an island girl, and the feeling of landing in Mombasa and knowing she&#39;s home </p><p>* Becoming a bookworm, from the Bible and CS Lewis to Aristotle at 13 </p><p>* Not fitting into the brown box</p><p>* Talking openly about sexual assault, and why she believes we need to talk more about therapy and sex </p><p>* Meeting her husband at a fellowship night in her parents&#39; home, and getting married six weeks after he proposed </p><p>* Her mum as a mirror, and how their relationship found its way to a good place </p><p>* Why ownership of who you are is worth more than anyone&#39;s opinion about your brown box</p><p><br></p><p> #thebrownbox #kenya #mombasa #lawyer #womeninlaw #identity #therapy #eastafrica #podcast #women</p>","author_name":"ranijeyaraj-sg"}