{"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/6ad1f7988f34078889d5d27b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Importance of Being a Bridge - Karishma Bhagani","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6819a1fbeb737caf8ce2bc1c/1792144286368-06e14364-7902-4291-af65-a30bebefd04d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In our next episode of the podcast, I speak to Karishma Bhagani, a theatre-maker and producer, whose story begins in Mombasa but has brought her to Stanford where she is currently pursuing a PhD with a special focus on Black and Brown intimacies.</p><p>In this conversation, we explore:</p><ul><li>Her family’s migration story, a journey that was meant to end in Durban, but stopped at the beautiful shores of Mombasa</li><li>Growing up in Old Mombasa, with mahamri on Sundays, the azaan at 4.30 am, and a maulvi who occasionally fell asleep at the microphone</li><li>The greatest gift her mother gave her: permission to dream</li><li>Her grandmother, the pendant on the family necklace, and the Saturday lunches spent cooking by her side</li><li>Her father, driving soda trucks at 14</li><li>The day she sat at the rich kids’ lunch table, only to watch them all get up and leave</li><li>Why caste still matters in East Africa, even determining which community hall you celebrate Diwali in</li><li>Five generations in East Africa, and why she considers herself Kenyan first</li><li>The BMW rule: “No Black, no Muslim, no white.” Where it comes from, and what it reveals</li><li>Her research into Black and Brown intimacies, why the divide persists, and how we might bridge it</li><li>Why now is the time to take up creative arms</li></ul>","author_name":"ranijeyaraj-sg"}