Three desis — one Indian and two Indian-Americans — banter and joke with each other, delve into history and discover little-known facts about the food, culture, and people of India and South Asia.
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Three desis — one Indian and two Indian-Americans — banter and joke with each other, delve into history and discover little-known facts about the food, culture, and people of India and South Asia.
#3 - A rebel queen from Tamil Nadu, English words that are not really English, and how the British got desis addicted to chai
Three Desi Things
51 minutes 42 seconds
4 years ago
#3 - A rebel queen from Tamil Nadu, English words that are not really English, and how the British got desis addicted to chai
Did know that the phrase “dam it” or the word shampoo has its roots in colonial India? Ever heard of Velu Nachiyar, the first queen in the subcontinent to wage war against the British? We also explore how chai came to India and how the desis got addicted to it.
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Three Desi Things
Three desis — one Indian and two Indian-Americans — banter and joke with each other, delve into history and discover little-known facts about the food, culture, and people of India and South Asia.
