Thanks to Bollywood, I always romanticized what falling in love in the subcontinent could be like. But after chatting with Mumbai-native and writer, Saachi Gupta, I’m learning there’s more to love in South Asia than SRK lets on. Tune in as Saachi and I divulge what dating, sex, and relationships are like, India vs America, or more precisely, Mumbai vs NYC. The Brown Sugar tale of two cities… 

Desi closets are stuffed with outgrown lehengas, cookie tins that actually contain sewing supplies, and lots of queer stigma and secrets. Coming out or even just realizing you’re queer can be confusing and stressful for brown youth, but the older we get, the more wisdom and self-love we gain. In this episode we’re breaking down the South Asian experience of coming out of the closet, whether you’re slipping out or smashing it down.

In our debut episode, Malavika & Pranjal delve into the precarious science of dating, loving, and resisting brown men. We’ve got a love-hate relationship with our boys: while brown men can be toxic and misogynistic, that doesn’t mean we can’t expect them to behave better. To better understand brown boys, Brown Sugar also enlists Hiba Sohail, a writer who’s gone viral and faced the wrath of brown men firsthand.

We really hope you’ll want to fuck after our first date.