Jassa Ahluwalia is a writer & actor. His life experiences of being half Sikh & half white have culminated in him writing his latest book - Both Not Half. Jassa has also been recently nominated as Best Narrator for the Audio Production Awards.

00:00 - Both Not Half book launch + remaining present
06:18 - Planning in decompression time is needed
07:42 - Emergency Holiday!
11:01 - What makes a good pooni?
14:44 - Interviewing Grandma + Grandad for their partition memories
19:29 - Grandad stories
25:24 - What do you call your grandparents?
30:30 - Encouraging children to speak punjabi
38:13 - Different ways of teaching and learning
44:29 - 1.23pm + punjabi handwriting
48:04 - Mum's party trick
49:27 - Jassa or Jaswinder
55:16 - Swearing in punjabi + claiming your identity
01:00:20 - Feeling "Othered" + explaining to your parents
01:07:04 - "Race is the modality in which class is lived"
01:10:06 - Mixed heritage + Sikhi
01:23:08 - "But why pick on your Thaiyaji?"
01:28:03 - Grand Massi, Bibi Massi Dadi number 2, Dadi Massi
01:29:44 - Punjabi chat-up lines
01:31:04 - Being queer & Punjabi
01:35:38 - Mithai Flex, Peaky Blinders + Fast 5
01:41:46 - The gift Jassa needed, not wanted

Follow Jassa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialjassa/

Check his viral Ted X Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP0bAQ8J6C0

Buy Jassa's book Both Not Half here: https://geni.us/BothNotHalf

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