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Bravery, fearlessness and sacrifice are often admirable traits. Yet, what happens when they are taught in the name of caste and at the cost of all other emotions? Join Ankita as she chats with Rashmi- an emotional intelligence coach in Malaysia, who battled her own human emotions while growing up in Uttar Pradesh because 'Rajput darte nahi hai' (Rajputs are fearless) and 'Rajput rote nahi hai' (Rajput's don't cry)! 

How did Rashmi tread the path from what her mother taught to discovering self love, self acceptance and breaking out of generational trauma. Did Rashmi ever repeat these sentences to her daughter? Tune in to find out. 

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Did your mother ever point to the housemaid to scare you into doing your homework? Paromita's college professor mother painted a vivid picture of her future as a professional maid if she didn't stay top of her class. 
Today, for a living, a very self assured Paromita, apart from being a spoken word artist and an author, heals thousands of women (and men) of intergenerational and childhood trauma. She shares her deep insights gathered over years of healing unfulfilled people, in her own unique style. 

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What does it take for a prickly girl surrounded by a conservative religious Bihari society  to turn into a confident prickly woman, when her mother worries about the safety and societal acceptability of her 'different' daughter, every day of her life? Prerna grew up fighting minor everyday battles with her parents (who she loves very much). At 18, She put her foot down to leave a university her parents already paid for, to follow her dream of pursuing mechanical engineering. The decision changed the trajectory of her forever. A decade and a half later, she heads a luxury retail brand for a living- something she believes only happened, because of her first adult rebellion.
Alas, roles seem to have reversed now between her and her parents. Tune in to find out how.
Note: Episode contains intermittent use of Hindi and some engineering acronyms Indian students grow up assuming everyone else's life also revolves around🙈
Eg: AIEEE (All India engineering entrance exam), E&TC (electronics and telecom), NIT (National institute of technology) etc. 

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When is the best time to have a kid? Most South Asian mothers (or aunties) will answer even before they are asked, "definitely before you turn 30".  As babies from frozen embryos and eggs to older parents become more common, more couples are deciding parenthood is not for them. Are our mummies and aunties getting onboard?

Join Ankita & Nalini as they join the very prickly author of Everyday Revolution (a book they loved), Amrita Purkayastha as she shares her unusual journey into motherhood; after years of relentless planning to be child-free! Did the poojas and havans work their charm rendering careful contraception useless, or did Amrita change her mind? Tune in to find out.

Don't forget to pick up a copy of the book and share this episode with another prickly peer. 

Find Amrita  @everyday.revolution_ on Instagram and don't forget to hit follow to her account as well as ours @thepricklypeers 

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Over 30 years ago, as Ayesha watched her brothers dive into a pool, her mother gave her daughter two options nudging her to choose the latter : learn to swim or accompany her on a gold shopping expedition. Join Ankita and Ayesha as they explore the significance and impact of the comment. 

Did Ayesha choose learning to swim or the gold? Tune in to find out. 

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Did you get pushed into learning to cook by your mother? Or more specifically - can you boil a cup of chai to an Indian mother's perfect standard? Ankita decided to never perfect the art; as a way of daily rebellion against the absurd traditional connection of cooking and being "marriageable" . 

What pushed her otherwise modern, working, supportive mother into jokingly repeating that her daughter couldn't get married if she didn't learn how to make tea?
Tune in as Ankita & Nalini chat about the role of tea in South Asian marriages and why Ankita is yet to learn how to make tea. 

Do you have your own prickly views to share on the topic? Tell us what your daily rebellion is, on our private FB community- https://www.facebook.com/groups/296365129710350

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Mothers are the first influencers in our life. Almost everyone we meet quotes their mother as a role model or has their mother to thank for shaping the person they are. But what happens when the mother's love for stability is not in line with her daughter's innate free spirit? Should the daughter stay true to herself or fulfil the wishes of her carer, mother and guide? Join Ankita & Nalini as they chat about what Nalini's mother said about her career and life choices, the impact on her life and what she wished her mom had said instead. 

Do you have your own prickly views to share on the topic? Tell us what your daily rebellion is, on our private FB community- https://www.facebook.com/groups/296365129710350

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Have you ever wondered why some brown women can stand up to norms and stereotypes more easily than the rest of us? We call them prickly women! Is prickliness inherent or inherited, can you build the prickly muscle to be able to achieve your goals more easily, where do you lie on the prickly meter? Join Ankita and Nalini, your prickly peers, as they talk to uninhibited brown women all over the world in a quest to find the secret brown sauce for their courage, success and happiness.

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