Love, Grief, and Loss (Feat. Namita Patel)

Content Warning: death, blood, “purity”. In the last episode for 2022, Agnibarna & Maira are joined by Namita Patel, a South African-Canadian self-proclaimed Brownie of Indian descent. Namita discusses coming to Canada during her pre-teen years, and what she has learned about marriage and arranged marriages. She is studying Psychology & Thanatology, so we were also treated with a different approach to loss and grief and how this is affected by cultural differences. Grief is an interesting concept, socially. On one hand, we are told to conceal our emotions and keep it to a minimum, yet when we bounce back and are ready to continue with life, we are judged for moving on too quickly. This is a great time to remind ourselves that grief is not a linear process. Humans like things to be simple, clear cut, but the thing is, we are anything but. Grief is not a linear process, and neither are our moods.