EPISODE · Sep 8, 2025 · 29 MIN
Zubaani: Love languages & desi dating culture
from Zubaani: South-Asian Parenting Tips and Storytelling · host Peerbagh
In DDLJ, the father says "ja, Simran, ja." Was that not every desi father telling his daughter, 'go follow your heart?' We swoon. We die. We believe Shah Rukh Khan is a global treasure. Almost every South Asian writer is writing about love in one way or another. How does it show up in our homes? How does it work along lines of gender, caste, class, and age?Guest author: Uzma Jalaludin Co-hosts: Upasna Kakroo & Salma HussainProduced by: PeerbaghEpisode cover art: Niloufer WadiaResearch: Imtiaz Ali and Diksha SharmaSupported by: The Very Asian FoundationBooks/media in the episode:Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995 film, Aditya Chopra)Detective Aunty (Uzma Jalaludin)When Dimple Met Rishi (Sandhya Menon)Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating (Adiba Jagirdar)
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In DDLJ, the father says "ja, Simran, ja." Was that not every desi father telling his daughter, 'go follow your heart?' We swoon. We die. We believe Shah Rukh Khan is a global treasure. Almost every South Asian writer is writing about love in one way or another. How does it show up in our homes? How does it work along lines of gender, caste, class, and age?Guest author: Uzma Jalaludin Co-hosts: Upasna Kakroo & Salma HussainProduced by: PeerbaghEpisode cover art: Niloufer WadiaResearch: Imtiaz Ali and Diksha SharmaSupported by: The Very Asian FoundationBooks/media in the episode:Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995 film, Aditya Chopra)Detective Aunty (Uzma Jalaludin)When Dimple Met Rishi (Sandhya Menon)Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating (Adiba Jagirdar)
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