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The Desi Dutch

by Aamjray

Your neighbourhood Desi is taking you on his journey of moving to Holland and living here as an expat. Culture shock, Kaasbroodjes, Homesickness, lack of Dhabas and a lot of other things discussed on The Desi Dutch.

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Episodes

  1. The One with The Lockdown in Baku

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Lazifa Karimli, a non-desi friend (yes I have non-desi friends) from Baku, Azerbaijan. Lazifa is actually an English teacher so she…

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  2. The One with The Lockdown in Lahore

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Mahad Asim, Mahad is a friend from highschool and we recently reconnected and decided to talk about how he is doing during lockdown. We...

  3. The One with The Lockdown in New York

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Rida Zia, a childhood friend of mine living in New York. She tells us how she's handling the lockdown as its been a month for her. We...

  4. The One with The Lockdown in Jeddah

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Areeb Younus, my cousin who lives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We hadn't caught up in a long time so we took this interview as an…

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  5. The One with The Lockdown in L'Aquila Pt 2

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Ghulam Mudassir, a PHD candidate in the University of L'Aquila. He tells us how his life has been under quarantine, he also talks about…

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  6. The One with The Lockdown in Sharjah

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Mashaal Jamil, my sister in UAE! Mashaal moved there when she got married, and is now living life in quarantine for over 3 weeks! Please...

  7. The One with The Lockdown in Hong Kong

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Owais Ali, Owais is a childhood friend of mine who moved to Hong Kong a few years ago. He tells us about his experience of the lockdown…

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  8. The One with The Lockdown in Melbourne

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Shahzar Shahbaz in the beautiful city of Melbourne. Shahzar actually works in an essential job so he has to be extra careful with his...

  9. The One with The Lockdown in L'Aquila

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Bilal Usman, a student stuck in Italy after his semester is over. Bilal talks about how social isolation works in Italy, how he is…

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  10. The One with The Lockdown in Amsterdam

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Nithin Rajeev, who moved here to Holland from India in search for a job. We talk about how the pandemic has affected his job search, how…

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  11. The One with The Lockdown in Toronto

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Muizz Kazmi, a friend of mine from Uni Days (or Highschool, we are still debating) about how he is handling lockdown. Its been 12 days...

  12. The One with The Lockdown in Canton

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Areeba Jibriil, who is an old old friend of mine from Karachi days. Areeba is an almost graduate from Michigan Law School, she loves...

  13. The One with The Lockdown in Paris

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to International Security Student Asad Rafi, who shares his experiences of lockdown from the City of Lights (or City of Love for cheesy…

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  14. The One with The Lockdown in Karachi Pt 2

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Mudassir Anwar about the update in Pakistan, how SMEs are handling the economic shock, why lockdown is not working out up till now in…

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  15. The One with The Weekly Lockdown Update

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, I wanted to just give a short weekly update on how its going in lockdown for me. Its officially a week now, and it is just passing by. Hoping for…

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  16. The One with The Lockdown in Bochum

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk to Danial Kodvavi and his experience in dealing with the lockdown. Panic buying, culture shock, and a lot of amazing discussion points in...

  17. (BILINGUAL Episode) The One with The Lockdown in Karachi Pt 1

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about the current crisis of the Coronavirus with Suvas Jesrani, a fellow desi living in Karachi and shares his experiences as Karachi goes...

  18. The One with The Lockdown in London

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about the current crisis of the Coronavirus with Faraz Rafiq, a fellow desi living in London who travelled to Pakistan recently and shares…

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  19. The One with The Lockdown in Ankara

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about the current crisis of the Coronavirus with Akbar Hyat Khan, a fellow desi quarantined in the middle of Turkey in Ankara. Please follow...

  20. The One with The Lockdown in Barcelona

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about the current crisis of the Coronavirus with Ahmed Shah, a fellow desi quarantined in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Please follow...

  21. The One with The Lockdown in Eindhoven

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about the current crisis of the Coronavirus and how I am dealing with it. Maybe we can start a new series just of this! Please follow...

  22. The One with The Roaring Twenties

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about the Roaring Twenties Party I got to experience at my company and how wild it was! Also there is a small rant on how I got knocked out…

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  23. The One with Het DansPaleis

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about a foundation called Het DansPaleis which I found through Eindhoven Doet. If you are interested in working with Het DansPaleis please...

  24. The One With iLost

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we talk about my performance in Rotterdam and how i got acquainted to the dutch lost and found system! Please follow @imdesidutch for more updates...

  25. The One With The Office Retreat

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we take a look at my first dutch office retreat and my reaction to how the dutch party! it was crazy to be honest. Please follow @imdesidutch for…

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  26. The One With Diwali

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we take a look at some events I have attended here in NL, especially a Diwali Event where yours truly also performed! Please follow The Desi Dutch…

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  27. The One With Working in Holland Part 2

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we take a look at life after studying and how the work life fares with life back in Pakistan. Please follow The Desi Dutch on Instagram @imdesidutch...

  28. The One With Working in Holland Part 1

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we take a look at Student jobs and how this concept is new to a middle class Desi from Karachi. Please follow The Desi Dutch on Instagram…

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  29. The One With The Dutch Culture

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we take a look at Dutch Culture and how to deal with the culture shock of a new culture. Please follow The Desi Dutch on Instagram @imdesidutch to…

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  30. The One With Moving to Holland

    Welcome to The Desi Dutch, where you shall be joining Aamjray in his journey of moving to Holland and how life is there for a Desi. In this episode, we take a look at how it feels to move to a new country and what challenges you face when you are adjusting into a new place. Please follow The Desi...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Your neighbourhood Desi is taking you on his journey of moving to Holland and living here as an expat. Culture shock, Kaasbroodjes, Homesickness, lack of Dhabas and a lot of other things discussed on The Desi Dutch.

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Aamjray

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Your neighbourhood Desi is taking you on his journey of moving to Holland and living here as an expat. Culture shock, Kaasbroodjes, Homesickness, lack of Dhabas and a lot of other things discussed on The Desi Dutch.

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