Dec 16, 2020
There is no sugarcoating it: Canada's unofficial Desi capital, the city of Brampton in the province of Ontario, is a COVID-19 hotspot. But why? Questionable theories abound, and Niru explores a complicated problem with Brampton mayor Patrick Brown (who we also discover has spent more time in India than Niru). First, a...
Feb 11, 2019
Welcome to Desiland! This podcast by Toronto-based journalist Niru Kumar in collaboration with TNKR Media explores modern Desi life in North America. In this preview, Niru discusses episodes and guests to come, and we hear from quadrilingual Desi-Canadian comic Sugar Sammy, who weighs in on Canadian Prime Minister...