Larger Than Us: Power in Learning your Mother Tongue (w/ Subhadra Suresh)

Redefining ABCD

In this episode of Larger Than Us, Keerthi and Sneha talk to Subhadra Suresh, an aunty who they have grown up learning Tamil from and who is a major role model in their community in Cincinnati, to dive into the conversation of how your mother tongue can connect you to your cultural identity. They dive into their personal experiences, how their community strengthened from establishing a language school, and how learning the language influenced the way they are prideful in their heritage. While they discuss the impact language has on their understanding of cultural identity, they also explore the various conversations and thoughts Subhadra aunty had as a parent to first-generation Indian-Americans. While they discuss the important relationship between parents and their children, she concludes the episode with ways people can be kind to themselves and dive into the curiosity of learning their mother tongue. ------ [intro/outro credits] Ravi Ray Audio: https://ravirayaudio.com/