Mar 2022

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Leena - Growing up as the only Indian in...

MARIELLE KHAYAT

About this episode

🇮🇳🇫🇷 This episode's guest is Leena Radjibaly, a French with very strong Indian origins, today living in Bangalore.

With Leena, we talked about:

The gap between the at-home-culture and the outside-of-home-culture
Surrounding yourself with other multicultural people
Telling your whole story, even if it is complicated
Finding the balance between the two cultures

Happy blending!

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