Welcome to Season 2 of the Zubaani podcast by nonprofit ⁠⁠⁠⁠Peerbagh⁠⁠⁠⁠. Season two takes a deep dive into the topic of intergenerational storytelling with writers Salma Hussain and Upasna Kakroo as cohosts.

Episode 5, Season 2: Stories of Conflict

In this podcast episode, we talk about stories of internalized or external conflict that are often hidden in families. Books we discuss may work as tools and resources to help navigate through these complex journeys in our families.

Books and other trivia discussed in this episode:

The Secret Diary of Mona Hassan (Salma Hussain)The Unlovable Alina Butt (Ambreen Hussain)The Partition Project (Saadia Faruqi)The Night Diary (Veera Hiranandani)The Big Red Lollipop (Rukhsanna Khan)I Can Be All Three (Salima Alikhan)Why: Research shows intergenerational storytelling is like a resource (similar to air, clean water) but it is inequitably distributed. Whether you live in the subcontinent or the diaspora, colonial rule and its subsequent conflicts have left the South Asian subcontinent wounded. There is intense loss of human stories that tell the stories of our resilience, empowerment, or those that celebrate joy.

About: Peerbagh is an award-winning 501c3 nonprofit organization working with a mission to diversify bookshelves and build storytellers. The nonprofit creates storytelling events and produces the world’s only South-Asia-inspired children’s print magazine, Bento. 

Episode art by Ira Nagar.

Research for the expert by Imtiaz Ali.

This podcast has been made with the support of the City of Austin's Elevate Grant and Michigan Humanities.

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Release Date: 25/06/2025, 18:43:19