Our Foreign Roots

The biggest question is: Is it even possible? Is it possible to move to another country? Is it really the right decision? Is it hard to do so? At what age is it ideal to move to another country? Is it worth even trying? Check out our episodes to find more…!

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself” - Jim Rohn How can one take responsibility when their baggage is overflowing?Does personal growth matter when we move to a new place?Listen to our episode and find out…

Reminiscing old friendships is a different feeling altogether… When you look back at the times you spent with friends you wonder where did the days go.. in this episode I am here talking about about my 3 best friends with whom I spent over a decade and yet we still feel exactly the same the way we did the first time!

Sometimes a random stranger pays you with a random act of kindness. At that time did it matter what my accent or culture was? Did it really matter what my background was? What do you think? To find out.. let’s listen to it!!!!

Mother is the only person who Carries you for 9 months in her belly, 3 years in her arms and forever in her heart! On this special occasion of her birthday I wanted to introduce you to my mom. At the age of 62 she moved to US while everyone plans to retire. What was it like for her to move to a new country? What were her challenges? Did she really want to move to another country? Listen to find out..!!

Every family has its ups and downs but what about the family that moves together to a different country for their daughter! My parents living in India for more than 6 decades decided to take the leap and move. How did that affect our relationship? How did we go through the changes? Listen to know more..!!

Saroj Datta moved to USA in 1987 with her 2 yr old son and siblings. She had to make the move first before her husband could join her. While in the 80's modern technologies such as cellphones, wifi, internet, did not exist. Calling to a different country was definitely expensive. So, how did she make a life for herself here? How long did it take for her husband to join her? How did she manage to over come the language barrier? Press the play button to know more...

Anish has been in a long distance relationship with his family since the day he moved to US. Whether it is your significant other or whether it is your parents or siblings, maintaining long distance relationship is not easy. On this episode we discuss how has it been for him and his family to communicate on a regular basis and how has it affected their relationship. You can reach out to him via Instagram, Youtube or his website:https://www.instagram.com/anishraul.ig/https://www.anishraul...

Starting from scratch and building your career is very challenging.. Some jobs work out and some don't while keeping in mind what visa status do we have.. Hit that play button to know more..

Anish and I discussed a lot about his move to NYC and how he came to US.. As we continued our conversation we spoke on different challenges that he went through and certain trigger topics like racism. Listen to know more...!!

Pandemic affected all of us but moving to a new country during the pandemic is not easy. Anish shares his experience of moving to a country during the pandemic and takes us along a journey of his experiences of apartment change, attending school during pandemic, making new friends in the covid era. We touch on topics like racism, culture differences and much more...!

New places, new culture, new way of living is not as rosy as everyone says. Moving to a new place means starting life from scratch.. let's discover more of that in this episode.

India is a multi diverse, multi lingual, multi cultural country. The variety of people and the culture literally changes from one street to another and that is the beauty of India. Let me take you on a short journey of what India is :)

Why did I come to USA? What made me choose this place? How did my journey even start? Listen to it to know more...!

This is about getting to know the roots of Our Foreign roots and inspiring you to take this journey with me as you go through your journey. Either you are already in a new place or wanting to go - whatever the situation is - Come on this journey together and take the leap.