Behind the Brown Girl Aria Nair & Shifa Ali

For this week’s episode, we open up about the mispronunciation of South Asian names by others and within the community. To help us delve deeper into this important topic, we welcome Rayan Yousafzai and Pranav Wadha to share their personal experiences and give a unique perspective as South Asian males. 

So… what’s your Starbucks name?

In this episode we hope to explore the lack of South Asian American representation in mainstream media. For this week’s podcast, we talk to the talented Rishika Jikaria and hear about her journey as a growing South Asian on TikTok. Being well known as part of the Jikaria sisters, she describes her experiences as a South Asian American and how this has translated to her fame on social media.

We are super excited to introduce our podcast “Behind the Brown Girl”! We decided to use this platform to break boundaries and to talk about unspoken issues that are relevant to South Asian Americans! Get ready for some uncomfortable conversations, crackhead energy, and unfiltered topics! Follow us on instagram @behindthebrowngirl for more updates but until then stay proud, stay loud, stay you!