Urdu Pun Interview ft Faiza of littlestliterates

We have a special guest for this episode.

Faiza is a children's book Author

Her book 'aik kala billa' is available for purchase through this link

She has a great vision to create libraries in Pakistan for children.

Her story is truly amazing and you will really enjoy hearing about it in this fun interview

Timestamps are at the bottom

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Timestamps:

0:00:44 Introduction

0:02:00 Faiza's introduction

0:03:40 Faiza's personal background

0:05:00 Our experiences being different

0:06:50 My experience as a Doctor in America

0:08:45 Perception about our English as immigrants

0:09:30 Faiza's Nani's interesting story

0:11:47 Our own prejudices

0:14:50 How her children are experiencing being multicultural

0:19:00 Grapes and learning

0:20:50 How she came up with the book

0:24:20 How Faiza demonstrated her growth mindset

0:27:10 How books can be a medium of change

0:29:40 My experience with languages in California

0:31:10 How language shapes our children's identity

0:33:35 How we can break the cycle of desi steroetypes

0:36:00 The sad event in Atlanta

0:37:40 My experience with the Manzanar WW2 internment site

0:41:00 What leads to so many hate crimes

0:44:10 What can we do to counter hate

0:47:33 How we have so much in common

0:50:55 Military advertisement story

0:53:40 How we sought to be together during evolution

0:58:20 The library experience in Pakistan and abroad

1:03:30 The venture in Skardu

1:04:00 How sanitation products led to the idea

1:07:49 Bilingual story-time

1:10:55 How Children's books are incredibly important

1:13:45 Closing remarks about Aik Kala Billa