difficult-ish is a project hosted by mohuya and mashnun, two bangladeshi-american artists, about deconstructing the narrative of what it means to grow up in a south asian/desi home, and building the idea back together using blocks from two different journeys. video podcasts on youtube. new episodes every friday!
last ep of 2022!! in this one, we start of rating our 2022's from 1-10, talk bout our highlights like graduating, solo traveling, and finding inner peace, talk bout some goals we had that we just cou…
it is almost 2023 and we have gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge over the past year! in this episode, we are basically talking to our "12 months ago" selves and giving them our best advice. a lot o…
in this ep, we detail the kind of appropriation with south asian culture we have witnessed growing up, and why its so annoying to see. whether its within our own communities, in mainstream media, or …
happy thanksgiving!!!! :) in this episode, we talk about how much food and cooking means to us growing up in a south asian home, and how its affected our relationship with the kitchen today. whether …
we are BACK to talk about the complicated evolution of sibling relationships! with both of us having siblings, one being older than us and one being younger, we talk about the different dynamics rega…
hi :) the two of us graduated in the past few months, and no one prepared us for how lost and lazy we'd become. as south asian kids, college has always been the driving factor for our self worth, but…
hey!! we haven't done an advice session in months so here's our 4th edition :) we ask yall what kinda stuff you would like advice with on our instagram (@difficultish), and here are some of our favor…
hello from paris and colombia! we are currently in our solo travel era and we have a lot to say on this topic!! first off, why was it difficult to put aside the child of immigrants guilt and book a t…
we talk all things anxiety in this episode. starting from what makes us anxious and what the signs are to why it's difficult for us to speak to immigrant parents about it. we also give you some of ou…
in this episode, Mohuya sits down with Maesha (@maeshaeva) who is a powerhouse Bangladeshi woman who is a Columbia alum, works at a Big Four firm, has her own marketing agency called The Eva Collecti…
hey everyone! in todays episode, we are going to talk about all of the life lessons we've learned over the past few years and what advice we could've told our younger selves. a lot of the things we t…
hi :) this was my first solo episode on the pod cause mou's microphone was being silly. this was a lot harder than i expected lol so it's a bit all over the place. i wasn't too sure what direction i …
this is a good last episode in our lil dating series! in this episode, we talk about why dating is discouraged in south asian society and the difficulties behind interracial relationships. we talk ab…
in this episode, we talk about the struggle that south asian kids go through to pursue the arts, but more specifically, the social media realm. social media is still on the rise and a lot of south as…
we asked y'all to give us your best south asian hot takes that no one else agrees with and honestly, you should've kept some of these to yourself. we go from "women should be pressured into marriage"…
another HIGHLY requested episode about dating! in this one, we talk about our experiences with telling our parents about our partners, our tips to introduce the topic, and so much more. ENJOYYY
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hello our lovely listeners!! this week, we talkin about some of "untraditional" things we did that were discouraged because it didn't fit our stereotypical gender roles. in the south asian community,…