Remember the movie Crazy Rich Asians? Well, South Asian weddings are just as crazy irrespective of the riches. In the South Asian culture a woman's whole life revolves around her wedding. As a young child she'll watch Bollywood movies about love, sprinkled with toe tapping music, lots of fancy clothing and grand celebrations of marriage. She'll be …

Are South Asian women left out of political conversations or is it willful ignorance? When was the last time you had a discussion about a policy, politician or political party with your husband, daughter, brother, sister? Where did you learn political engagement? Do you care about politics? Should we care? These are some of the questions we will be…

In August 1947 when India finally won its independence from the British Raj after a struggle of almost 300 years. It left in it's wake a nation divided into two states: Hindu majority India & Muslim majority Pakistan. Immediately, there began one of the greatest migrations in human history & one that is the least discussed in the West. Growing up i…

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Dr. Amna Buttar, Dr. Geet Chainani and Director of Humanitarian Affairs, Sabyn Zaidi, will be going to Pakistan at the end of September to perform emergency disaster relief work. The most emergent needs are tents, food kits, clean water, medical care, mosquito nets. Severe rains and flooding have killed at least 1,300 people, including 348 children…

In this episode the Auraten are in conversation with Dr. Sadaf aka The Savvy Woman's Sex Coach, who is also a board-certified OBGYN, life coach, and sexual counselor in New York, with over 22 years of experience in helping women and adolescent girls with their physical and emotional health issues. She started her social media presence in 2021. And …

Mandeep Kaur, Sania Khan, Noor Mukaddam, Garima Kothari - are women who were victims of intimate partner violence. The hidden cancer of the South Asian community. About 60% of South Asian women report having experienced some for of domestic abuse in their lives. We here at Auraten believe the numbers to be closer to 75-90% due to the nature of prob…

In today's episode we will be talking to Tejal, a therapist specializing in couples therapy and maternal mental health who is also mom to two young boys about some of the challenges second generation South Asian millennial parents face. As I always say parenting is one huge experiment. We all aspire to be better than the generation before us. But n…

Being queer in a desi family is a tough battle. It can be a tragic, traumatic and isolating experience. Fearing social ostracization parents often respond to their child coming out with choice epletives and rage coupled with shame and guilt for bringing shame to the family. Sometimes the reactions can be violent and extreme in nature; physical abus…

In this episode the Auraten will be exploring SEX! It’s one of the most important ways we can get to know ourselves, our sexual selves and desires to own and explore. It’s that hush-hush topic that we could never talk about for ourselves. Our parents never gave us the birds and the bees talk, we were embarrassed to talk about it even with our close…

From billboards, to tv shows, bollywood movies, celebrity races to size zero, fair & lovely cream to a healthy diet of jiski biwi moti and goray goray mukhre pay you can't seem to get away it. Body shaming is deeply ingrained in the South Asian culture. Geet, Amna, Sammy and their guest, Arti, speak about where their ideas of body image come from, …

There have been 948 #schoolshootings since Sandy Hook. - 119 school shootings since 2018. - 27 school shootings this year alone. 2 of which happened AFTER Uvalde. - 300,000 children have either been injured/died as a result of #gunviolence. We need #guncontrol not more #thoughtsandprayers #Brownchildren are oftentimes the targets of #schoolviolence…

Sammy, Amna and Geet talk about what they do to unwind, relax and reset from our hyperconnected world. "People who love themselves, don't hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer." - Dan Pearce Loving yourself is at the heart of a successful life. When you love and respect yourself, you take space for yoursel…

*Trigger Warning* On May 15, 2022 on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at around 1:30pm Geet took her dogs down for a walk on her amenity deck in a luxury highrise on the east coast. On her way back into her building, somewhere in the middle of the deck her thoughts were drowned out by an unexpected, abnormal sound. *THUD* *THUD* She walked in the direct…

With this episode we start the conversation on mental health in the South Asian community. A special guest, Jahanara Chugtai, a Fullbright Scholar and graduate of the Warner School of Education, who can be found on instagram @pakistanitherapist shares her experiences with us working in Pakistan with victims of complex traumas using trauma informed …

Auraten chimes in on the conversation around the Roe v. Wade discussion that's all over the news after Justice Alito's draft opinion leak. Should women have bodily autonomy? Disclaimer: the artwork used as the episode artwork does not belong to us. We borrowed it from the Aurat March 2019 placards to make a point. The struggle for equality around t…

In honor of the creation of life, the feminine energy, the nurturing of one being by another Geet, Amna and Sammy share their moms and the relationships they share with them. In a special appearance, Sabyn shares a story of her late mother, Almas Agha.Af Auraten

In this episode you will meet the hosts, Dr. Amna, Sammy and Geet and learn what brings them together, what auraten is and why they're doing this.Af Auraten