Sant Teja Singh. Photo: Bain News Service, http://saada.org.
Last week we posted a story by the about a talk entitled Perspectives on South Asian History. Interested, but (unfortunately) unable to attend, I harnessed the power of Google to learn more about the talk, its subjects and its hosts, which led me The Nameless Podcast.
Hosted by a trio of historians and storytellers, explores the complicated realities of South Asian and Canadian History.聽Declassified government documents, intercultural love and revolutionary newspapers are just a few of the topics discussed.
Hindoo Religious Procession Vancouver, 1905. Photo: 麻豆传媒映画Public Library Archives.
Hosted by a self-described trio of historians and storytellers (Naveen Girn, Milan Singh and Paneet Singh), The Nameless Podcast digs into South Asian history and the largely problematic relationship Canada has had with South Asian communities.
Episode explores South Asian migration to Vancouver, Canada; the 鈥淲hite Canada Forever鈥� movement, race riots and Sant Teja Singh, while episode explores the lives of the few South Asian women allowed into 麻豆传媒映画prior to 1920. According to the podcast, there were only 14 South Asian women in 麻豆传媒映画from 1905 鈥� 1920!
SS Komagata Maru, 1914. Photo: Leonard Frank/麻豆传媒映画Public Library.
The podcast is hosted on聽South Asian lifestyle magazine website, . Currently there are only eight episodes available, but I've got my fingers crossed in hopes for more.
You can learn more about the podcast, or stream each episode .
