Nimisha Ladva
👤 Speaker
159
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
This summer, I stopped taking that future for granted.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
We're at the beach in Delaware.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
My children are digging a giant hole in the ground with their father.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
So I take a boogie board, and I head out into the ocean.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
And I'm waiting for a wave, and I'm behind a group of young people, and I'm closest to a man.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
He's probably 19 or 20 years old.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
And I catch something that he says.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
Hey, Rachel, are you a Jew?
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
And he says, totally casual.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
I just knocked down two hijabis down there.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
I look to where he's pointing.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
I see the two girls with headscarves.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
They are barely middle school age.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
The next wave carries me back to shore.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
The same wave knocks the young man down.
The Moth
In Control, Or Not: The Moth Radio Hour
I get out of the water, and I join my family.