Romesh Ranganathan
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Podcast Appearances
As you get older, you start to think about your culture more.
Exactly.
When you're young...
you just want to fit in, right?
So you almost... I remember, like, this is really embarrassing to say, but I remember, like, my dad... This is a really embarrassing thing to say, but I remember my dad coming to pick me up from school and me feeling embarrassed by his accent, you know, because you sort of... You don't want to... You're so desperate.
You don't want any point of difference from all the other kids at school.
So as soon as your dad gets out or your mum gets out and they've got... You sort of think, oh, God, this is... Are they going to... And the kids didn't give a shit, do you know what I mean?
But it's a perception thing.
And then as I got older, I was like, well, actually...
My culture and all of that is something that I feel really privileged to have those origins.
Do you know what I mean?
I mean, that's another good point.
Like a sarong thing.
Yeah, yeah.
They're so cool.
I mean, David Beckham wore a lungi.
Do you wear a lungi?
No.
Do I wear it occasionally?
Yeah.