Shanthi on Being an Immigrant in the 70s & Superstitions
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Why are you shaking, darling?
What did Shanthi think about Miriam Margolyes?
Pardon?
Would Shanthi consider making a documentary about her life?
Shaking your leg. I've had this for a few months now.
What was Shanthi's experience of arriving in the UK in 1975?
Is it bad? Dinesh does that as well.
Don't do that. It sort of looks like you're masturbating.
How do Romesh and Shanthi address listener dilemmas?
Is that how you masturbate?
Who is better to work with: Romesh or Karl Pilkington?
Outside your trousers? Two hands. During a podcast?
That's how I do it. I cannot get off unless I'm broadcasting. now it all makes sense hello monkeys and welcome to the thursday edition of the romesh rang a nathan show i'm here with a woman that needs no introduction every thursday do i i'm supposed to say something that was very good that was very good The team are also here, a group of people I've grown to tolerate in the way that you tolerate a noise from your boiler.
What superstitions does Shanthi believe in?
You don't know what it is, you don't want to look at it, but you'd love to beat the fuck out of it. Every Thursday we dissect the Monday Celebrity episode and we become sort of like an agony aunt and uncle to the TRRS community. It doesn't work, does it? No.
How does Shanthi's immigration story reflect her views on kindness?
Should we call it the Truss? The Truss. The Truss. Every Thursday we dissect the Monday Celebrity episode and we become like a sort of agony aunt and uncle to the Truss community. Feels a bit JK Rowling.
Sounds like a charity show.
With possibly mixed success, but we hope you get a bit of entertainment. Am I right, Mum? Of course you are.
With me, Shanti. On Monday, we had the one and only Miriam Margulies on the show, Mum. Do you know Miriam Margulies? Of course I do. Do you? Yeah. What does she look like? I can't explain. You can't explain. Here's a picture of her. I think you'll recognise her when you see the picture. Yeah. The picture's not on my face over there. Whatever she said, I remember her jokes and things. I like it. You like it? Some of them, yeah. Okay. She was promoting a new documentary made by a filmmaker she ended up becoming really good friends with. It's a bit like us, isn't it, Ben?
I don't know, I feel like this is a trap. It's not a trap.
We are good friends, man. Yeah, that's what I'm saying, yeah. We've become good friends. Ah, you, both of you, yeah.
We don't spend, I mean, we don't do a lot of socialising, really, but we are friends.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We speak a lot, texts and stuff.
Well, yeah, because we've got this stuff that you want to run by me, you've got a new idea that you need me to... even though I don't want to, to sort of shoulder the burden financially of this company.
Anyway, Miriam Margulies.
Anyway, Miriam Margulies. Mum, if you were to make a documentary and have a director follow you around, who do you think you'd choose and what would the documentary be about? About my life. About my life. Okay. What would you call it? Narcissism on screen. So you do a documentary about your life. Yeah, go on. So many interesting things happen in my life. Which aspect do you think you'd focus on? Focus on the time I came here. Nice. An immigrant story. That's good. I enjoyed life with my husband thoroughly. I thought he's the king. I mean, I respected him and I put him on the throne. Then he threw everything away. But whatever it's happened, forget that. Concentrate and the motivation, you could become better. And if you don't sit there and sulk.
Yeah, so you don't wallow in it. Yeah, yeah, just forget it. But once in a while, I do. Draw a line under it. Don't be somebody that on a podcast 15 years later is still banging on about it. Am I right? Banging on about it. It's interesting. Some people should know what I went through. Some people say I get everything wrong. Very easy. It's not. Who says that? You've got this thing that you think that everybody's against you. It's not. You're quite paranoid. Yeah, I am. I am paranoid. You're a bit paranoid. Yeah. You're a bit like, you know, you think that there are people saying things about you, but there aren't. Okay. Can I ask a question? Yeah.
I'd love you to. Don't have to put your hand up. Okay. What was it like? Do you remember when you first arrived here?
2nd of February. There you are.
That's my birthday.
Oh, happy birthday. Oh, cool. Let's make a note of that. Can we put a little caption? 1975, I arrived in England.
When you arrived at Crawley, what was your first impression?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:01
2
What did Shanthi think about Miriam Margolyes?
0:01–0:02
3
Would Shanthi consider making a documentary about her life?
0:02–0:04
4
What was Shanthi's experience of arriving in the UK in 1975?
0:04–0:10
5
How do Romesh and Shanthi address listener dilemmas?
0:10–0:11
6
Who is better to work with: Romesh or Karl Pilkington?
0:11–0:52
7
What superstitions does Shanthi believe in?
0:52–1:06
8
How does Shanthi's immigration story reflect her views on kindness?
1:06–24:08
Speakers
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