#30: Agra, NRIs, IIT & Parenting ft. Jyotsna & Anil Lawania

24/07/2021 1h 15min Episodio 30

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A special 30th episode with my parents Jyotsna Lawania and Anil Lawania. We discuss growing up in the 1960s in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, leaving India, settling in Saudi Arabia, Oman & UAE and parenting two animals that everyone calls their sons.SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeCONNECT:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: www.sadisticshalpy.comTIMESTAMPS0:00 Introduction1:04 Growing Up With Eight Siblings5:30 Studying At IIT10:18 Regret On Not Clearing Civil Services16:28 Witnessing The 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots19:38 The Indian Emergency20:48 Leaving India31:40 Mom’s Entry: Childhood In Agra, Uttar Pradesh38:09 How Would Your Parents Describe You?39:27 How Did You Both Meet?45:48 Leaving India49:07 On Becoming Parents54:28 What Is The Naughtiest Thing Your Kids Have Done?58:32 How Would You Rate Yourself As Parents?1:03:10 Raising Children In A Foreign Country1:04:50 Were We Good Sons?1:06:52 Are We Good Brothers To Each Other?1:08:25 Watching Your Children Leave Home1:10:57 Happiest Memory1:12:11 Advice For Your Sons#agra

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