
The Newcomers Podcast 🎙️ E138: Aashrit Parvangada on why immigrants should stop chasing acceptance
In this episode, I’m speaking with Aashrit Parvangada, a historical nerd based in Berlin, and one of the best folks to chat with about geopolitics, nationalism, and immigration.
I must say this was a sobering conversation, but also an enlightening one for me. Aashrit is not one to hold back on what he thinks about the world and how geopolitics and history shape most of what we’ve seen in recent times.
And for someone who’s lived in Dubai, India, Canada, the United States, Germany, and speaks English, Hindi, Japanese, and German, he has the lived experience to back up his takes.
Aashrit and I talk about:
Why he thinks the West has always struggled with multiculturalism and diversity
Why he believes the current anti-Indian hate is actually a lesson for Indians
The “great divergence” that made the West wealthy, and the “great convergence” happening now
Why the question of a multicultural future belongs to the West, not immigrants
What he finds exciting about the world’s trajectory
