Episode 5: Staying Rooted

For many third culture kids, finding a way to stay rooted to their culture and feel a sense of belonging to their home country can be difficult. Not only were many of them raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of their home country, but they might have also lived in a different environment during their childhood. In this episode, we speak to Anirudh to find out how he creates anchors to pull and keep him close to his culture in a way that still feels authentic.

Our Guest

Anirudh Krishnan grew up moving every few years, an experience he has largely continued into adulthood. Of Indian extract, he grew up in Hong Kong, various countries in the Gulf, India, and Singapore, and has since lived in Spain, Nepal, and the United States. He views and experiences the world as a third culture kid. He alternates between taking pride in and feeling uncomfortable with his fluid cultural, ideological, and geographical identities, which grow increasingly eager to find their home. Now in young adulthood and based in Boston, USA, he begins another all-too-familiar cycle of planning his next move to an exciting new country, and once again finds that accidents of birth determine what places are as welcoming of him as he is of them.