”When you have to move out of your childhood home and find yourself in a new place, it is not just the physical home you have left behind but many small aspects of it that you have stepped away from.” It is not just the walls but the daily comforts, the echoes of memories and the space of safety that made it ‘home’.

Postcards brings to you yet another powerful episode on displacement and rehabilitation. At the intersection of displacement, gender and climate change, the episode discusses how migration is not just one linear story.

In this evocative episode, we explore the layered realities of displacement and rehabilitation with Roshan Melwani, a policy officer, fierce human rights advocate and refugee lawyer. Roshan takes us through the ‘in-between’ spaces that define the refugee experience. These ‘half-spaces’, as he calls them, are filled with uncertainty, instability, and quiet endurance. As we follow Roshan’s journey of navigating the ‘spectrum of grey’ we unpack what it means to belong when your sense of home is continually in flux. His story weaves through themes of loss, identity, mistrust, and the emotional toll of navigating unfamiliar terrains — all while carrying the weight of systemic exclusion. He voices out:

1. The experience of discomfort that he felt growing up as a person who had to constantly move due to socio-economic and cultural factors.

2. How a sense of community and belongingness helped in creating a safe space for him.

3. The challenges of social acceptance and unfairness faced by asylum seekers.

4. The economic benefits that refugees bring to the country and

5. How international collaboration and reorientation of policy structures and legal systems could help address the holistic needs of refugees.

This episode urges listeners to expand their empathy, listen deeply, and to make space for stories from those who come from different walks of life.

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📅 Recording Date: March 3rd 2025

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Team

🎙 Host: Nikunj Agarwal

 🎤 Guest: Roshan Melwani

 📖 Research: Manya Trivedi

🎬 Production: Arjun S R, Sukhman Sandhu, Ayush Verma

📱 Social Media: Anjali Luthra, Vedita Saraswat , Zainab Qureshi

🌍 Community: Nandini Bhusri, Suneha Majumder

📝 Content & Media Mentors: Shaiza, Shafali Chadha, Chanty Tieb