Calcutta is my Mother: Reshma McClintock's Adoption Story [S5E5]
ADOPTION NOW11 Apr 2019

Calcutta is my Mother: Reshma McClintock's Adoption Story [S5E5]

Today we are joined by Reshma McClintock. She's a writer, an adoptee from India, and the focal point of the new documentary Calcutta is my Mother.

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She sits down with April and Noah to share some of the best, most impactful experiences she's had with adoption. But to balance out the entire story, she also provides the more challenging aspects of her life, ranging from her identity crisis as an Indian woman who only identified as being white, to the culture and heritage she left behind when she was adopted.

All in all, Reshma is an amazing woman and a shining example of just how important it is to share these adoption stories.

In This Episode of ADOPTION NOW

  • Reshma's parents and their decision to adopt
  • Her adoption from Calcutta
  • The different components of grief as it relates to adoption
  • On the importance of communication between parents and adoptees
  • The dichotomy of conflicting good and bad emotions that adoptees often feel
  • How children often save the parents and not the other way around
  • Reshma's incredible return to Calcutta
  • More details on the film Calcutta is my Mother

More details at: https://adoptionnow.com/podcast/calcutta-is-my-mother-reshma-mcclintocks-adoption-story/

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