Uroosa

Baji: The Big Sister You Never Had

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

The Baji You Never Had is a podcast for women who grew up being the strong one, the eldest daughter or the one who stepped into that role, the emotional anchor, the fixer, navigating life without an older sister to lean on. Hosted by Uroosa Malik, a Pakistani-American Muslim woman and proud Baji to her younger sister, this podcast is your safe space for honest conversations about womanhood, identity, healing, faith, boundaries, friendships, and becoming your most authentic self. Growing up in a South Asian household taught me what it meant to be both a daughter and a son. It taught me to carr...

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I Stopped Dreaming of a Wedding. I Started Dreaming of a Better Me. 02.06.2026 6:45

In this episode of Baji: The Big Sister You Never Had , we talk about something many South Asian women grow up hearing from a young age: marriage. For so many of us, marriage wasn't just presented as a milestone. It was presented as the destination. A future we were expected to dream about long before we truly understood who we were. But what happens when life doesn't follow the timeline...

Your 20s Were Never Meant to Look Like Everyone Else’s 16.05.2026 11:07

Welcome to the very first episode of Baji: The Big Sister You Never Had. If you’ve ever opened Instagram and felt like everyone else was somehow ahead of you, getting married, having babies, buying homes, hitting all the “right” milestones, this episode is for you. As I turn 30, I’ve been reflecting on the pressure so many of us, especially brown women and eldest daughters, quietly carry. The pr...

Welcome to Baji: The Big Sister You Never Had 10.02.2026 4:59

This first episode is an introduction, not just to the podcast, but to the space I’m creating for you. A space for the ones who grew up being strong early, figuring things out on their own, and wishing they had someone older to lean on. Someone to guide, reassure, and remind them they weren’t behind. In this episode, I share why I started Baji, who this podcast is for, and the conversations I hope...