Emma & Bala | Episode 23

How's Your Ma Podcast · Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 3m

In Episode 23 of How's Your Ma?, we’re joined by Emma and Bala, two social workers originally from India who now live and work in Dublin.

They share their experiences of moving to Ireland, finding their feet in a completely different country, building friendships, dealing with the cost of living and working in social care.

We also get into their lives back in India, growing up in close-knit families and communities, education, migration, arranged marriage and how their experiences growing up shaped the people they are today.

Emma and Bala also talk about the kindness they've experienced since…