Leena and Bhakti Sharma: Five Oceans, Seven Seas

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Growing up in the “City of Lakes,” Leena loved to swim, though it was uncommon for girls in India. Her daughter Bhakti loved swimming so much that she made a goal to swim in all five oceans, and the seven seas! Does she do it? Dive in to find out! [This episode originally aired February 2022.] This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls and is based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Haley Dapkus. Sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Emily McMahon-Wattez and edited by Abby Sher. Main narration by Bhavnisha Parmar. Our kid host for this story was Mercer Barton Griffin. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. A big thanks to the whole Rebel Girls team who makes this show possible! For more, visit rebelgirls.com. Until next time, stay REBEL!

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0:43.0	Okay, now on in the mountains of the Dar desert.
1:05.0	Bakhty's mother, Lena Sharma, love to swim.
1:11.0	That might not sound so unusual to you,
1:15.0	but in India, especially in the desert climate
1:18.0	where they lived,
1:19.0	swimming wasn't a popular sport.
1:22.0	It was even more unusual for girls to be swimmers.
1:25.2	Girls were expected to dress modestly and often swam in their clothes rather than in
1:31.3	bathing suits.
1:38.0	Lena swam throughout college and trained with great coaches.
1:46.7	Her family thought it was a strange hobby, but Lena didn't care and once she had kids she hoped they would inherit her love of the water. When Bhakhi was two years old, Lena put her right into the deep end of a swimming pool and helped her learn to float.
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