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IdentityEpisode 49·Solo essay

They Called Me a ‘White Indian’ - Identity, Belonging & Living Between Worlds

I filmed this episode from a hotel patio in New Delhi - and that alone felt strange to say. I hadn’t really been in India like this for almost six years. In that time, I moved countries, built a career, left a stable job, and quietly questioned who I was more times than I can count.

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January 5, 2026
Sachin Jha

Guest

Sachin Jha

Host · Decoding Wisdom

Sachin Jha is the host of Decoding Wisdom, a podcast exploring what it takes to reinvent yourself, perform at the highest level, and find meaning once the applause fades. Before this, he represented the UAE as an international cricketer, attended school in England on scholarship, and studied at Loughborough University and Ivey Business School - a path that took him through management consulting at a Big 4 before he left in September 2025 to build Decoding Wisdom, his F1 and IndyCar content, and his personal brand full-time. Having lived across seven countries, Sachin brings a genuinely global, peer-to-peer lens to every conversation - he's not an outsider asking questions about high performance, he's competed at that level himself. On his solo episodes, Sachin steps away from the guest chair to break down the ideas, philosophies, and lessons - from ancient wisdom to elite sport psychology - that shape how he thinks about reinvention, identity, and what it really means to build a high-performing life.

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I filmed this episode from a hotel patio in New Delhi - and that alone felt strange to say. I hadn’t really been in India like this for almost six years. In that time, I moved countries, built a career, left a stable job, and quietly questioned who I was more times than I can count.

Sachin and Sachin go deep on the moments that shaped the work - the visible wins, the invisible costs, and the frameworks that survived the experience.

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IdentityDiasporaBelonging
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