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S5 Ep32: Episode 86 - Until next year 42:41

5+ y ago42:41

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Following from last week's episode, we unexpectedly jumped into a conversation about finding the true definition of happiness - of course, Meenal is questioning if it really exists after the few weeks she has been through (yes, she has a dark side)! With the new year approaching, both of us reflect on our personal growth, our future growth and shar…

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S5 Ep31: Episode 85 - Dead inside 40:09

5+ y ago40:09

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When Meenal receives an email that reads "you sound depressed, are you okay?" - we know something is clearly wrong. It's been an interesting couple of weeks for both of us. Each of us experiencing life in different ways and trying to learn from our experiences as much as possible. Not every day will be a happy, bubbly day - a concept Meenal is tryi…

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S5 Ep30: Episode 84 - When the going gets tough 39:54

5+ y ago39:54

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Life can get busy. So busy that we both didn't even get a moment to sit and record an episode last week. But it's okay, because sometimes we have to accept that life can get crazy and we can always find ways to work around it. We are currently learning how to deal with our hectic work schedules and still have time to record a podcast and also deal …

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S5 Ep29: Epsiode 83 - Long-Distance Relationships 33:14

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Shane (the guy who edits this show and is married to the short one) - This time, it's my bad that the episode was late. I'm a little tied up in Seattle as part of a work trip. Apologies. Long distance relationships aren't always easy and we've all had to deal with it at some point in our life. We discuss how we've dealt with our own relationships, …

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S5 Ep28: Episode 82 - Diwali Special: Listener Stories 47:14

5+ y ago47:14

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This Diwali we bring you a special episode where we catch up with our lives and go through all your mails. We love reading about your opinions and used this opportunity to share what we think with all of you lovely listeners. This special episode is all about you! Enjoy!Av Desi Outsiders

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S5 Ep27: Episode 81 - #METOO movement in India 35:04

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The #metoo movement is slowly gaining cadence in India. But what makes this so different to the stories being told in the US, is that India has a lot of cultural barriers which affect the movement and the stories of women that are coming to light. We look into some case studies and present some evidence as to why women aren't likely to lie about th…

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S5 Ep26: Episode 80 - A non-traditional Indian wedding 35:09

5+ y ago35:09

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As we prepare for the Asian Media Awards, we wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your love and endless belief in our project. We are sending you all a big, virtual hug! This week, we discuss how Desi weddings aren't exactly the norm anymore - we're all adapting to our needs and desires when it comes to what we believe is the perfect weddin…

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S5 Ep25: Episode 79: Sabarimala verdict: Religion vs Law 32:18

5+ y ago32:18

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The Sabarimala verdict was a great day for women across the country. Ankita had visited this Temple as a child to make sure she received her blessings before hitting her menstrual age. We both dig into what the Vedas say about women being impure and why we all need to extend our knowledge and read further into historic textbooks to understand why t…

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S5 Ep24: Episode 78 - Moving away from home 48:46

5+ y ago48:46

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Meenal has just moved to the UK from Gibraltar. But this isn’t the first time she has had to move away from home. Ankita also recollects her several moves and the emotional impact it had on her life. Moving away from home isn’t an easy process, whether it’s for a new job, or to go to University. This week, we discuss the ins and outs of moving and …

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S5 Ep23: Episode 77 - "English" Medicines 39:00

5+ y ago39:00

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English Medicine' is a term a lot of you may have seen or heard before. But what does this really mean? We discuss the serious impact of myths being passed down from generation to generation with regards to modern medicine. Ankita especially has seen this in her home town in Trivandrum and Meenal has seen family members on their death bed due to ig…

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S5 Ep22: Episode 76 - We're here to stay 40:44

5+ y ago40:44

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It’s been a month since we last virtually greeted you and as bad as this sounds, we didn’t plan for four weeks to go by before we could show up and say hi. We don’t have set weekends anymore. Hell, we don’t even get two consecutive days off in a week with our new commitments. And as you can imagine, speaking to guests based in different time zones …

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S5 Ep21: Episode 75 - Braindump 39:06

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After almost half a year, we bring you another Braindump! We use this episode to explain why we've been off the radar for some time, and you'll also hear about why some of our episodes have been released on random days of the week. Both of our lives have changed quite drastically. Thank you all for being patient with us as we settle into our new li…

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S5 Ep20: Episode 74 - Desi Outsiders on Awaz FM 39:59

6y ago39:59

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This week we have something different to share with you! Recently, we were on Awaz FM, Scotland’s Asian station, with Lehar Laghmani. We shared the journey we’ve had with Desi Outsiders with over seventy episodes so far and also got to play our chosen music for the 17,000+ listeners who tuned in live. This was the first time we had a full 45 minute…

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S5 Ep19: Episode 73 - Major Archie Acharya 44:06

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This week we’re honoured to share our conversation with Major Archie Acharya, a communications engineer from JNU who now serves the Indian Army. She’s has been posted at the Line of Control, RAPID Battalion as part of Strike Corps and Electronic Warfare Units and Formations. Archie talks to us about women in male-dominated workforces, the challenge…

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S5 Ep18: Episode 72 - Natasha Scripture 58:09

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This week we’re bringing you our conversation with Natasha Scripture, a mixed desi author, poet, activist and former aid worker. As a spokesperson for the United Nations, Natasha covered humanitarian crises around the world, including conflicts and natural disasters in Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya, and Pakistan. Before the UN, she worked as a writer, pro…

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S5 Ep17: Episode 71 - Sally Roberts from Wrestle Like A Girl 47:02

6y ago47:02

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After watching Dangal a few months ago, both of us were very excited to speak to Sally Roberts from Wrestle Like a Girl. Sally’s upbringing wasn’t easy and she had to resort to antisocial behaviour to deal with all the complex emotions she was facing as a young teen. But ultimately, she didn’t let any of that get in the way of her dreams. She joine…

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S5 Ep16: Episode 70 - Suhani Jalota from The Myna Mahila Foundation 43:38

6y ago43:38

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Now that the royal wedding fever has died down a bit, we want to take a step back and present to you our detailed conversation with Suhani Jalota, the founder if Myna Mahila Foundation, which was the only Indian non-profit to be invited to the royal wedding. The Myna Mahila Foundation is an Indian organization which empowers women by encouraging di…

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S5 Ep15: Episode 69 - Aranya Johar 55:35

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Aranya Johar is a 19-year-old poet and activist based in Mumbai. She started writing poetry at the age of 11, started performing spoken word poetry at 13, but the world knows her for her viral performance of ‘A brown girl’s guide to gender’ - a spoken word poem she released last year. In her one year of activism following that, Aranya has proved to…

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S5 Ep14: Episode 68 - In conversation with Shreya Nallapati 36:10

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This week we spoke to Shreya Nallapati, an activist, entrepreneur and high school senior. Like many of us, Shreya watched Emma González’s speech after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February of this year. But instead of using tech to send just thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families, Shreya decided to use her te…

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S5 Ep13: Episode 67 - In Conversation With Trisha from Brown Girl Magazine 57:57

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This week, we spoke to Trisha Sakhuja Walia, the CEO of Brown Girl Magazine. This incredible online magazine serves as an anchor for South Asians who believe in gender equality. Their content provides a connection between the readers, the trailblazers, community leaders, and all the badass women in the South Asian community. We spoke to Trisha abou…

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S5 Ep12: Episode 66 - In Conversation With Malavika Iyer 1:12:59

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This week, we’re delighted to bring you one the most inspiring stories you will hear on this podcast. Our guest Malvika Iyer was just 13 when a grenade blast in her own bedroom in Bikaner almost killed her. She immediately lost both her hands, her feet were completely disfigured, she suffered from 80% blood loss, and her BP was zero. Doctors were n…

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S5 Ep11: Episode 65 - In Conversation With Chris & Renata 56:09

6y ago56:09

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This week, we have two very special guests on our show! Chris and Renata have been tirelessly working on building the first ever cricket academy in Czech Republic. Since they started the project in 2015, they have dealt with rejection, theft, extreme weather conditions and culture barriers. Just three months into 2018, they have managed to reach ov…

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S5 Ep10: Episode 64 - In Conversation With Manpreet Toor 37:44

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This week, we spoke to Manpreet Toor, a dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur based in California. You must know Manpreet from her early days where she danced with her friend, Naina. Now Manpreet has been collaborating with big names in the industry - she recently worked with Punjabi By Nature and also gave us some exclusive news which she hasn’t…

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S5 Ep9: Episode 63 - In Conversation With Parle Patel 1:26:39

6y ago1:26:39

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This mini Navrati, we bring you the internet’s favourite Gujju, Parle Patel from Planet Parle. We discuss his life as a British Asian who spent 6 years of his life in Australia, and also has family roots in Kenya and Gujarat. Parle talks to us about being a blend of these three cultures, his experience with mental health, and his journey from the t…

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S5 Ep8: Episode 62 - In Conversation With Lauren C. Anderson 1:16:43

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Last Thursday, on International Women’s Day, we interviewed Lauren C. Anderson, one of the first ever women selected for the FBI swat team! When an 11-year-old Lauren toured the FBI Headquarters in New York, she was told by her tour guide that girls could never be FBI agents because they would just sit around all day painting their nails. 15 years …

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S5 Ep7: Episode 61 - In Conversation With Shobhit Banwait 41:05

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On Women’s Day, we present to you our second male guest of this season, Shobhit Banwait. We’re quite sure most of our Desi listeners have seen Shobhit playing his Tabla with his six-winged ceiling fan in the background. He started off by making videos using his simple smartphone and zero equipment but today, Shobhit is one of the most famous tabla …

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S5 Ep6: Episode 60 - In Conversation With Zohra Moosa 32:53

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This week, we bring you our conversation with Zohra Moosa, the Executive Director of Mama Cash, an organization that supports the financial prospects of women, girls, trans and intersex people around the world who fight for their human rights. Mama Cash was conceived around a kitchen table in Amsterdam in 1983. Since then, they have grown from a gr…

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S5 Ep5: Episode 59 - In Conversation With Pranav Punjabi 33:59

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This week we are in conversation with Pranav Punjabi - a youtube, Viner, and online content creator. Pranav started his comedy journey at the age of 16 and he fell in love with the laughter of others around him. He continued to work hard on his passion for comedy and today uses his platform to address some very serious social issues which are diffi…

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S5 Ep4: Episode 58 - In Conversation with Shaili Chopra 52:21

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This week we bring you our conversation Shaili Chopra, a face you might already be familiar with. She’s an Indian business journalist, author and entrepreneur who has worked extensively with NDTV and is also the founder of shethepeople.tv - “A video story-telling space that inspires women, strengthens their efforts, exchanges leadership ideas, fost…

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S5 Ep3: Episode 57 - In Conversation With Dr Sherry A. Ross 1:00:31

6y ago1:00:31

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This week, right before the release of the much awaited Bollywood film Padman, we bring you a discussion on female reproductive health with Hollywood’s very own Gynaecologist, Dr Sherry Ross. She’s the OBGYN of Hollywood, and stars like Reese Witherspoon, Jane Seymor, Brooke Shields, Katherine McPhee are regular clients of Dr.Sherry. Dr Sherry’s bo…

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S5 Ep2: Episode 56 - In Conversation With Supriya Joshi 1:06:36

6+ y ago1:06:36

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This week, we bring you our conversation with Supriya Joshi, a stand up comedian and writer who’s worked extensively with All India Bakchod. Supriya enlightened us on what it means to be at the forefront of both the feminist movement as well as the change happening in the comedy circles in India today. And as you can imagine, we shared a lot of gig…

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S5 Ep1: Episode 55 - Season 5 Premiere 30:06

6+ y ago30:06

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We warned you that we were coming back although the last time you heard from us, we had no idea that we were about to leave you for a month without a warning. As usual, we jumped from topic to topic in this episode and ended up discussing Zaira Wasim’s flight incident and how these situations contribute to the discourse around feminism. And then, a…

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S4 Ep54: Episode 54 - In Conversation With Luz Amuchastegui 45:25

6+ y ago45:25

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We’re delighted to bring you our super special episode this week as we interviewed our first ever non-Desi guest! We couldn’t be happier to share her story with you because we learned a lot about a culture that is very similar to our own. Luz Amuchastegui is a social rights activist, hockey superstar, consultant and an established entrepreneur base…

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S4 Ep53: Episode 53 - In Conversation With Sandy Kaur Gill aka TheSandyLion 30:32

6+ y ago30:32

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This week, we had the pleasure of speaking to TheSandyLion who confessed that this was her debut podcast interview! Sandy is a full-time elementary school teacher and a fashion stylist based in Toronto. In this interview, Sandy takes us through her 4-year journey to bring her where she is now, working with big stars like Lilly Singh, Humble the Poe…

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S4 Ep52: Episode 52 - In Conversation With Elsa D'Silva 53:55

6+ y ago53:55

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This week, we bring you our conversation with Elsa D’Silva, the Founder & CEO of the Red Dot Foundation. Through her app called SafeCity, Elsa and her team document sexual harassment and abuse in public spaces. In the past four years, Safecity has become the largest crowd map on the issue of sexual abuse in India, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Nepa…

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S4 Ep51: Episode 51 - In Conversation with Kirthi Jayakumar 1:11:04

6+ y ago1:11:04

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This week, we bring you our conversation with Kirthi Jayakumar, an Indian women's rights activist, a social entrepreneur, a peace activist, artist, lawyer and writer among many other things. The list of Kirthi’s achievements is almost endless and to put it simply, her hard work landed her the US Presidential Services medal in 2011. But in this inte…

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S4 Ep50: Episode 50 - In Conversation with Meenal & Ankita 59:51

6+ y ago59:51

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Yup, that’s us high-fiving each other for making it this far. Fifty episodes. Celebrating fifty of anything is a big milestone! We even celebrated 50 Twitter followers, then realised that they were all fake accounts. This week, we bring you a very special episode where the tables completely turn and instead, we get interviewed instead by our most d…

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Episode 49 - In Conversation with Karan Talwar a.k.a Bollywood Gandu 1:22:52

6+ y ago1:22:52

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This Diwali, we bring you a “pattaka” called Karan Talwar a.k.a Bollywood Gandu, who is a comedian based in Mumbai. He shares the story of how he left a boring desk job in the US and returned to India at the age of 28 to kickstart his career in stand-up comedy. This led to the founding of SnG comedy and later, Bollywood Gandu. Over the years, Karan…

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Episode 48 - In Conversation With Vidya Vox 53:22

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We’re kicking off Season 4 with an exclusive interview with Vidya Vox where we accidentally damage her eardrums by singing along with her. We’re the new Desi Spice Girls now and Vidya is leaving her job as a solo artist to join us. That’s once she repairs her eardrums, of course. We discuss her journey from the age of five when she started training…

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Episode 47 - One Year of Desi Outsiders 53:19

6+ y ago53:19

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Somehow, one year ago today, we convinced you to replace your Sai Baba bhajans and Niki Minaj playlists with our podcast episodes. We really wish we could invite you to Desi Outsiders with chai and samosas this fine morning, but Ankita can’t cook, and Meenal doesn’t share food. So instead, we put together a very special season finale where we share…

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Episode 46 - In Conversation with Jasvinder Sanghera CBE 1:18:02

6+ y ago1:18:02

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Jasvinder Sanghera CBE is a UK born and raised Sikh-Indian who narrowly escaped a forced marriage by running away from home at the age of sixteen. She is the founder of Karma Nirvana, a national award winning charity that supports both men and women affected by honour based abuse and forced marriages. She was listed in the Guardian’s top 100 Most I…

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Episode 45 - In Conversation with Jaishree Misra 1:18:42

6+ y ago1:18:42

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We couldn’t be more excited to present to you our conversation with the writer Jaishree Misra. Her debut novel ‘Ancient Promises’ which came out in 2000 was a major best-seller, following which, she has written seven books. But apart from her success as a writer, we delve deep into many other aspects of her life and career. Her personal story is on…

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Episode 44 - In Conversation with Gurmehar Kaur 1:12:24

6+ y ago1:12:24

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This week, we’re in conversation with Gurmehar Kaur, a face that you might already be familiar with. Since February of this year, a photograph of her holding a placard that says ‘Pakistan did not kill my dad, war killed him” has been plastered all over the news and social media channels in India. She was scrutinized by the whole nation, criticised …

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Episode 43: The Story of Shanti Bhavan 1:57:01

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This week, we bring you our conversation with Ajit George who helps run Shanti Bhavan, the institution showcased in the Netflix documentary ‘Daughters of Destiny’. Shanti Bhavan is a free residential school for underprivileged children in India. Every year, the school enrolls 24 children at the age of four and takes care of their needs and expenses…

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Episode 42 - In Conversation With Nishant Joshi (Part 2) 48:45

6+ y ago48:45

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In this episode, we continue the beautiful story that Nishant shared with us last week. For those of you who are just tuning in, last week, we interviewed Nishant Joshi from AltCricket. Nishant is a full-time doctor who has written his own book, hosted his own cricket TV shows, and even built his Alternative Cricket brand on the internet all with h…

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Episode 41 - In Conversation with Nishant Joshi (Part-1) 1:03:49

6+ y ago1:03:49

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We’re proud to present our very first two-parter with Nishant Joshi from AltCricket - a London based doctor by day and sports journalist by night. Once the conversation about his dual life began to unfold, we unexpectedly delved into an in-depth discussion about Desi parenting, culture, and adolescence. It was only half-way through this conversatio…

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Episode 40 - In Conversation With Aditi Gupta from Menstrupedia 1:07:39

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This week, we spoke to Aditi Gupta, the co-founder of Menstrupedia - the leading comic generating awareness in women’s reproductive health in countries like India, Nepal, Nigeria and South America. This episode is coming out in time to celebrate Menstrupedia’s 5th anniversary and we couldn’t be more proud to share such an amazing story. Aditi’s Ted…

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Episode 39 - In Conversation With Snehal Pradhan 47:32

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For those of you who watched our ladies perform on Sunday at the Women’s Cricket World Cup Finals, this interview with Snehal Pradhan, a former international cricket player, will help you understand what it really takes to train and support women all the way to the international stage.Av Desi Outsiders

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Episode 38 - In Conversation with Alex Mathew a.k.a Maya the Drag Queen 1:08:30

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This week, we’re talking to Alex Mathew a.k.a Maya the Drag Queen from Bangalore. Born and raised in an orthodox Christian home in Kerala, Alex temporarily broke away from his roots to live his life being true to his identity as a queer man and to pursue his passion for performing Drag in Bangalore. Get ready to share this episode with all your fri…

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Episode 37 - In Conversation with Anjali Menon 56:04

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This week, we spoke to Anjali Menon, the award-winning writer/director of popular Malayalam movies like Manjadikuru, Ustad Hotel and Bangalore Days. In this episode, Anjali talks about her disciplined education in film studies followed by the entire decade of her life spent working on her very first film which despite being critically acclaimed, fa…

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