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Have you ever wondered why some brown women can stand up to norms and stereotypes more easily than the rest of us? We call them prickly women! Is prickliness inherent or inherited, can you build the prickly muscle to be able to achieve your goals more easily, where do you lie on the prickly meter? Join Ankita and Nalini, your prickly peers, as they talk to uninhibited brown women all over the world in a quest to find the secret brown sauce for their courage, success and happiness. Don’t forg ...
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Growing up between her hometown Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh and her boarding school Mayo College, Ajmer, all Krati wanted was A JOB with financial independence and to NOT be an entrepreneur like her dad. 30 something years later, she finds herself extremely fulfilled as the founder and CEO of Boond fragrances after leaving her dream job at Amazon and mo…
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Would you trade a lifetime of high paying corporate law jobs in air conditioned offices across the world to parade and roll bareback on hot concrete roads in South Indian summer? Sonali did, with a smile on her face, because she couldn't bare the thought of staying away from her destiny, that called out to her every time she tried to picture a happ…
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Neha Molugu was your average overachieving Hyderabad girl, who went to top schools SRCC Delhi, INSEAD Paris and worked at top companies like Google and L'Oreal to make her parents and the academically oriented society happy. But one day on the metro to work in Paris, she questioned- "was this all there was to life?" This question changed her life a…
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Would you be able to define endometriosis? We couldn't. Not until we spoke to Rashmi Bhutani, an endo-warrior. Join us as we chat with Rashmi about her experience and learn a little more about what she learnt when she decided to fight back against notions that extreme period pain is not normal and painful sex is just part of the deal. By the end of…
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While pursuing her engineering degree, Honey Pamnani just knew she wanted to do something meaningful with her life to bring about societal changes. That led her to take up a law degree right after! Since then, she designed a multitude of pivots in her life to align herself better with what really made her happy. This quest took her on a journey of …
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On day 1 of her first job, a lifelong introvert and an IT engineer Ayesha knew in her gut, the big corporate world was not for her. She then looked back at what gave her unparalleled joy in the past to guide her future. She talks to Nalini about being a female brown founder in her early twenties, why she believes twenties might be the best time to …
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What is season 2 about? Join Ankita & Nalini as they ponder on all questions related to purpose? Is purpose essential to life? Does one have to pass through a trial of fire to discover life's purpose? Have our guests heard of the Golden Circle? All this and more; only on Season 2. Support the Show. Support the making of our next season and contribu…
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Phew! It's been quite the journey. When we first finalized the topic for Season 1, we had no idea how controversial it would end up being; from being criticized for our topic choices, the difficult search for guests to having guests drop out last minute, to say it was 'eventful' would be an understatement. However, once the episodes started being h…
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Swagatika Priyadarshini grew up in an Indian small town (Rourkela, Odisha) with big ambitions and a bold, independent mother. Her mum, her first prickly peer, didn't let societal biases around skin tone or gender ever come in the way of Swagatika becoming the best version of herself. Things took a turn when Swagatika got herself a "boyfriend" in co…
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Bravery, fearlessness and sacrifice are often admirable traits. Yet, what happens when they are taught in the name of caste and at the cost of all other emotions? Join Ankita as she chats with Rashmi- an emotional intelligence coach in Malaysia, who battled her own human emotions while growing up in Uttar Pradesh because 'Rajput darte nahi hai' (Ra…
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Did your mother ever point to the housemaid to scare you into doing your homework? Paromita's college professor mother painted a vivid picture of her future as a professional maid if she didn't stay top of her class. Today, for a living, a very self assured Paromita, apart from being a spoken word artist and an author, heals thousands of women (and…
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What does it take for a prickly girl surrounded by a conservative religious Bihari society to turn into a confident prickly woman, when her mother worries about the safety and societal acceptability of her 'different' daughter, every day of her life? Prerna grew up fighting minor everyday battles with her parents (who she loves very much). At 18, S…
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When is the best time to have a kid? Most South Asian mothers (or aunties) will answer even before they are asked, "definitely before you turn 30". As babies from frozen embryos and eggs to older parents become more common, more couples are deciding parenthood is not for them. Are our mummies and aunties getting onboard? Join Ankita & Nalini as the…
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Over 30 years ago, as Ayesha watched her brothers dive into a pool, her mother gave her daughter two options nudging her to choose the latter : learn to swim or accompany her on a gold shopping expedition. Join Ankita and Ayesha as they explore the significance and impact of the comment. Did Ayesha choose learning to swim or the gold? Tune in to fi…
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Did you get pushed into learning to cook by your mother? Or more specifically - can you boil a cup of chai to an Indian mother's perfect standard? Ankita decided to never perfect the art; as a way of daily rebellion against the absurd traditional connection of cooking and being "marriageable" . What pushed her otherwise modern, working, supportive …
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Mothers are the first influencers in our life. Almost everyone we meet quotes their mother as a role model or has their mother to thank for shaping the person they are. But what happens when the mother's love for stability is not in line with her daughter's innate free spirit? Should the daughter stay true to herself or fulfil the wishes of her car…
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Have you ever wondered why some brown women can stand up to norms and stereotypes more easily than the rest of us? We call them prickly women! Is prickliness inherent or inherited, can you build the prickly muscle to be able to achieve your goals more easily, where do you lie on the prickly meter? Join Ankita and Nalini, your prickly peers, as they…
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