Best Ragini Podcasts (2024)

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EP7: Dr Sourav Roy discusses Beccy Speight's extraordinary sustainability leadership at RSPB 31:36

1M ago31:36

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Beccy Speight is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the RSPB, the largest nature conservation organisation in the UK, with 1.2 million members, more than 2,000 employees and around 12,000 volunteers. She started her career in local government in Scotland, and then moved into management consultancy, working in mergers and acquisitions. Beccy becam…

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UPDATE: Goodbye episode 2:54

2M ago2:54

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Well, sort of. Listen, life took a lot of turns, and I am SO SORRY it took so long for this update but it's a big update. See you on the other side :) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-desi-condition/support

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EP 6: Dr Ragini G Roy discussed Garrett Quinn's sustainability journey at Smurfit Kappa Group 28:11

3M ago28:11

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Garrett Quinn was appointed Group Chief Sustainability Officer and to the Group Executive Committee in July 2021. He was appointed as Director to the Smurfit Kappa Foundation in May 2022. Garrett is also the company representative to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), The Conference Board (US), and the Consumer Goods Fo…

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EP5: Dr. Sourav Roy discusses Jeffrey Whitford's extraordinary sustainability journey in Merck KGaA 30:58

5M ago30:58

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As Vice President of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation for the Life Science business of Merck, Jeffrey Whitford is a strategic partner to accelerate, embed and amplify sustainability principles and impact across its business operations to drive new business models, margin expansion, revenue generation and cost savings. Jeffrey is Sustaina…

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EP4: Dr Ragini G Roy and sustainability champion Catherine Conway, Director of GoUnpackaged, discusses the future of zero waste. 30:12

6M ago30:12

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A true innovator, Catherine Conway, set-up the first version of Unpackaged in 2006 as the world’s first modern zero waste shop. Catherine’s passion for developing systems to enable refilling, and reuse, within various sectors has enabled many other businesses to create real and lasting change.By www.thebigsynergy.org

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Episode 5.04: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents; Book Review and Actionable Steps (Part 2 of 2) 1:00:55

8M ago1:00:55

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The hosts Tanushree and Anu delve into the profound impact of emotional immaturity within South Asian families. Building on their previous discussion, the overarching questions guide the exploration into the depths of emotional immaturity, specifically how it manifests in South Asian parenting. The hosts dissect cultural collectivism, enmeshment, a…

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Episode 5.03: Emotional Immaturity in South Asian Parenting, An Origin Story (Part 1 of 2) 59:52

8M ago59:52

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In this thought-provoking podcast episode, we delve into the complex world of emotional immaturity and its profound impact on South Asian families and their children. Drawing inspiration from Lindsay C. Gibson's book, "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents," we explore the history, cultural context, and real-life stories that illuminate th…

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EP3: Dr Sourav Roy discusses with Courtney Holm, VP Sustainable Futures, Capgemini Invest, what drives her to be a global sustainability champion. 27:02

9M ago27:02

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In this episode, Dr. Sourav Roy, the founder & CEO of Center for Big Synergy, a Civil Society Organisation of the United Nations discusses Courtney Holm's long and accomplished journey to be a global sustainability champion. Courtney Holm is Capgemini Invent Vice President of Sustainable Futures. Courtney’s role is to shape the way Capgemini create…

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Episode 5.02: The Love Commandos, with Mansi Choksi 53:10

9M ago53:10

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We chat with Mansi Choksi: Dubai and Mumbai-based journalist, author of "The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India" and one of the brilliant minds behind NPR's new season of Rough Translation, titled "The Love Commandos." Mansi writes about crime, gender, identity, opportunity and pop-culture and serves as the guest co-host of Love Comman…

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Episode 5.01: Be Your Own Cheerleader, with Neelu Kaur 56:42

10M ago56:42

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We interview Neelu Kaur, a seasoned author and leadership expert with 15 years of experience in adult learning. On January 24, 2023, she unveiled her debut book, "Be Your Own Cheerleader: An Asian and South Asian Woman's Cultural, Psychological, and Spiritual Guide to Self-Promote at Work." This book was born from her personal struggles with self-p…

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EP2: Dr. Sourav Roy & Gabrielle Ginér discusses BT’s climate journey and her invaluable role in it. 25:17

1y ago25:17

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In this episode, Dr. Sourav Roy, the founder & CEO of Center for Big Synergy, a Civil Society Organisation of the United Nations, speaks to Gabrielle Ginér. Gabrielle Ginéris the Head of Environmental Sustainability at BT Group, UK. Gabrielle has managed BT Group’s thought leadership, external engagement and advocacy programmes on environmental sus…

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Episode 4.16: Many Shades of Grief; One Human Condition, with Krishma Tuli Arora 1:04:45

1y ago1:04:45

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Krishma Tuli Arora: poet, writer, public speaker, and mother. On May 23rd, Krishma debuted her first fiction novel, From Ash to Ashes, inspired by her time of grief following the death of her first-born son. Krishma comes on the show to talk about how she and other members of her family grieved, and how these experiences translated into major theme…

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Episode 4.15: Media Romance and Feminism, with Ragini Jha 51:11

1y ago51:11

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Did you ever dream about finding love like in the movies? What would that actually look like?In this episode, Tanushree and guest Ragini Jha (mental health counselor and podcaster for Open Minds) ponder how South Asian and Western media affects the way women operate and exist within romantic relationships. We discuss how media portrayal of romance …

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EP 06 - Birth of a Song 31:38

1y ago31:38

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Dan returns after a trip down (recent) memory lane - and chances upon something he never realised before. Dan and Nima arrive at Manya’s cafe for their gig - but something is amiss.By MnM Talkies

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EP 05 - Baby Don’t Lie 16:36

1y ago16:36

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Chirag contemplates contracts and career changes, as Dan creates confusion. Also - Dan and Nima finish their first original song.By MnM Talkies

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EP 04 - Miss Management ft. Ragini Tandan 33:00

1y ago33:00

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Inspiration strikes at the wildest times! Dan and Nima chance upon a beautiful tune, as Chirag pitches to a new client.By MnM Talkies

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EP 03 - An Inspiring Charity Case 15:51

1y ago15:51

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Dan and Nima prepare for their first gig in a long time and make a big decision. Meanwhile, Manya confronts Chirag on his (harmless) lies.By MnM Talkies

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EP 02 - Safety Pins and Superstars 19:47

1y ago19:47

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Chirag’s mom interrogates him, as Dan has a productive day at “work”. Chirag unveils his big plans for the band, and Manya has an unpleasant introduction to Dan, Nima and Madhani.By MnM Talkies

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EP 01 - Pardon my Thoughts 28:17

1y ago28:17

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Dan and Nima work through an initial sketch of a draft of a song. Chirag manages to land a big meeting for Madhani and has some surprising chemistry with someone new.By MnM Talkies

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Trailer - And Now Live 2:13

1y ago2:13

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Gaane banaana itna mushkil to nahi hai? Gaane banaao, release karo, aur famous ho jaao. Simple hi toh hai? Join four friends on a musical, emotional rollercoaster - full of pyaar ki baatein, anokhe jam sessions, aur bahut saara music. Produced by Stone Paper Stories, MnM Talkies brings you an uplifting, heartwarming audio experience like you've nev…

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Episode 4.14: I Never Loved My Parents, with Symin Adive 1:01:24

1y ago1:01:24

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Symin Adive, a Bangladeshi born, US raised, and currently Norway based artist, freelance art director, comedienne, and writer, joins us in a conversation about her sensational piece, "I Never Loved My Parents,” published on Bengalis of New York. We talk career, art, legacy, family, friendship, and farts. This episode truly has it all!Symin sheds in…

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EP1: Dr. Ragini G Roy speaks to Joseph Gitler about the extraordinary impact of Leket Israel. 28:44

1+ y ago28:44

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Dr. Ragini G Roy, the co-founder of Center for Big Synergy, a Civil Society Organisation of the United Nations, speaks to Joseph Gitler. Joseph is the founder of Laket Israel, Israel's biggest food distribution network serving food to approximately 250,000 Israelis in need every week, regardless of age, gender, religion, or ethnic background. Josep…

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Introduction: Big-time Sustainability 0:53

1+ y ago0:53

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Welcome to big time sustainability. This show is brought to you by Centre for Big Synergy, a Civil Society Organisation of the United Nations. On the show, global leaders share their experiences of addressing the major challenges faced by us. These include climate change, loss of biodiversity, hunger, poverty, inequality & many more. The series aim…

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#63 Udayan Walvekar (GrowthX) 24:30

1+ y ago24:30

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GrowthX is a learning community for the top 1% growth leaders. The GrowthX membership gives three key things. One, Ability to grow any internet product through learning frameworks taught by top growth leaders. Two, The revered GrowthX community, a safe space to soundboard about anything that’s stressing you. Three, Real outcomes for founders and le…

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Episode 4.13: This Power Trip is All Upside Brown, with Yash Hatkar and Rahul Dhiman 1:01:43

1+ y ago1:01:43

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Chicago natives and creators of the new Upside Brown television series Yash Hatkar and Rahul Dhiman sit down with the The Desi Condition's Tanushree and Anu to talk all things men's vulnerability. Men may respond to societal pressures in a number of ways; we explore the many stimuli that shape how men choose to present themselves including friends,…

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Episode 4.12: Personal Branding is a form of Self-Advocacy, with Urmi Hossain 47:29

1+ y ago47:29

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Urmi Hossain, president of the Royal Speakeasy Toastmasters Club, believes the best way to advocate for yourself comes from finding your voice. In her journey to self-empowerment, she set out to find her voice - both figuratively and literally - through public speaking. A Bengali-Italian by birth, Urmi shares her the emotional labor she underwent t…

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BRF Season II RECAP 8:43

1+ y ago8:43

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It’s time for the great recap episode! We’ve done so much this year that we’ve been proud of. We've celebrated days special to us and the world; we had guests on; we discussed everything under the sun – and the moon ! From the fascinating to the bizarre, from cults to dictatorships, from the gruesome (Krampus) to the ludicrous (Moonies cult). We’ve…

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BRF 34: Holiday - Seasons Beatings, Indian days of Rest and Rearranging Calendars 27:48

1+ y ago27:48

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Getting you right into the holiday spirit, this episode we’ve chosen the word “Holidays”. Ragini jumps right into that holiday spirit with the legend of Krampus, a horned beastly figure from central and eastern Alpine folklore - scaring the poop out of misbehaving kids everywhere since time immemorial. We widen the net and go hunting for the histor…

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BRF 33: Number - The Fibonnaci Numbers, Pythagorean Cults, and a "Prime" Conspiracy 36:56

1+ y ago36:56

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This episode, we’ve chosen the word “Number”. Somehow, we’re back on the topic of cults - wait to find out how we’ve managed this. All we'll say is it has something to do with a right triangle, some misattributed discoveries (if you guessed Tesla, you’re wrong) and vegetarians who weren’t really vegetarians, which is a tale as old as time! We also …

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Episode 4.11: The Birds, the Bees, and the Bitter Truths with Bushra "Apa" Mollick 1:17:17

1+ y ago1:17:17

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Bushra Mollick, creator of BD Sex Education, is the elder sister you wish you had growing up. Her web page is a resource for Bengali speaking people for all things sex-ed. What exactly falls under the umbrella of sex education? What kinds of questions do Bengalis need to know about sex education? What's the most shocking? Bushra shares all the bitt…

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BRF 32: Chill - The Etymology of Chill, Piloerection and Stoners Frustrating Anaesthetists Everywhere! 27:42

1+ y ago27:42

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This episode, we’ve chosen the word “Chill”. If there’s anything that we or indeed everyone in the world needs right now, it’s a chill pill. And we’ll give you a precise recipe for one - straight from the most medically reliable century in human history - the 1800s! While you’re digesting that recipe, you might experience a hint of piloerection - a…

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BRF Special Episode: 'Hunger' an audio drama 8:48

1+ y ago8:48

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We continue our audio drama special episodes with our second short story. 'Hunger' is also a short story written by Shar and narrated by Vidyuth Gargi, an actor and writer from Mumbai. Today's story is... interesting. Struggling to say more without revealing too much, so that's all we'll say. But take a listen. Barely Researched Facts is a facts-ba…

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BRF Special Episode: 'Homecoming' an audio drama 7:28

1+ y ago7:28

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Today's episode is an experiment - we're celebrating World Audio Drama Day, with our own little tribute through storytelling. 'Homecoming' is a short story written by Shar and narrated by Yuki Ellias, a theatre director and actor from Mumbai. We don't want to ruin the story by telling you too much in the blurb, so take a listen and enjoy the tale. …

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Episode 4.10: The Doubting Disease, with Vardaan Arora 1:00:48

1+ y ago1:00:48

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Take all the stereotypes you’ve heard about people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and just throw them out the damn window. Host Tanushree sits with singer-songwriter and actor Vardaan Arora to get a real account of his personal journey with mental health and specifically, OCD. Although OCD looks and feels different for each individual, Va…

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BRF 31: Sun - Sun’s Out - Shields and Bums Out! 24:31

1+ y ago24:31

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Welcome to the seventh episode! This time we’re going the opposite direction to our fifth episode “Moon”. We discuss the importance, or lack thereof of perineum sunning - which is the scientific term for sun’s out, bums out folks! We also talk about that time North Korea landed the first man on the sun in a mere 21 hour long round trip. That happen…

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BRF 30: Ferment - Fermented birds, 'High' Meat and God-level punning 17:08

2y ago17:08

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Part of our collaboration with the amazing Kobo Fermentary, Ragini and Shar kick things off by discussing some very interesting fermented foods and Ragini makes the best pun of her life! Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by ArtNowThus, a content and events company based in India. Born out of the infamous lockdown…

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#62 Sanil Sachar (Huddle) 23:33

2y ago23:33

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Sanil Sachar is the co-founder and partner of Huddle, an entrepreneur, active angel investor, national best-selling author, and columnist based in New Delhi, India. As part of their accelerator, Huddle, Sanil works with the portfolio, to attain the short and long-term keenly focusing on the revenue strategy and growth. He is also one of the co-owne…

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Episode 4.09: I'll Never Be Alive Again, with Anisha Savan 1:01:11

2y ago1:01:11

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Welcome back to The Desi Condition! After a four month hiatus for the summer, we are back with new episodes. This time, Anu and Tanushree speak with horror filmmaker Anisha Savan about her third short film, I'll Never Be Alive Again. Inspired by themes of COVID-related depression, OCD, guilt, and grief, Anisha uses filmmaking to tell the story of a…

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BRF 29: Moon - Werewolves on the Moon, Cults and Bare Bums! 32:18

2y ago32:18

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The moon’s gravitational pull is at its strongest during the New Moon and Full Moon. Today is a new moon - so you’ve guessed it - the simple creatures at Barely Researched Facts have chosen Moon as the word for today’s episode! In this episode we discuss the scientific implications of plonking a werewolf on the moon before we spend some time decidi…

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BRF 28: Revolution - Scientific, planetary, political and everything in between 37:00

2y ago37:00

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Our word this episode is an Independence Day special. We’re going with revolution - expect all things revolutionary and all things revolving. 15th August is the Indian Independence Day. Which got us thinking - why isn’t the Indian independence movement referred to as a revolution? There’s a little bit about the famous White Revolution in India thou…

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Ep 16. Dr. Krishnendu Ray 48:15

2y ago48:15

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Today, we talk to the incredible associate professor of food studies from NYU, Dr. Krishnendu Ray. Dr. Ray is the author of several books including, The Ethnic Restauranteur and Curried Cultures. In this discussion, you will learn why Indian food has struggled to gain notoriety in the west and how food helps shape cultures.…

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BRF 27: Prank - Rick rolling, Pythagoras and Saddam Hussein! 24:37

2y ago24:37

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This episode had us punning on the fly, talking about a poltergeist from our (and your) collective childhoods, morbid humour in a dictatorship, our favourite redhead Rick Astley along with activist of vegetarianism and little known mathematician Pythagorus and his prank cup! Barely Researched Facts is a facts-based show (barely) brought to you by A…

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BRF 26: Telegram - Big Eared Telepathic Aliens and the last telegram ever sent! 30:05

2y ago30:05

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It's the anniversary of the last telegram sent, so we did an entire episode on telegrams. We talk about the last telegram ever sent (obvio), communicating telepathically and telegraphically with big-eared Martians, and why in the world the unstoppable telegram had stops in it. Answers to all your burning telegram questions in the episode right here…

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BRF 25: Power - Gun toting shrimps, Powerpuff Girls and more! 21:03

2y ago21:03

21:03

Welcome back to Season 2 - and we're starting things off with this power packed episode! We talk about a gun toting shrimp (not making it up), a broken circle and a vertical stroke, the tapestry of 80s, 90s pop culture that is the Powerpuff Girls and how Iceland heats …. literally everything!

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Ep 15. In conversation with Sana Javeri Kadri of DiasporaCo 32:49

2y ago32:49

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Join Ragini and Chef Keith in conversation with Sana Javeri Kadri, the trailblazing founder of Diaspora Co., a direct trade spice company working towards a radically equitable, sustainable, and more delicious spice supply chain. Sana was born and raised in Mumbai, India in a big, mixed up Muslim-Jain-Hindu. She’s been working in the food industry s…

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Ep 14. Chef Maneet Chauhan 45:10

2y ago45:10

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Ragini and Chef Keith in conversation with the legendary chef, Maneet Chauhan, TV personality, Chopped judge, 2021 Food Network competition Tournament of Champions. winner, restauranteur, and all-around amazing human being. In this episode chef Keith and Ragini dive deep into how Indian food continues to transform the world, chef Maneet's rise to t…

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Episode 4.08: Family Mental Health, with Shelly Sood and Nikhil Torsekar 1:04:15

2y ago1:04:15

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It is 2015, and Nikhil and Shelly are staying in a quaint cabin in Wisconsin. They had been fighting for some time, and are hoping that this is a chance to rekindle their marriage. But back at the cabin, Shelly encounters her worst nightmare. Nikhil's face turns to stone as he says, "I don't love you anymore. I want a divorce." Shelly enters into h…

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#61 Rishabh Karwa (GoMechanic) 24:36

2y ago24:36

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Rishabh Karwa is the co-founder of GoMechanic. GoMechanic is disrupting India’s auto aftermarket with their services, spares, accessories & tech ecosystem. With over 1200+ workshops across 60+ cities, GoMechanic offers 300+ car services, warranties, spares e-commerce & has built a unique supply chain with garages & retailers. Started by 4 friends -…

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Ep 13. An Interview with Alak Nanda of Podi Life 36:38

2y ago36:38

36:38

Ragini and Chef Keith in conversation with Alak Nanda, the founder of Podi Life. Learn about the incredible story of Alak and her mom and their passion to preserve the deeply and rich history of podi. Find them on Instagram @podi.lifeBy Chef Keith Sarasin and Ragini Kashyap from Third Culture Cooks

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Episode 4.07: Bad Bitches Beat Burnout, with Niki Aggarwal 1:16:45

2y ago1:16:45

1:16:45

Kahaani's Misrepresented founder and podcast host Niki Aggarwal joins Anu and Tanushree at The Desi Condition for a thoughtful conversation on burnout. More specifically, we approach the topic of burnout as a result of the inability to separate identity and career, as it goes for many, and thus learning to take "acountability" for it. We discuss ho…

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