Tomorrow is the 72nd Republic day of our country. There is a massive rally of farmers planned not just in Delhi but in other parts of the country as well, against government’s farm laws. This dissent is a right granted to us by the constitution

Be Curious, Ask questions. It is your fundamental duty.

Jan 19th, 2021 48m 30s

In this episode, we are going back to a term India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru coined - “scientific temper.” He may have fallen out of favour in the current times, but this is an important contribution and we had to go back

Journaling 101 with Sandhya Menon

Jan 11th, 2021 46m 27s

If you have been curious about journaling but overwhelmed by all the information available, this episode with Sandhya Menon should be your starting point. Sandhya is a Communications professional with over 17 years of experience and uses journa

Let's Complicate Gratitude

Jan 4th, 2021 14m 52s

In this new year, when everyone is feeling grateful (as we should be, we are alive after all in this pandemic of the century), I have decided to complicate this feeling. Because as in any human emotion, gratitude does not come easy. Curious Cat

We Run, Therefore We Connect

Dec 22nd, 2020 50m 36s

One person’s quest to go beyond their own needs started off this community of runners in Bangalore that is now more than a decade old. Curious Cat is running along Santhosh Padmanabhan, the person behind the Runner’s High community to find out

Let's Talk Pleasure

Dec 14th, 2020 1h 32m

Continuing our conversation on community building, Curious Cat is diving into the world of intimacy with filmmaker, writer and founder of Agents of Ishq website, Paromita Vohra, on its 5th anniversary. I am asking how she got to Agents of Ishq

Transformative Storytelling

Dec 7th, 2020 39m 44s

How do you build a community where vulnerability, empathy and kindness is in abundance? I speak to members of citylamps, a Bangalore based Playback theatre company. Yep, Curious Cat is continuing talking to folks on what it takes to build commu

Playbacking Inclusivity & diversity

Nov 30th, 2020 24m 47s

With the motto 'Theatre For All, Theatre For Life’ Bangalore based playback theatre company, First Drop Theatre has been traversing the arts and community building since 2015. Curious Cat and Other Stories is continuing its exploration of commu

Slowing Down a Maximum City

Nov 22nd, 2020 1h 15m

Slowly Slowly Aslam Saiyad and MS Gopal have built their relationship with Mumbai and its people, beyond the glitz and grit narrative. In the second episode in the series on community building, I talk to them about their Go Hallu Hallu initiati

Keep showing up - Tara Krishnaswamy

Nov 16th, 2020 1h 15m

In this episode, Curious Cat is exploring community activism, a form of community building with Tara Krishnaswamy. A known name from the Steel Flyover beda, chukubuku beku campaigns in Bangalore. She is now a co-founder of Shakti, a pan India,

Politics of Self Care

Nov 9th, 2020 17m 29s

Whole of last week US elections kept everyone on tenterhooks. Everyone even India was watching it with baited breath. There were calls for self-care, as the suspense continued before the final results were called. Curious Cat and Other stories

Caste Shadow on Mental Health

Oct 30th, 2020 18m 34s

This is the 4th and final episode in the series on Mental health. Curious Cat is exploring the intersection of caste and mental health. Caste is a difficult and emotional subject to unpack, which means it has a direct line to one’s mental healt

Rainbow At The Far End Of A Charmed Circle

Oct 22nd, 2020 1h 16m

All of October, Curious Cat and Other Stories is exploring various aspects of Mental Health. In today’s episode, we learn about the history and consequences of erasing queer identities and how we can start to remedy this. Curious Cat is diving

Parenting during the Pandemic

Oct 13th, 2020 41m 11s

Are you a parent exhausted from playing the teacher, friend, and a punching bag for your bewildered child in this lockdown? Then this podcast is for you. Listen to Dr Maitri Goplalakrishna a drama therapist who shares her learnings on parenting

Investing in Mental Health

Oct 9th, 2020 18m 56s

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY SPECIAL!In this episode of Curious Cat and Other Stories, I am giving you a quick summary of India’s mental health care policy and the issues we are facing. The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is “Investing

Feminism, Fun and Forging Ahead

Oct 2nd, 2020 1h 9m

Today's episode I talk to Neha Singh, a Mumbai based Women's rights activist, children's author and theatre practitioner. She was named one of the 100 women of impact in the world, by BBC in 2016. She has won awards for both her writing and act

Addiction: Personal failure? Or Collective responsibility?

Sep 24th, 2020 31m 30s

Use of narcotics and its problems are at the forefront of the news cycle and hence our living rooms for the past few weeks. In this episode, the curious cat dives in to understand the history of intoxicants in India, the definition of addiction

The 3 Cs of Success!

Sep 10th, 2020 40m 11s

I talk to Vasanthi Hariprakash about navigating social media, building your social capital and why it is absolutely imperative to tell your story to the world.

The Productivity Conundrum

Sep 4th, 2020 19m

In this episode I explore how we have come to conflate self worth with net worth in our quest of being productive human beings. I delve into the economic, sociological and psychological perspectives of this productivity conundrum. I will also s

Writing and the myth of writer's block with Andaleeb Wajid

Aug 20th, 2020 40m 28s

My first episode is a deep dive into the writerly life of Bangalore based author, the very prolific Andaleeb Wajid. I read her book More than just Biriyani a couple of years ago and simply fell in love with it. I have since then read a few othe

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