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A podcast where high school students interview people with experience with mental health, education systems, culture, LGBTQ awareness and more. Season 1 & 2 out now with Season 3 in the works!
Episodes released bi-weekly.
Creator & Producer: Mayank Agrawal, Editor: Avi Sahni, Guest hosts: Rajveer Dhingra, Ananya Bhattacharya, Logo by Ayaan Ghoshal
Episodes released bi-weekly.
Creator & Producer: Mayank Agrawal, Editor: Avi Sahni, Guest hosts: Rajveer Dhingra, Ananya Bhattacharya, Logo by Ayaan Ghoshal
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Today, we talked to Samaira Guleria. We talked to her about writing, motivation, mental health, & more.
"My name is Samaira Guleria and I am 16 years old. I am currently a high school student. I value high moral values towards my family and society. I have a great fortune of working on a variety of truly inspiring projects while network with many influential and creative individuals. I am enthusiastic to exercise my power of expression and look forward to sharing the depth of my ideas and convictions with all of you."
Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya.
Keshav Tiwari is a class XII student at the Doon School Dehradun, pursuing the IBDP curriculum. Apart from being an avid debater, dancer, MUNer, and writer, he loves engaging in deep, meaningful conversations regarding issues of pertinence, and philosophy. As a feminist, he talks of the movement as one of gender equality and states the need for greater involvement of men in the feminist movement. We talked to him about mental health, leadership, feminism, social change and more. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
This episode we talked to Ms Aarohi Joshi. A dog lover who firmly believes that to teach is to learn twice over. Hoping to become a better version of herself and hoping to shape better human beings for the future, Aarohi has constantly worked towards bringing about social change, from working with the Make a Difference (MAD) foundation to currently teaching toddlers. We talked to her about social change, teaching & mental health. Hosted by Rajveer Singh Dhingra (YouniteUp)
Today we talked with Ms Stuti Kuthiala. Ms Kuthiala is an English teacher of the ISC & IB curriculum at The Doon School for the past 20 years. During that time, she has been a Housemaster, and has been for the past 4 years, the Deputy Head of Pastoral Care. Before joining The Doon School, she was also an Editor for Penguin books. We talked about boarding schools, teaching, mental health, feminism & more! Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
This episode, we talked to Ms. Saakshi Tikku. Ms. Saakshi Tikku is a psychologist practicing in India for nearly a decade and has worked as a therapist and an educator for developing social emotional skills within educational communities. We talked to her about mental health, stigma, belief systems and more! Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
In this episode, we spoke to Armaan Verma. Armaan Verma is an undergraduate student of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He has written for several magazines and other publications, throughout his time in The Doon School, and at his university, but has also contributed to literary magazines and newspapers like The Skinny and ALMA Magazine. He currently works for NewsLaundry, an online news website, as a research Intern. He says he’ll write pretty much anything, given enough coffee and ink. We talked about mental health, living abroad, cultures & identity.
Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
Founders of the Global Awareness organisation- Rida Mumtaz and Sidhant Bharadwaj joined us for a conversation on the impact of social change and the ‘power of a voice’ catch up with their views and learn how they made their organisation a success story. Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya.
Ms Mansi Zaveri is a female entrepreneur, a mother, and a true believer in ‘explore to learn’. Catch up with our conversation on ‘Teens and failures’ and how getting back up on feet is more important than succeeding.
Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya.
Vasvi Gupta is a rising sophomore pursuing a double major in Financial Economics and Psychology at Columbia University in the City of New York. She has a keen penchant for writing and published her anthology of poems, Penumbras of Pain, when she was 17. Her passion for books drove her to found Project Pustak, a social impact initiative that has set up libraries for the underprivileged in over 45 cities worldwide. We talked about managing yourself & projects, college admissions, transitions & more.
Hosted by Mayank Agrawal & Rajveer Dhingra (YouniteUp).
Ms. Shalini Kedia, the chairperson of The Fragile X Society of India initiated this organisation in the year 2003 with a compassion to support families of children affected with Fragile X Syndrome. Starting with one family, moving to two and three families, she today has a strength of more than a thousand families. Some with one child affected and some with four. They are all over India, most in cities and some in smaller towns. She has strived to extend her knowledge and support to each family who has reached out to her. We talked to her about mental health, intellectual disabilities like autism, education & more.
Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya.
Ms Sangita Malhan is a former pilot, writer, journalist, biker and cancer survivor. She is the author of an award-winning book on the media, The TOI Story published by Harper Collins, among other books. We talked to her about feminism, her journey, mental health and more. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
Ms. Ruchira Sarkar is an educator for history at The Delhi Public School Faridabad besides Being a social worker herself she also guides other students and empowers them to raise a voice, no matter how small. Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya and Mayank Agrawal.
Ananya Bhattacharya is a Co-Founder of "The Sky Is Ours" and talks about mental health whilst debunking major myths and differences between major mental health disorders. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
Dr Sujatha Nair, Director, Physician and Counsellor at Anatta Humanversity - an organization managing exclusive single client luxury drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers. She has been working in the field of addiction for the past 15 years and has a Bachelor’s degree in Homeopathic Medical Science, with a Post Graduation in both Homeopathy and Counseling Services. Today we talked to her about addiction, mental health and more. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal & Ananya Bhattacharya.
Miss Akhila Burrett is a journalist, researcher and women’s activist who’s work has been published in places such as the Tribune Newspaper, and other research organizations. Today we talked about journalism, awareness campaigns, mental health in the journalistic industry & more. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
Mr Aditya Narain Singh is a producer and director who has contributed to several cinematic projects over the years. One of his most recent projects, which is also relevant to today’s interview, is his stint as producer on ZEE5’s Original Film “377 Ab-normal” last year. The film won the award for the best Web Film across digital platforms and delves into the amendment of Article 377 of the Indian Constitution which previously condemned homosexuality. Today he talks to us about it, mental health and other topics. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
Mayank Agrawal is a high school student at The Doon School, India and today we talked about his growing up abroad, mental health, education and more. Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya.
Ms Surabhi Verma is the Director of "Sparsh For Children" in Delhi and also works as a Consultant for children with special needs. She has a wide range of experience working with children with different abilities and neurological disorders since 2002. She continues to work with a number of schools, therapists, special educators and parents, advising them and conducting workshops regarding several aspects of learning, in school and out. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal.
Ms Japneet Anand is a Counseling Psychologist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Life Skills Trainer based in Bandra, Mumbai. She is the founder of "Awaken - the Titan within" and is passionate about spreading Mental Health Awareness in India and has a vision to tap the inner potential of an individual through her professional skills of psychotherapy and training programs to help them live life in a fully functional way. Hosted by Ananya Bhattacharya.
Rusham Sharma, the founder of a page called the Talk Circle which advocates for mental health. Apart from this, she is active in advocating education for girls, preventive mental health & environment protection as well as an activist with the group, Pehchaan. Hosted by Mayank Agrawal & Ananya Bhattacharya.
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