Diverse representation is a large conversation in the media that expands over a multitude of bodies. For this episode of Feminism and Chill, disability rights activist and model Virali Modi helps us understand the unfair and stereotyped portrayal of disabled characters in Bollywood. You can follow Virali on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with he…

Any social movement is based on empathy. It’s what makes us human. Still, we tend to throw it at the back of our closets. For this week’s episode of Feminism 101, we are joined by Mahima Kukreja who helps us breakdown what empathy is, and why its at the very core of feminism. As a copywriter, poet, comedian and activist, Mahima makes this episode i…

In this episode of Women at Work, our guest Anjana Bapat proves that women are multitasking goddesses who genuinely run the world. As a belly dancer, plus size model and statistical programmer, Anjana tells us all about her life in the professional spaces she occupies. Listen to her talk about how her work intersects with the body positivity moveme…

IT'S ELECTION SEASON IN INDIA! The entire country is waiting and watching with fear, maybe hope on what this election will bring to the future of all its people. For this IRL segment, we get on a call with Japleen Pasricha, founder (we accidentally say co-founder on the podcast!) of Feminism In India, to chat elections, diversity in government, vot…

Dragon riders, queens, assassins and knights are just a handful of badass ladies we love from Westeros. In this episode of Feminism and Chill, we do a feminist take on Game of Thrones, as the final season of this word-wide phenomenon is upon us. To discuss the female characters, their story arcs and the plot devices used by the show, we are joined …

In our Feminist 101 episodes, we breakdown feminist theory and make it easy to understand and digest. This week, we are joined by the incredible Tanvi Ghadge, as we discuss internalised misogyny. We go through what it means and how it affects us in every thing we do, the behaviours we have painstakingly unlearned over the years, and the ones we’re …

We are joined by Marvel fan and all round queen Kejal as we delve into this month’s edition of Feminism and Chill to talk about Captain Marvel, the use of female superheroes in action movies, and their trolls. Follow Kejal on Twitter and Instagram to keep up with her work as an educator and her funny takes on pop culture. Tell us on Instagram, Face…

In this month’s edition of Women at Work, we sit to chat with wildlife filmmaker and founder of Pangea Films Eshika Fyzee and learn about her experience of leading a film crew as a woman in a male-dominated work place, her life on field in extreme climates, her wild and hilarious interactions in the jungles, and her in-general badass-ery. Keep up w…

Recognising, acknowledging and correctly using privilege is something that is essential to being a feminist. We all carry some amount of privilege, yet it gets left behind in the daily feminist conversations for most of us. This week on the podcast, we're joined by Badass Brown Activist who helps us breakdown the concept and understand what privile…

This week for our IRL segment, we bring in journalist and ultimate sass queen Divya Kandukuri to talk about the #MeToo movement, specifically in the Indian context. In the episode, Divya shines light on how we must approach #MeToo for it to be inclusive, and how intersectionality is at the very core of feminism itself. Follow Divya on on Instagram …

This month of love, we've been talking about all things romance, dating and sex, and we're closing with the happiest Feminism 101 term: PRIDE. We are joined by Sakshi, co-founder of Gaysi, to talk about what PRIDE means, her experience of attending every single Mumbai PRIDE since it's conception, LGBTQiA representation in the media, the future of t…

In this month’s IRL episode, we discuss Az*z Ans*ri’s attempt to re-enter mainstream media after the sexual assault allegations that came out against him one year ago. We breakdown rape culture, fake woke boys, consent and non-apologies, separating the art from the artist - conversations we are currently surrounded by in our personal and online liv…

Valentine's month obviously called for a feminist breakdown of our favourite rom-coms and romance movies! In this Feminism and Chill episode of the podcast we dive into our favourite feminist rom-coms and all the problematic icons, too. We want to know which are your fave romantic comedies, and which sexist tropes used in rom-comes infuriate you th…

It’s February, and you best believe that we’re rolling out episodes through this month with love on our minds! So, for this month’s Women at Work, we sit with Indraja Saroha, the creator behind Liberating Sexuality, an online platform dedicated to sex education and sex positivity in the Indian context to talk about her work and why it's important t…

Who run the world? Sassy feminist queens making badass music, and even more badass videos to smash everything patriarchal. In this episode of Feminism and Chill (a monthly episode where we talk about pop culture in the feminist context) we talk about some of the music videos that have made a huge impact on us and how we see ourselves. What are some…

Under our IRL segment, we discuss real-life events under the feminist context. Up until 2019, Gillette, Hardik Pandya and Bumble India didn't seem to have much in common. But in the first 3 weeks of the year, all three have tied themselves to the feminist conversation in India, especially when it comes to gender roles and boundaries. Listen as we s…

Under Women At Work, we highlight a woman and well, her work! In this episode we sit to chat with journalist and comic artist Tanika Godbole of Missfit Comics about the succinctness of comics, the importance of humour, Tanika's love for Harry Potter, and her haters! Go say hi to Tanika @missfitcomics. Or better yet, make her comics go viral on What…

Under Feminism 101, we discuss feminist theory in lay man's terms, one important goal of The Sanskaari Sass Podcast. In this episode, we talk about what makes self-care a political act, why feminists need self-care, where did the concept of self-care come from and more. Tell us about your self-care rituals, follow Sanskaari Sass on Instagram, Faceb…

The co-hosts of The Sanskaari Sass Podcast were having a lot of feminist conversations with each other. And in true narcissistic millennial fashion (we don't want to be responsible for killing the podcast industry too!), we decided to plug in a mic and place it in front of us just to share our thoughts, concerns, complaints with the world. It only …