PennTalks the Podcast

In this episode, I speak with Amani Mahmoud and Rhunjhun Pacholi Bhardwaj of the Aunties Fund.  The Aunties Fund is an Australian grassroots, volunteer-led initiative operating as a sub-fund of the Sydney Women's Fund. It is the first permanent fund established specifically to support South Asian women and families in Sydney who are impacted by domestic and family violence (DFV). Amani and Rh...

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Niveditha Manokaran (or Nive, as I know her) about her work destigmatising sexual health through education and advocacy.  Dr. Niveditha is a medical practitioner in Australia with over 15 years of experience working in sexual health. She founded Untaboos , a platform through which she educates on tabooed topics such as sexual health to bring about awareness and ch...

In this episode I speak with Vithyaa Thavapalan (also known as Vee), a community leader, founder of a South Asian women's networking group called Brown Boss Babes, private fire investigator, small-business owner, and mum.  Vee shares her story as a Tamil-Australian woman living in Australia, from growing up as the extroverted, tomboyish twin to stepping forth and carving out her dreams, despi...

In this episode I chat to Lajja Champaneria, a mindfulness coach and landscape architect, who shares her journey towards practising mindfulness.  From growing up as a creative and studious child in Mumbai, to migrating to Australia for her further studies, Lajja graciously shares her story of how mindfulness became a source of healing and motivation in her life.  To contact Lajja for her mindfulne...

A short introduction where I talk about what the podcast is all about, what inspired me to start it, as well as what I hope for it to be.  Originally published in March 2022.  Music by @lavanmusic