The Mohua Show

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Rudrani Chhetri. Rudrani Chhetri is a 42-year old transgender born and brought up in New Delhi. She is also the founder member of the first Community based organisation (CBO) in Delhi called Mitr Trust (2005) that works with issues of men who have sex with men (MSM), transgenders and hijras. She is founder of India’s first modelling agency, BOLD. She...

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Shruti Chauhan. Shruti Chauhan has made heads turn in her appreciation in all walks of life. Navigating between the roles of a soldier, a wife, a mother, and now a diva, she has set an example for everyone and has made a statement that - A woman can get anything she sets her eyes on. She is an exemplary role model for the girls who want to break free...

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Tarun Sardesai. Tarun Sardesai is a former professional Golfer, a Golf coach and Director of Instruction at Tarun Sardesai Golf Academy at the Zion Hills Golf Country.  In 2004, he made the transition from playing professionally to teaching full time, imbibing the style and teaching philosophy of my Coach and Guru, Donato Di Ponziano. His mantra is to...

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Poornima Kulathu. Poornima Kulathu is a banker and has over 20 years of experience in various lines of consumer banking. She is an intersectional feminist and speaks up against gender and caste based oppression and discrimination. She has a strong voice on social media and writes on social issues whenever she gets a chance. She believes in opening up...

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Neha Vora ( @nehusinstalife ). Neha is a Finance Professional with 25 + years of experience in Taxation and Investments. She took a sabbatical from work for 8 years to take care of her 2 amazing boys and now they are her best friends. She started with meeting a few friends who were book lovers and she has the experience of managing the community of bo...

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Angelique Parvez ( @dstyle_dance ). Angelique Parvez is a university lecturer by profession teaching business strategy but dance is her passion since childhood. She has founded an award winning Bollywood dance school and fitness company in the Uk. Recently she was diagnosed with breast cancer and talks about how she discovered her strength during her...

This week on the MoodyMo Awaaz Podcast we have Souvik Saha. Souvik Saha is the founder and executive director of People for Change, a non profit that works to create a world where every child and youth is empowered to take decisions that help them reach their highest potential and help in building just sustainable communities. He is a development professional with over 11 years experience in worki...

Swami Aatmo Neerav is an Osho disciple and has been living and working at Osho Tapoban in Nepal since last sixteen years. After becoming an Osho sannyasin at an early age of 16 he has been working and meditating under the guidance of Swami Anand Arun, an early Osho disciple and International meditation teacher. Today. Swami Neerav travels and facilitates meditation retreats in Nepal and abroad sha...

Hailing from the hereditary Langha community of musicians, Masoom Parmar is an artiste, curator and arts manager based in Bangalore. Influenced by his own diverse ancestry, his work explores ideas of identity and belonging through the oral, literary and cultural heritage of the subcontinent. He is invested in finding the secular and contemporary in the classical forms of Bharatanatyam and Kathak....

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Anurag Chauhan is a social worker and founder of Humans For Humanity ( @humansforhumanityofficial ), a non-governmental organization (NGO) headquartered in Dehradun, India. He is widely known for social work, particularly with regards to menstrual hygiene. The WASH project started by him has reached over 2.5 million women in over 6 states in last 6 years. He has been in the field of social work fr...

Feminism !! Feminism is not about only raising issues about patriarchy, it is also about supporting other women. It is about standing together for the biases that are held against women. Go on and protest, be angry, be sad when another sister is belittled near you. Thanks for Listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Kalpana Rao, Founder & Ex-CEO of Pari’s. She pioneered the idea of Indianized maternity and nursing wear. Having closed her 24-year-old business, at age 55, she moved alone to Mumbai with her signature silver hair to pursue a career in acting. She had a well-received supporting role in Darbar with lead protagonist Rajnikanth. She even had a small role in Salman Khan's Dabangg 3. She had...

Trains even now still remains the commute for many Indians. The local trains have been replaced with the fast moving metro in all major cities. Also the economic growth in India has brought about changes in travel mode. Now people use flights to reach quicker. Earlier holidays were about the train tickets booked in advance with changes in between to reach the destination. No one was in too much of...

Nikitha Satish - Fashion designer and a social entrepreneur working for the cause of handlooms and craft through women’s contemporary clothing line- Dori and a lifestyle brand - Kaiyaré, working with agricultural waste made by women artisans in Karnataka. With people first philosophy as the heart of both the brands, sustainability and impact has been the core of her work for over a decade. DORI Fo...

Bullying can be of many kinds. The easiest one to win an argument or sort a fight is to call a woman a whore, a slut or a bitch. Sexual gender bullying must stop. Thanks for Listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Naila Amin is 31 years old. She is a US-based child marriage survivor whose campaign led to the State of New York passing the law against Child Marriage in 2018. The law called The Naila law is a tribute to the resolve of this Pakistani-origin woman, who was betrothed to her first cousin when she was merely 8 years of age. A minor. During this episode, Naila will be sharing her story, her experien...

This post is a satire on the farcical attitude that is prevalent towards gender oppression.  “ Indian teenager wearing shorts in Assam was forced to cover her legs with a curtain at her exam centre “, the news read. The focus was what was she wearing. The exam or the distance she had travelled to appear for the exam and her hard-work was negated in a jiffy.  It was her clothing that got the author...

Tanya Agrawal - Founder of Blank Slate She started with an Instagram page initially called Kahaniyaan. Later it was refurbished into Blank Slate, with the objective of creating a community, an umbrella, an organisation where people can just reach out to an expert and start to learn to unlearn, by providing the tools and details on how to do it. Through Blank Slate, Tanya wishes to build a network...

We feel nude inspite of being covered head to toe in the eyes of the wolves and the predators lurking all around us in public spaces and sometimes among some family members too. It’s not the sari, the hijab, the skirt, the shirt or the bikini, it is in the eyes of misogyny that weighs us in it’s skewed idea of nudity and decency. Thanks for Listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

After working in the corporate field for more than 20 years, Archish Mathe Madhavan and his colleague, decided to quit their jobs. They wanted to start a business of their own. This led to the launch of Zishta, an organisation that revives traditional kitchenware and cutlery from their places of origin. Zishta is about building a family of believers who will be the future "Guardians of Tradit...

If you have to put me on a pedestal, make it equally the same moral standard as yours. Gods and goddesses must possess equal qualities. It can’t be different based on gender. Thanks for Listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My heart bleeds to see young children burdened with the pressure to be liked and loved by their teachers in school.  At home too the parents act like the child is solely responsible for keeping the parent happy.  Children from such high expectations at home, suffer anxiety, just to ensure that the parents remain pleased forever.  On teachers day I hope parents and teachers learn and acknowledge th...

Anupama is an ever-evolving person, deeply interested in human sexual behaviour. She has vastly researched alternative sexual lifestyles and has also written a series of non-fiction books on the subject with a pseudonym. She believes in transforming the outlook towards sexuality by structured, quality conversations, one at a time. Apart from this space, she works as a content specialist and resear...

Ma Anand Sheela is an Indian-born Swiss who was the spokeswoman of the Rajneesh movement (aka Osho movement). As the secretary of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh from 1981 through 1985, she managed the Rajneeshpuramashram in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. In 1986, she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault for her role in the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack. She was sentenced to 20 years in...