Brewing Travel Shots

In Episode 10, Season 2 of Brewing Travel shots the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with Madhureeta Anand, a filmmaker, activist, and the Founder of Phree  For Safety- a safety ratings app that makes public spaces safer by harnessing user safety ratings.

She is an activist for women’s rights and the rights of other minorities. She has consistently used her films and influence to support the causes of ending violence against women and children. Madhureeta has a column “The Big M” on India Today’s website DailyO. Madhureeta has twice been awarded the Karamveer award for her work that combines filmmaking with activism.

The ‘Phree App’, allows users, particularly women and the transgender community, to rate commercial establishments, streets, and areas for safety. The app helps create a map marking out safe/unsafe spaces, thereby creating a pre-emptive safety environment for these vulnerable segments of society. It is a unique app open to users from around the world backed by ‘Made in India’ technology.

Madhureeta Anand's advice for safe solo traveling: 

To know more about Madhureeta Anand you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhureeta-anand-5010382/

Want to know more about Phree: Check out their Website: https://phree.co/about.html

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"Most people pick hills, beaches, and such because they think rural travel is unsafe, unhygienic, and inaccessible. I wish to break that myth," says the solo & Rural traveler, Kavya Saxena who is on a quest to build a rural experience ecosystem with Craftpotli. 

 In Episode 9, Season 2 of Brewing Travel shots the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with Kavya Saxena aka @crazyfeetkavya on Instagram. 

Kavya Saxena an HR Generalist with 13 years of Strategic HR / L&D expert, started her quest for traveling solo through rural India during a pandemic and has clocked 118 days already on road with her Mahindra, lovingly called ‘Shakti’. After 9 long years of surviving the corporate treadmill in one of the top Fortune 500 companies, as well as heading interesting brands like @treeofliferesorts @canvaslaughclub @vajor, and others, she finally bid farewell to corporate life and started on the journey of a lifetime. Hailing from Jaipur, Rajasthan, Kavya had always been interested in the indigenous arts and crafts of rural India, which made her often engage in projects related to the same. But juggling both a full-time job, along with her passions proved too much for her. Hence, It was during the lockdown that she took the plunge and left the confines of conventional life to embark on a career that would change her forever. Her chief motivation was none other than getting to know the grassroots of this country down to the very detail. 

Kavya Saxena's three shots of advice: 

1) If you want to start traveling Solo, especially in rural tourism - Go explore within 50 Kms of your backyard, Just walk down/hire bike/car and explore. 

2) Create layers of income to start traveling. You don't have to quit your jobs to travel. 

3) Look out for opportunities to support and experience in rural areas of our country. 

To know more about Kavya Saxena, you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavyasaxena/

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In India, conversations on Women sanitation and hygiene has always been considered as a taboo. Women do not travel because they are afraid of not finding hygienic restrooms on the go.A high percentage of women hold their urine for long hours, at times the whole day due to inaccessibility. This has adverse effects on women’s health and overall body system 90% of the women check about restroom facilities in the journey location before signing up.

In Episode 8, Season 2 of Brewing Travel shots the hos Zinal Doshi is conversing with Co-Founder  Woloo - Mrs. Rupali Kelshikar, the one who is building restrooms/powder rooms for women in India. 

Rupali come with 20+ years experience in Global Fashion Retail Supply-chain. Ex-Country Head of an Italian Fashion House. A globally experienced Fashion Apparel Retail Buying and Merchandising professional, specializes in Buying /Merchandising & Supply Chain Management. Rupali has done her graduation in Textile Chemistry & Post Graduation in Textile Management. Has worked as Country Head for Gianel SRL, Italy. An Italian origin Fashion house catered to brands like Armani, Miss Sixty, Guess, Marlboro Clothing, Diesel. Rupali Co-Founded DSGN Inc & headed the business development and operations of Woloo.

Woloo enables women to locate nearest clean, safe & hygienic washrooms as you travel. Woloo has 1000+ Hygiene Certified Washrooms hosted by premium restaurants & cafes in Mumbai.Woloo is an app that helps working women find a nearest safe & hygienic washroom. Each washroom follows a standard protocol to ensure safety, cleanliness, and hygiene therefore ensuring that women do not have to think twice before walking into a Woloo enabled loo.

To know more about Rupali Kelshikar, you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoba-mohan-734b3226/

To know more about Woloo, you can check the Website: https://woloo.in/

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Sustainability has been the center of dialogue since climate change has become a global concern. In tourism, sustainability is about adapting not only to the environment but to culture and local communities too. Sustainable practices drive economic growth and benefit the local community of a destination. 

A lot of travelers are getting aware and conscious about their carbon footprints but we have a long way to go. In Episode 7, Season 2 of Brewing Travel shots the hos Zinal Doshi is conversing with Founder Partner of Rare India - Mrs. Shoba Mohan. She is a sustainability patron and leading the path in redefining the term luxury travel. 

Shoba Mohan is the Founder Partner of RARE India, a company that has been promoting experiential travel in the subcontinent for over two decades. Luxury alongside conservation and community-based tourism with sustainability as a keystone value for tourism and hospitality is a value addition RARE India promotes to travelers around the world. She has been the A list Advisor for tourism and hospitality for Travel+ Leisure and sits onboard associations for change like RTSOI and TTC USA. Well known for her ideal to promote sustainable travel as a future-ready idea, she believes that luxury has to be redefined around parameters that believe in the protection and preservation of the planet.

RARE India is a collection of some of the finest boutique hotels with its heart set around conscious luxury travel. 

Shoba Mohan's three shots of advice: 

To know more about Shoba Mohan, you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoba-mohan-734b3226/

To know more about Rare India, you can check the Website: https://www.rareindia.com/

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In Episode 6 of Brewing Travel Shots, the host Zinal Doshi converses with Saumya Pankaj Founder and driving force of The Indian Craft Project. The  India Craft Project (TICP) co-creates products and experiences with traditional partner artisans across India.

To know more about Saumya Pankaj, you reach her on Linkedin -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/saumya-pankaj-b6533159/.

In Episode 5 of Brewing Travel Shots, the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with two of the Co-Founders of Tripster Buddies Lakshana Suresh & Durgesh Nandhini

Tripster Buddies is one kind of holistically curated mom and kids Educational, Experiential, Rejuvenating, and soul-nourishing Trip.  It creates moments where you will learn a lot and unlearn even more.

Lakshana's and Nandhini's three shots of advice:

To know more about Tripster buddies, you can reach them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tripsterbuddies/

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In Episode 4 of Brewing Travel Shots, the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with two of the Co-Founders of Nima Goos Goos - Padma Angmo and Rigzin Angmo. 

Nima Goos Goos was started by four women from Ladakh, to promote the uniqueness of the ingredients of the Himalayas through working with traditional knowledge. We started with pop-up stalls where we sold cakes and beverages made from local buckwheat, wild rose, and apricot, which took us from one event to the next. The overwhelming response from these experiences made us focus on herbal tea that is non-perishable and can  be shared with the world more conveniently. The stories of the potent benefits of these herbs can be traced back to Tibetan meditators like  Milarepa, who solely survived on nettles leaves. Our big vision is to  awaken people to the nutritional and economic value of these ingredients  and bring the highest quality tea from Ladakh to the world.

Padma acts as a bridge, connecting local farmers, foragers with Nima Goos  Goos. Her passion to reconnect with the local culture and trace local flavors led her to embark on a journey across Ladakh to discover the uniqueness of the place.  She is also a big-time foodie and keeps on exploring new things around her. In her pursuit, she wants to preserve and showcase the traditional delicacies of the region in the form of mouth-watering pesto’s and rejuvenating varieties of tea to the world. Her love for farming keeps her close to nature and she lives a farm life in the abode of the Himalayas. As a young entrepreneur, she is challenging the status quo of society and walking the road untaken.

Rigzin Angmo is a political science student with a flair for working for heritage and its preservation. She is a woman with an aptitude for promoting local culture and cuisine and a diehard fan of sustainability.  Hence most of the organizations she was a part of were enshrined with these ideas. After her schooling in Ladakh, Rigzin moved to Delhi to pursue higher studies only to realize that away from home, she was lost. She was interested in doing something for her own people through social  Entrepreneurship. So, she came back and joined Naropa Fellowship Program  in Ladakh which is aimed at cultivating entrepreneurs to bring positive  change to the society. It was during this program that she and her co-founders found the potential of home-grown crops and herbs. Hence,  founded the venture “Nima Goos Goos”  to promote the uniqueness of Ladakh through food. She is currently the chief marketing Officer of Nima Goos  Goos.

Padma's & Rigzin's three shots of advice:

To know more about Nima Goos Goos, you can reach them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nimagoosgoos/

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In Episode 3 of Brewing Travel Shots, the host Zinal Doshi converses with an entrepreneur who is into community building and travel. 

Happiness ambassador, workaholic traveler, community builder, and a colossal creative think tank – these are just a handful of adjectives that define this young and vibrant entrepreneur. An engineering graduate with an unmatched passion for sales, Vandita Purohit began her entrepreneurial journey with Mint Tree, essentially focussing on lead generation. She attributes the learnings from her first venture to the best of their kind, which gave her the desired inertia to dream big,  hustle, and never give up. Few years and many more diverse ventures down the line, she is a co-founder of one of the most sought-after co-working spaces in Pune – The Daftar, she also lends her keen expertise in areas such as space design, collaborations, and events.

Vandita's three shots of advice:

To know more about Vandita Purohit, you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanditakediapurohit/

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In Episode 2 of Brewing Travel Shots, the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with one of the leading women on wheels in India - Jai  Bharthi

An avid motorcyclist, Jai Bharathi has experienced immense freedom and joy owing to her passion for motorcycles and travel. She was conferred the “Vishishta Mahila  Puraskaram” under the Adventure category by the Department of Women & Child  Welfare, Govt. Of Telangana in 2019 and several other awards.  Leading Bikerni Hyderabad, a regional chapter of ‘The Bikerni’ an all-women motorcycle club since its inception in 2013, she has led multiple motorcycle expeditions - to Ladakh, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, a cross-country expedition across six nations in South East Asia covering 17000 km, Bathukamma ride in  Telangana covering 1200 km and 17380 km Wheels of Will expedition across the USA in  35 days. She has also authored a book (in English and Telugu) on organizing & leading the first of its kind all-women cross country motorcycle expedition. 

Her efforts in the field of motorcycling have been appreciated by our Prime Minister  Mr. Narendra Modi & the Chief Minister of Telangana Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao.  Professionally an architect, Jai Bharathi has also worked with several nonprofit organizations in the space of economic empowerment of women, education for children, solar lighting, and has also been active in relief work during natural calamities.  Her passion for her motorcycles and inclination towards social issues inspired her to work towards empowering women using mobility as a tool. She founded Mowo Social  Initiatives in February 2019, to build an eco-system for women in mobility.

Jai Bharathi's three shots of advice:

To know more about Jai Bharathi, you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaibharathi/

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In Episode 1 of Brewing Travel Shots, the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with India's first woman Safari guide, Ratna Singh.

Ratna Singh has been working in the field of wilderness tourism for over 15 years. After having spent about a decade with India's premier Safari company, the  Taj Safaris, she has been working as an independent professional for the last few years. Her focus now is sustainable wilderness tourism and community development, with women empowerment having a very special spot in her endeavors.  Along with private hospitality companies,  Ratna works on training projects with various Tiger Reserves and wilderness parks in the country, helping train locals to work in the tourism sector. She was awarded the Rex Karmaveer Chakra, instituted by the UN & iCongo for her work with communities living on the periphery of the jungle.

Ratna's three shots of advice:

To know more about Ratna Singh, you reach her on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ratna-singh-0907182b/

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