Leadership coach Nirupama Subramanian is using Indian archetypes that were used to suppress women as a source of energy to empower them instead. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/08/04/nirupama-subramanian-powerful/

Rijula Das's new novel brings up many facets of Kolkata's red-light district, from corruption and gender violence to the effect of demonetisation on the flesh trade. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/08/03/truths-pushed-through-the-sieve-of-fiction-rijula-das-on-her-debut-novel-set-in-shonagachhi/

Victories at the Tokyo Olympics by Indian sportswomen mask the fact that the obstacles South Asian women athletes face are far greater than their male counterparts. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/08/02/winning-despite-the-odds-south-asian-women-athletes-show-the-way/

Mahesvari Autar’s events platform DesiYUP showcases live performances of Indian classical ragas and mantra music to audiences in Holland. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/31/mahesvari-autar-desiyup-indian-classical-music-in-holland/

Religious references are making their way into everyday conversations, and spiritual discourse has become commonplace in the pandemic, says Aekta Kapoor. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/30/how-the-pandemic-normalised-spiritual-discourse/

Acclaimed poet Arundhathi Subramaniam​’s new book features four contemporary women who have unapologetically chosen to transcend social barriers and walk the spiritual path alone. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/29/arundhathi-subramaniam-women-who-wear-only-themselves/

Malayalam film actor and Oxford graduate Santhy Balachandran used her anthropology background to conceptualise an avant-garde music video.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/27/actor-santhy-balachandran-on-anthropology-and-her-surreal-music-video-experiment/

Washington DC-based author and feminist activist Soraya Chemaly believes women’s anger can be a powerful force for social justice. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/26/soraya-chemaly-feminist-activist-cover-story/

Novelist Anjali Joseph on her new novel ‘Keeping in Touch’, long-distance love, stereotypes about people from northeast India, and the quiet life of writers.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/21/author-interview-anjali-joseph-keeping-in-touch/

India's pioneering women doctors have made it to a new book by Kavitha Rao and even a Google doodle, but the ground reality remains that there are no hospitals or medical colleges named after women doctors in India. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://eshe.in/2021/07/18/the-erased-histories-of-women-doctors-in-india/