findingHOME

In this episode, I am conversing with his dignity - Dr. Murali Kirshna Sarmaji Bhuvanagiri Garu, a head priest in the greater Charlotte area, NC, USA. Sarmaji, candidly shared his humble beginnings, the way he fought through social norms and family fears to become a Vedic scholar and always tried to be better and bigger at what he chose to do. 

Later in the episode, Sarmaji shared his valuable understanding of Hindu culture what a temple and priest at the temple signifies, and how the Vedic teachings paved the path to being a better human. Please listen to this invaluable conversation. 

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Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 2: This episode presents the journey of Natalia who is from Ukraine, with a strong habit of grabbing opportunities all her life has stumbled upon a chance to move to Canada - The decision that changed her life and more...... 

Please do tune into this amazing and moving conversation, where Natalia openly discusses her life back in Ukraine, her adjusting and adopting time in Canada and also the effect of the ongoing war in her home country on her mental state, and how she found help from near and dear ones to face the uncertainty and do the right things to support her family.

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Hello Everyone. I missed doing this, so I am back with a new season and episode. 

The guest of this episode is none other than my very first guest for the show - you guessed it right, it's my dear friend Rahul. Thank you to Rahul for helping me again to restart this journey by agreeing to do this. 

Please do listen to this yet another amazing conversation with the man himself who has been on the journey of transforming his mind, body, and soul for the past three years. There are so many takeaways from this talk, I hope you all find it engaging and useful. 

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findingHOME Podcast, Episode 15: Today, I am conversing with Dr. Jagadish Chennupati, an Indian-Australian physicist who is the Australian Academy of Science President and a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University Research School of Physics. He is head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group which he established in 1990.

In today's conversation, Dr. Chennupati discusses his childhood during his early years in independent India, his interest in the field of electronics, his first international travel back in the 90s, his current passion for giving back to society, and many more.

Do listen to this inspiring and amazing conversation. 

findingHOME Podcast, Episode 14: Today, I am in conversation with Dr. Karthiga Santhana Kumar, CEO of Invasight AG, a biotech company based in Zurich. Karthiga aspired to be a medical doctor and then pivoted to be an Oncology-oriented researcher with a keen interest in functional assay-based personalized therapy, precision medicine, and drug designing.

In today's conversation, Karthiga discussed her journey to the UK for higher studies and then moving to Zurich, handling cultural differences, founding a company from her graduate research project, being a female CEO, and many more.

Do listen to this inspiring and amazing conversation. 

findingHOME Podcast, Episode 13: Today, I am in conversation with Surbhi Gupta, an experienced product manager in Silicon Valley. Surbhi talked to me about her journey to the US, her experiences, and the ambitions that she wants to pursue with the experience she gained in the country.  Importantly during this range of tech layoffs happing all around the valley and the world, Surbhi is lending her voice to the tech immigrants community to do her part of helping them out.

Please listen to this engaging conversation.

Hi Everyone. Today I am in conversation with Zablon Faith. Faith was born and raised in Kenya and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Nanoengineering at NCAT, US. 

Faith talks about her journey to India from Kenya for her Master's degree, her experiences back in Kenya during the pandemic, and her journey to the US to pursue her doctorate degree. This conversation is moving, which makes you all believe in yourself and have faith no matter how the external situations treat you.

Please listen to the episode.

Today I am in conversation with Mr. Theo Noussi, a graduate student at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, UNCG. Theo is from Cameroon and came to the US for his higher education. In this episode, Theo shares his journey to the US, how being a Francophone, his choice of coming to the US happened, how he navigated his early days of loneliness in the country and how slowly but definitely he wants to make sure he grabs every opportunity that touches his door for growth and may more......

Please listen to our amazing conversation.

Hi All. Welcome back. In this episode, I am conversing with Dr. Lakmini Premadesa, who is a research scientist at Texas Biomedical Research with the key focus of her work on HIV.

Dr. Lakmini dedicated her research career to working on infectious diseases and recently started to put her efforts into improving the field of "science diplomacy." Dr. Lakmini originated from Sri Lanka - In this episode, we discuss her journey from Sri Lanka to the US and her experiences as an immigrant working in infectious diseases.

Please listen to this short and crip conversation.

Today, I am in conversation with my friend Kishan, who is an experimental physicist working at University of Exeter, UK. 

Kishan, is from Sindhi origin, the community that lost its HOME due to unfortunate situations. Knowing the importance of HOME from his childhood - Kishan speaks to me candidly about his journey of how he cultivated the habit of grabbing opportunities  to fulfill the need of adoption. 

Please do listen to our full, fulfilling conversation in this episode.

Credits: 
1. Intro music - a sonifications map of near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, to a symphony of sounds. 
2. Background of the episode cover image - NASA Chandra telescope image of the galaxy at large.