Footloose by Shre & Eish

Footloose by Shre & Eish

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Footloose by Shre & Eish episodes

  • Look where you jump, especially if you're in the middle of the ocean

    Shre talks about the time she jumped out of a kayak in the middle of the ocean near Singapore. A figure waved to her from the beach. She waved back. When he started running into the water towards her, she discovered it was the lifeguard who thought she was drowning. 

    Lesson learnt: If you jump into the water in the middle of the sea, DO NOT wave towards people on the beach if you are not drowning. 

    Shre then goes on to talk about how sea turtles have their own grooming salons. How cool is that!

    #singapore #indianocean #kayak #kayaking #waterbaby #beach #lifeguard #dolphins #hawaii #seaturtles #travel #southeastasia #USA #indianocean #ecology #wildlife #underwater #underwaterlife #discovery #symbiosis #cleaningstations #fishschools #drowning 

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    10 min
  • Shreyasi recites Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast

    Shreyasi recites one of her childhood favourites from memory. 

    Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast 
    By Charles Causely

    Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast

    Bought an old castle complete with a ghost,
    But someone or other forgot to declare
    To Colonel Fazak that the spectre was there.

    On the very first evening, while waiting to dine,
    The Colonel was taking a fine sherry wine,
    When the ghost, with a furious flash and a flare,
    Shot out of the chimney and shivered, 'Beware!'

    Colonel Fazackerley put down his glass
    And said, 'My dear fellow, that's really first class!
    I just can't conceive how you do it at all.
    I imagine you're going to a Fancy Dress Ball?'

    At this, the dread ghost made a withering cry.
    Said the Colonel (his monocle firm in his eye),
    'Now just how you do it, I wish I could think.
    Do sit down and tell me, and please have a drink.'

    The ghost in his phosphorous cloak gave a roar
    And floated about between ceiling and floor.
    He walked through a wall and returned through a pane
    And backed up the chimney and came down again.

    Said the Colonel, 'With laughter I'm feeling quite weak!'
    (As trickles of merriment ran down his cheek).
    'My house-warming party I hope you won't spurn.
    You MUST say you'll come and you'll give us a turn!'

    At this, the poor spectre - quite out of his wits -
    Proceeded to shake himself almost to bits.
    He rattled his chains and he clattered his bones
    And he filled the whole castle with mumbles and moans.

    But Colonel Fazackerley, just as before,
    Was simply delighted and called out, 'Encore!'
    At which the ghost vanished, his efforts in vain,
    And never was seen at the castle again.

    'Oh dear, what a pity!' said Colonel Fazak.
    'I don't know his name, so I can't call him back.'
    And then with a smile that was hard to define,
    Colonel Fazackerley went in to dine.

    #poem #childrenspoetry #colonelfazak #colonelfazackerley #recitation #memories 

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    4 min
  • Baths, Stews and Sufism: Waleed Hussain talks about civilizations and cultures

    Eisha's friend from Bombay, Waleed Hussain, is a writer, editor, photographer, teacher and mentor. He has spent a good part of the last 20 years as a print and digital journalist and headed the newsrooms of two national dailies in Mumbai and New Delhi. A passionate journalist who has worked with The Times of India, The New Indian Express, MidDay, The Morning Standard and CricInfo, he remains a sufi at heart. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, Mumbai-based journalist, Waleed Hussain takes us through places and civilizations where we discuss hamam (bathhouses), languages, the cultures of Persians, Turks, Afghans and Mughals before we discuss who a Sufi really is and Sufism in South Asia.  

    #cultures #civilizations #turkey #iran #india #mesopotamia #persia #mughals #nizam #persians #empires #romans #baths #hamam #bathhouses #thetimesofindia #thenewindianexpress #midday #cricinfo #themorningstandard #afghanistan #dari #pashto #languages #turkish #persian #arabic #urdu #hindi #food #travel #history #yamuna #delhi #multan #pakistan #lahore #mumbai #hajiali #hajialidargah #sufi #sufisaints #australia #refugees #jesuswasarefugee  #unitingchurchaustralia #unhcr #asylum #islam #christianity #religions #sufism #sufisaints #fakir #spirituality #bombay

    Cover art: Afghan artist Rahel Majidi's 11x14 inch oil painting of a Whirling Dervish. This specific meditative dance move is done as a representation to receive God’s blessing and spiritual gift. To see more of her artwork, check out rahelarts.com

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    30 min
  • Corn, cauliflowers, a resilient peach, and the elusive Head Potato Award

    In this episode of Footloose with Shre and Eish, Shreyasi and her husband Sushil talk about their garden in New Zealand in which Sushil has planted pretty much all the fruits and vegetables you will see in a supermarket. Sprinkled with giggles and anecdotes, there's a lot to learn about patience and tenacity from Sushil and resilience from Nature. Enjoy!

    #pollination #corn #cauliflowers #vegetables #fruits #growyourfood #growyourvegetables #homeandgarden #newzealand #hobbies #passions #gardening #passionforgardening #gardeners #farmers #harvest #kitchengarden #nature #ecology #farmtofork #clover #peach #potatoes #birds #diversity #beans #nitrogen #resilience #patience #anecdotes #healthyeating #health #garlic

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    21 min
  • There are sea urchins and then there are sea urchins that wear hats!

    In this micropod, Shre talks about her trip to Tioman, an island off the coast of Malaysia, where she accidentally stepped onto a sea urchin. Ouch! Obviously, that one wasn't wearing a hat!

    #seaurchins #oceans #tioman #malaysia #singapore #beach #beachvacation #travel #vacation #podcast #footloose #explorer #seas #waterbaby #naturelover #wildlife #porcupinesofthesea #southeastasia #indianocean #footloosebyshreandeish #footloosewithshreandeish #shreyasimajumdar

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    7 min
  • Of buzzy bees and Q-tips for pollinating eggplants

    Shreyasi's husband, Sushil Shirke, is a passionate gardener and has grown all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers in their garden at home in New Zealand. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, he talks about bees and how he welcomes them into their garden by growing stuff they love and once, when the bees failed to do their job, he decided to step in to pollinate eggplants using Q-tips or earbuds. 

    #gardening #homes #homeandgardens #pollination #bees #honeybees #savebees #diversity #flowers #flowergrowers #fruits #eggplants #earbuds #qtips #ecology #environment #nature #naturelovers #footloosebyshreandeish #brinjals 

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    9 min
  • Eisha and Reagan Gavin share their stories of loss and grief
    In this episode about love and loss, Eisha takes us back to 2016, when a rare type of miscarriage dashed her and her husband's hopes of becoming a first-time parent. Conditioned to move on like many South Asian women, she did the same until a holiday in the Andamans and a casual remark from a friend triggered a depression that lasted through another pregnancy and even after the birth of her child for several months. Among the many coincidences they share, 2016, was also the year, Reagan Gavin, Eisha's co-podcast host and co-producer of TidyBytes, lost his mother after she fought a long battle with sickness. In Footloose with Shre and Eish, he takes us through his mother's last days. 
    #Footloosewithshreandeish #depression #miscarriage #loss #trauma #missedabortion #copingwithgrief #grief #ptsd #posttraumaticstressdisorder #hospital #multipleorganfailure #bombay #vadodara #andamans #pregnancy #motherhood #newmom #postnataldepression #timesofindia #timesgroup #journalists #stress
    Cover pic: Reagan as a toddler with his mother, Dollie Ann Rasquinha
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    21 min
  • Floatation tanks, Japanese blue sunglasses for weightloss, blue pea tea and oxygen bars

    Shre and Eish guffaw through an episode where they discuss some of the weird health fads. Shreyasi talks about how her friend gifted her a coupon for sensory deprivation floatation tank experience at a spa, while Eisha talks about how she gifted her friend an experience at Le Noir Restaurant in Singapore where he and his wife had dinner in pitch darkness. They then talk about oxygen bars and blue pea teas amidst giggles. Enjoy!

    #singapore #newzealand #spa #healthfads #health #oxygentherapy #floatationtanks #sensorydeprivation #deadsea #lenoir #cafenoir #paris #oxygenbars #airppollution #rejuvenation #breathing #teas #bluepeatea #healthdrinks #detox #detoxteas #brew #edibleweeds #footloosebyshreandeish  #shreyasimajumdar #eishasarkar #scientificamerican #newscientist #science #inventions #innovation #discoveries #foldinghangers #amazon #japanesebluesunglasses #japan #redwinebath #redwine #meditation #podcast #podcasting #anchorapp #spotify #googlepodcasts

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    16 min
  • Debutante novelist Kashif Mashaikh talks about his book, Mortuary Tales, the role of literary agents and horror as a genre

    Kashif Mashaikh's first book, The Mortuary Tales, released on June 14 and within a week shot up to #13 in the horror genre on Amazon India. In this episode of Footloose by Shre and  Eish, he talks about writing, literary agents, characterization and how he was inspired by Stephen King, Aahat and Woh. 

    #mortuarytales #author #debutbook #novel #shortstories #hussainzaidi #goldenpen #footloosebyshreandeish #literaryagents #publishing #stephenking #horror #aahat #sony #zee #OTT #scripttoscreen #amazon #westland #kashifmashaikh #darklit #creepy #crime #pandemic #covid19 #indianwriters #bloggers #creativewriting #fiction #nonfiction #books #booktalks #authortalks

    Cover pic: Kashif Mashaikh

    You can buy the book on Amazon 

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    24 min
  • Eisha talks about how she whips up a good brekkie

    In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about love for brekkies and how she mixes up all kinds of ingredients to serve a colourful plate of food with a very fine balance of taste, texture and flavour. 

    #caprese #seekhkebab #pasta #momo #brekkie #breakfast #sattu #fish #chicken #protein #basa #tilapia #noodlesforbreakfast #sobanoodles #hakkanoodles #shanghainoodles #eggs #proteinbrekkies #nocarbbrekkie

    Cover pic: Chicken seekh kebab with cherry tomatoes, pimento stuffed green olives and fresh dill

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    8 min

About Footloose by Shre & Eish

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Footloose is a series of podcasts produced by Eisha Sarkar and Shreyasi Majumdar. They cover a range of topics from travel, books, music, films, human nature, animals, science, environment, history, art and spirituality.