Okayyy so 2025 is here and we are ready for it! Listen as we dissect our mindset going into the new year, and break down how it is that we both differ in our approach to achieving all that we set out to! 

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"Woke up this Morning (TP 53)” by Till Paradiso 

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This 6th episode of LRAF's 6th season marks the start of our 6th year in this podcast journey and we couldn't be happier to have Ray as our guest of honour! This one is a must-listen for all those who need a big dose of sunshine and a huge hit of dopamine; we discuss first impressions, our red flags, generation gaps, and things that make living in this hugely imperfect world a whole lot easier and fun. This is one for the books!

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"Feelin Good" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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What do you get when you get two dinos to answer some tough and fun questions while they're riding high on beer and vodka? This episode! Tune in folks, it's actually quite funny :p!

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"Woke up this Morning (TP 53)” by Till Paradiso 

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What happens when life serves you a big whop of reality check? 2024 has been a year of tough stuff, heavy realizations, and some serious adulting. All in the midst of major fun. Listen to know how we're coping!

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"Woke up this Morning (TP 53)” by Till Paradiso 

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This one's about our style evolution, the childhood mini-traumas that triggered it, how we got into sustainability and thrifting, and what we think about slicked-back buns! 

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Do friendships die when details go unmentioned? Listen in as we explore this conundrum and more! 

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We are back! Count this as a catch-up session. And let us know how you feel about this comeback! Hopefully, we'll see you twice a month. But like always...no commitment! 

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Have you ever questioned your own worth? Here's Blue Dino doing just that...

Transcription:

What's my worth? And who decides it? 

Does it depend on how pretty I am? Or how quickly my grey cells operate?  Does it spring from my confidence? Or the sense of style I project when I head out? Or does it come from all of it? and more? And even less. 

Maybe it does come from all of it, the more and the less. 

From me being intelligent in one space, and naive in another. From me being beautiful in some eyes, but forgettable in others.  From being capable, nurturing, and dependable when I step into a certain room, yet totally unreliable outside of it. 

Maybe it does come from everything about me, in measures unique only to me. 

But then, how can this one-off concoction, this novel blend, be accounted for? 

How can any of us be tagged a worth?

Maybe, just maybe, I decide my worth. and you choose yours. So no one else can do it for us. 

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"Woke up this Morning (TP 53)” by Till Paradiso 

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This is all about Malayalam. The language of our ancestors, the language of our family, the language that's always been almost within reach. This is Red Dino's tale about her ever evolving relationship with her mother tongue. 

Transcription:

Enikku malayalam manssilavum, pakshe paryaam patilla. I can understand Malayalam but I can't speak it.

That's one phrase out of a limited few that me and my sister know how to say in our mother tongue. Otherwise, broken sentences and a few staple words help us survive our Kerala trips. But of course, with a high literacy rate, English often comes in handy in God's Own Country.

Having grown up in northern and western India and with parents, grandparents, and close relatives fluent in both Hindi and English, Malayalam wasn't a mandate in our household. Spoken by the adults and the elders for the most part, only understood by the offspring.

Nevertheless, the language was almost a part of our daily, especially with grandparents around. Local news, yes, but more so regional TV shows and movies would often play in the background. Unknowingly improving our comprehension skills.

And so over the years, Malayalam cinema became our gateway to the language. Although that relationship has had its ups and downs, often disrupted for years on end, we always find a way back to our roots. Mostly thanks to how magnetic we find its tonality.

You see as riveting and profound as Malayalam can be, it also holds the power to be equally funny and witty. We keep getting sucked into its magic. And so, 2024 has been a homecoming of sorts.

With Poacher, The Great Indian Kitchen, and now Aavesham, we are back to revelling in the language through its content. It's both a source of flashbacks and a step forward. Let's see where this journey takes us...

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"Woke up this Morning (TP 53)” by Till Paradiso 

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What do you do when you can't shake off the weight of all the history surrounding you? Do you give in or tether yourself stronger to the present? Listen to know what Blue Dino did when she found herself walking along a similar path of polarity...

Transcription:

As I strolled on the cobblestones made in the past, taking in the sea breeze, arm lovingly entangled in my baby cousin's, the place drew me into itself.

The sense of freedom was strong; even as open, clear skies, and pillars of stones, and metal bars enveloped us all, I felt as though I could take off and fly. And be happy forever.

But that's the thing with bars of time; as much as you try to forget, you can't help but get trapped within the history that paints the place.

And so even as I giggled with my aunt, uncle, and sisters, and discovered the architecture of what was now called a 'museum', the truth rang loud in the echo of our every step:

This museum, until very recently, used to be a jail.

But how can one grapple with the notion of feeling free in a place that only recently served the very opposite purpose?

I didn't have an answer. So I shrugged off this reality to face another day.

Just like all of us do when we walk the many paths of polarity.

Tell me, which one did you walk today?

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"Woke up this Morning (TP 53)” by Till Paradiso 

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Background sound from Pixabay