Meenal's World

Tricha is an international choreographer and filmmaker, born and raised in the USA.  Her love for Indian culture and her experience in Bollywood has led her to work on her own film and her hard work and passion to continue to learn is contagious! 

Working as a Bollywood dancer is not as glamorous as it seems, neither is making your own film - especially in the middle of a global health crisis. 

Manjit founded the very first period charity in the UK and in India. Manjit's experience in the business industry helped her sell her vision of making sure that every girl bleeds with dignity. Period poverty is all around us, even in developed countries where resources are much more readily available. Period shame is also omnipresent - but we just don't talk about it enough. 

How did Manjit convince a priest in a Gurudwara to allow women who are menstruating to enter during prayers? How has Manjit tackled this taboo to help create a generational change in this conversation?

Tune in to find out!

This episode is a feature special and also available on YouTube where you can watch the full conversation. 

Manjit founded the very first period charity in the UK and in India. Manjit's experience in the business industry helped her sell her vision of making sure that every girl bleeds with dignity. Period poverty is all around us, even in developed countries where resources are much more readily available. Period shame is also omnipresent - but we just don't talk about it enough. 

How did Manjit convince a priest in a Gurudwara to allow women who are menstruating to enter during prayers? How has Manjit tackled this taboo to help create a generational change in this conversation?

Tune in to find out!

This episode is a feature special and also available on YouTube where you can watch the full conversation. 

Raising three children is tough. Raising three children during a pandemic will make any mother lose her sanity! 

I spoke to Tina a few years ago on Desi Outsiders, but I was a medical student back then. Now, as a new mother, I can't imagine having my own baby, plus another two! Tina talks me through the last few months of what it's been like for mothers during the pandemic.

Tina's YouTube channel shows her beautiful family's life and she uses her platform to empower other women to share their stories of motherhood and marriage. We talk about how as women, we can get lost in our role of mothers and forget that we have our own individual personality too - Tina is just starting to find herself again after almost eight years. 

Raising three children is tough. Raising three children during a pandemic will make any mother lose her sanity! 

I spoke to Tina a few years ago on Desi Outsiders, but I was a medical student back then. Now, as a new mother, I can't imagine having my own baby, plus another two! Tina talks me through the last few months of what it's been like for mothers during the pandemic.

Tina's YouTube channel shows her beautiful family's life and she uses her platform to empower other women to share their stories of motherhood and marriage. We talk about how as women, we can get lost in our role of mothers and forget that we have our own individual personality too - Tina is just starting to find herself again after almost eight years. 

Post partum depression is a topic many men and women shy away from. But we have to acknowledge that many women around us will put a brave face on, but deep down are desperate for help. Dr Punam talks about her journey with her first born and how it took her years to acknowledge the fact that she needed help. Her first delivery was very traumatic physically and mentally and since then, it has changed her whole outlook with patient care as a GP. 

This conversation gave me the confidence to open up, and I hope it encourages other women to start this conversation in their own homes and communities. 

Post partum depression is a topic many men and women shy away from. But we have to acknowledge that many women around us will put a brave face on, but deep down are desperate for help. Dr Punam talks about her journey with her first born and how it took her years to acknowledge the fact that she needed help. Her first delivery was very traumatic physically and mentally and since then, it has changed her whole outlook with patient care as a GP. 

This conversation gave me the confidence to open up, and I hope it encourages other women to start this conversation in their own homes and communities. 

This week, I will share my journey with you and why it's important to have these conversations. So many women struggle after giving birth and we just don't talk about it enough. 

The last 7 weeks have been an uphill battle, but I've acknowledged it and I want to change things and help myself - but not everyone opens up, and that's why I hope this episode gives you an idea of what it's really like to give birth. 

This week, I will share my journey with you and why it's important to have these conversations. So many women struggle after giving birth and we just don't talk about it enough. 

The last 7 weeks have been an uphill battle, but I've acknowledged it and I want to change things and help myself - but not everyone opens up, and that's why I hope this episode gives you an idea of what it's really like to give birth. 

In this episode, I continue my conversation with Kreena. We talk about how her dreams to grow her family after having her first child, Amala, came crashing down after she found out that her embryos were discarded. 

Kreena talks me through her journey of how she found a way to make things work and how her resilience has grown after every obstacle that's thrown her way. 

Finding an egg donor wasn't easy for Kreena, and now she's expecting twins! Tune in to find out how it all happened!