Pavement Conversations

Pavement Conversations

By Vinay PayyapillySociety & Culture
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Pavement Conversations episodes

  • Episode 32: Being Free with Anagha

    Born and brought up in a small village in Kerala, Anagha then went on to go to college in Pondicherry and work in Chennai. In this freewheeling conversation, Anagha recounts her experiences of moving from a small village to living in cosmopolitan cities. Along the way, we also go down rabbit holes on how women perceive the men around them.

    1 hr 38 min
  • Episode 31: Fighting Patriarchy

    Mridula Menon is a successful woman by any standards. But she has had her own challenges to overcome. In this conversation, we dive into a variety of topics that affected her on her journey so far.

    • The excitement of working for start-ups
    • The magic of writing letters
    • Growing up in a patriarchal family
    • Navigating male-dominated spaces
    • The importance of telling your story
    • The challenges of being a single mother
    • Message to male managers who have female team members

      • Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])

      1 hr 6 min
    • Episode 30: Ordinary lives, extraordinary moments
      So often we take the extraordinary for granted because we see it every day. In this conversation with Limmy, we get to peer into one such life. At the outset, Limmy's life seems like a normal, every day life. But when we sit down and talk about it, we begin to see just how far from ordinary it is.
      Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])
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      35 min
    • Episode 29: Relationships today
      As young women find their feet in the world, they are also defining how they want to be viewed and treated. In this conversation, I speak with Shruthi, a smart, young woman who is confident about herself and demands the respect due to her as a person.
      Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])
      Related episodes:
      Chasing dreams
      Perception of women
      Single living
      Being a single woman in India
      36 min
    • Episode 28: Pangs of loss
      It is never easy losing a child. No matter what your age or the circumstances, it changes you. This week, I speak with Shailaja about loss and life. 
      Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])
      Related episodes:
      A life less ordinary
      The price of loss
      45 min
    • Episode 25: Chasing dreams
      In this conversation, I speak with Neena who has consistently chased down her dreams and lived the life she chooses. Her clarity of thought has often led me to think in directions I never expected, and in this conversation, she doesn't disappoint.
      Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Episode art by: Limmy Susan
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])
      37 min
    • Episode 24: A life less ordinary
      In this conversation, I speak Shanti about a life that threw her curveballs one after another. What do you do when you suddenly find yourself a single mother of triplets? Well, you learn from life and we are fortunate to learn from her experiences. Shanti is one of the calmest people I know. She is someone who looked life in the eye and didn't back down.
      Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Episode art by: Limmy Susan
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])
      1 hr 24 min
    • Episode 23: Perception of Women
      How do we perceive the women around us? Does a woman working in an office have to adjust her behavior to fit in to a male-dominated world? This and a lot more in this conversation with my guest in this episode.
      Contact  Vinay on Twitter @vinayjap
      Episode art by: Limmy Susan
      Music by: Varun Sanmitra ([email protected])
      35 min

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    Pavement Conversations, in its own humble ways, tries to bridge the understanding gap between women and men, because while we may belong to the same species and inhabit the same spaces, the fact is…