In this episode Ira talks to Anissa about her journey as a mother to a child with OCD — at first, simply responding to what was in front of her without realising how severe things were. 

 

Even with financial resources, it took time, mistakes, and learning to understand the illness and the weight of caregiving.

 

Because curiosity is what turns confusion into understanding.

 

For more information, click here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

 

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

In this episode, Ira talks with Vijay Nallawala about his journey with Bipolar Disorder. Together, they reflect on what happens when pain gets romanticised, why early treatment matters, and how hope can still coexist with struggle.

 

It’s a conversation about honesty — about seeing things as they are, not as they’re often portrayed or what we may like them to be.

 

Because understanding starts with awareness.

And awareness begins with curiosity.

 

For more information, click here.

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

How much of who we are comes from where we come from?

And how do we make peace with the parts of our story that began before we had a say?

 

In this episode, Ira sits down with Nuzhat Khan to explore the complicated relationship between our parents, our past, and the people we grow up to be. Seen through a psychoanalytical lens, it emerges as a conversation about understanding without resentment, and healing without losing accountability.

 

Because blame is unhelpful.

And curiosity works like a charm.

 

For more information, click here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

Why is it so hard to find a clear reason when it comes to the mind?

In this episode, Ira talks with Swanand Kelkar about his experience, being the child of someone living with a mental illness and how his understanding of mental health has shifted over the years. From searching for neat explanations to recognising that sometimes, there isn’t a simple “why.”

It’s a conversation about letting go of the need to make everything make sense, and finding peace — and even strength — in that uncertainty.

Because sometimes, curiosity isn’t about answers.

It’s about learning to sit with the questions.

For more information, click here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

The internet is a permanent part of our lives. It isn’t going anywhere.

But then, neither is your child’s curiosity.

 

In this episode, Ira sits down with Kiran Rao and Dr. Shekhar Seshadri to talk about raising kids in a screen-saturated world — how to prepare them for the world (whatever that world may look like), and how to adapt our parenting to the fast-changing realities of the digital age. The positives, the pit falls and everything in between.

 

Because in the end, what matters most isn’t control.

It’s cultivating curiosity.

 

For more information, click here. 

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

How does someone end up in addiction without even realizing it’s happening?

And what does it take to find your way out?

 

In this episode, Ira sits with Dr. Azhar Hakim, who shares his deeply personal journey through addiction — from the slide into it, to the moment he realized he was unwell, and what getting help truly meant.

This is a conversation about feelings of inadequacy, denial, despair, confusion... and awakening. For Azhar, it was when he finally stopped to ask - If I'm trying my 100%, why can't I choose my behaviour?

 

For more information, click here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

What is lived experience — and what is the role of lived-experience of a mental illness in our regular understanding of mental health and illness?

 

In this episode, Ira speaks with Dr. Kavita Arora about how reflecting on personal experiences can open up doors that science alone can't access. How engaging in conversations about lived-experience shapes how individuals and caregivers navigate their treatment and recovery - be it treatment decisions or just forging a path to better understanding. And how professionals learn, train, and evolve — not just in theory, but in the quality of care they’re able to offer.

 

Because sometimes, the most powerful shift begins by asking:

What was it like for you?

And being curious enough to truly hear the answer.

 

For more information, click here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil

 

Recorded at Island City Studios, Mumbai

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

What is therapy — and does it work?

What should you expect from it? And what’s expected of you?

 

If you've ever been curious about starting therapy (or unsure if it’s “for you”), this is a space to explore the basics — without judgment, pressure, or jargon.

 

In this episode, Ira chats with Radhika Bapat to discuss what therapy really is, what one should and should not expect from it, how understanding the process can help you take better care of yourself and why it’s okay if your therapist does not want to have coffee with you.

 

For more information, click here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Ira Khan 

 

Agatsu Foundation Team 

Research: Rohini Sen 

Art Design: Neeta Borkar

Creative Consultant: Abhishek Saha 

Theme Music: Amit Kumar (OtoAcoustic)

 

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha 

Visual Designer: Alika Gupta

Producer: Quoyina Ghosh, Ruchi Sawardekar 

Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate

Hosted by Ira Khan, the show invites you to slow down and get curious about the complexities of mental health and mental illness — not just as clinical terms, but as real parts of real life.

In a world flooded with advice, opinions, and endless content, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and walk away with more confusion than clarity. This podcast is a counter-space. A space for asking instead of assuming. For listening instead of scrolling. For wondering why we think, feel, and behave the way we do.

Joined by psychologists, artists, caregivers, people with lived experience, and fellow question-askers, Ira explores the many layers of the human experience — from how we cope and connect to how we break and rebuild.

Each episode offers a space to go deeper — whether it’s through experiences, stories, science, or shared vulnerability. No pressure to have it all figured out. Just room to explore the questions that matter.

Because maybe the most powerful thing we can do — is stay curious.

Support the show: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/donate