The Indian Edit

From Bharatnatyam in India to modern dance at the Guggenheim, my latest guest embodies both range and depth in her movement practice, insights which she now shares with young people in her role as an educator. Choreographer, performer, and founder of Thresh Performing Arts Collaborative, Preeti Vasudevan joins me in this chat about dance, identity, and story telling which will inspire you to move (even if you’re as ungraceful as I am).

Listen now below or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 66:

Learn more about Preeti and Thresh at https://www.threshdance.org/

Connect with them on Instagram

BOOKS and MORE:

Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata by Karthika Nair

Two books of essays on dance I really enjoyed:

Through the Eyes of a Dancer: Selected Writings by Wendy Perron

Dance in America: A Reader's Anthology: A Library of America Special Publication by Mindy Aloff & Robert Gottlieb including an interesting essay by Susan Sontag

Two kids books about dance:

A graphic novel my daughter and I loved: To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel & Mark Siegel

On my list to read: A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Sustainability is on all our minds these days, but sometimes it’s hard to sift through the noise and the greenwashing to make choices that are truly earth-friendly. Shila Wattamwar helps me navigate this important topic by sharing both financial and lifestyle advice based on her expertise in sustainable investing and as founder of the Sustainable Me platform. Hear how this pre-med student veered into finance and then sustainability on this new episode, and join Shila’s February Challenge for this month (or year)!

Grab a drink of your choice (sustainable wine!?) and listen now on your favorite podcast app, or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 65:

Find Shila at Sustainable Me! website and on instagram

Shila’s investment work at Morningstar

BOOKS and MORE:

Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability Into Billion-Dollar Businesses

Delicious by Ruth Reichl

Fashionopolis: Why What We Wear Matters

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

A great honor to bring you my latest guest author, musician, educator and environmentalist Leela Gour Broome who shares her love of the natural world with children through her books and teaching. Currently based on her farm outside Pune, she brings her deep knowledge of life on the tea plantations of South India to her books Flute in the Forest and The Anaishola Chronicle. Check out all four of her books for kids set in an Indian context, and hear her fascinating story of growing up with an Indian father and Dutch mother as an Army kid all over India. We discuss the urgent need for kids to spend time in and to know the nature that surrounds them, the importance of books that reflect kids’ own culture and so much more!

Brew yourself a cup of chai and join me on this trip to the tea plantations via your favorite podcast app, or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 64:

Connect with Leela on instagram and twitter

Find her books here or other online stores

BOOKS and MORE:

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Happy 2022! To kick off this New Year, I’m delighted to bring you someone who has energized the online sari world with her style and substance! Amanpreet Birgisson joins me in this chat and shares her journey from her childhood in a Sikh family in Ranchi to designing homes in Washington D.C. where she lives with her Icelandic husband and two sons. Her thoughtful and beautifully styled posts on Instagram sharing her passion for saris inspire me every day and have struck a chord with an equally passionate group of sari sisters around the world!

Grab a champagne or chai and listen now on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 63:

Connect with Aman at the. saree.scene on instagram

Check out her sari edit at the AB Studio Annex

BOOKS and MORE:

Saris: Tradition and Beyond by Rta Kapur Chishti and Martand Singh

Hegel's  Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics

The Analysis of Beauty by William Hogarth

The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin

The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton

The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses by Juhani Pallasmaa

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Give kids the gift of an adventurous palate this holiday season! My New York based guest Sarah Thomas has followed her passions from the worlds of Renaissance literature to food and wine and now children’s picture books as founder of a new company Kalamata’s Kitchen. I love her commitment to sharing her knowledge and passion with kids and their grown-ups!

Join me as we talk all things food, wine and books, and don’t miss Sarah’s fabulous champagne recommendations for your upcoming holiday celebrations! Listen now here or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 62:

Connect with Sarah and Kalamata’s Kitchen on their website and instagram

Buy the book on their website or here!

Don’t miss the fantastic Taste Bud Travel Guide

Le Bernardin New York

CHAMPAGNE CHAT:

Pierre Peters

Chartogne-Taillet

Larmandier-Bernier

Dhondt-Grellet

BOOKS and MORE:

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The much slimmer new novel Piranesi also by Susanna Clarke

Dune by Frank Herbert

I cook in color : bright flavors from my kitchen and around the world by Asha Gomez and Martha Hall Foose

Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Ever wondered what really goes into a bottle of fine fragrance? Join me down the rabbit hole of niche perfumery with perfume creator, entrepreneur, architect and author Jahnvi Lakhota Nandan. Now based in Paris and Goa, Jahnvi trained with master perfumers in France before launching her own line, available at Good Earth stores in India, and online, including bespoke orders. Learn about the world of scent and its incredible connection to our emotions and memories from this charming and poetic guide!

Listen here now or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 61:

Connect with Jahnvi and The Perfume Library on instagram

Try The Perfume Library’s - Aphtoori Absolue

A wonderful article in Travel & Leisure magazine about Jasmine by Shoba Narayan featuring Jahnvi

Sacha’s Shop in Goa

PERFUME CHAT:

Parfum d’Empire Musk Tonkin

Parfums de Nicolai

Sisley fragrances

Chanel

One of my favorites: Serge Lutens’ Feminite du Bois

Comme des Garcons Incense Series Kyoto & Avignon

Dune by Christian Dior

BOOKS and MORE:

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Smell by Radhika Jha

Perfumes: The A-Z guide by Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez

The Nose by Gogol

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Grab a cup of chai, a glass of champagne, or go for a walk and hear how my new favorite book series starring Perveen Mistry, lawyer and sleuth extraordinaire, was created! Author of this historical mystery series which includes The Widows of Malabar Hill, The Satapur Moonstone, and The Bombay Prince, Sujata Massey tells me her own story of journalism, Japan and more on the latest episode of the podcast!

Listen now on your favorite podcast app, or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 60:

Sujata Massey’s website and instagram

Go buy Perveen Mistry and Sujata’s other books at Bookshop.org

Follow us on Instagram for more on our guests and everything we mentioned in this episode!

BOOKS and MORE:

Soniah Kamal’s Unmarriageable

Harini Nagendra’s upcoming mystery set in Bengaluru The Bangalore Detectives Club and her previous Cities and Canopies

Nev Marsh’s Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery

Rohinton Mistry’s work

Amitav Ghosh’s books

Pico Iyer’s Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far-East

Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

How does someone with an Economics degree turn a love of stories into a career? Tune in to hear Bombay-based Tara, the founder of Bound India, share her journey from book-loving kid to publishing entrepreneur and podcaster. You maybe surprised by her favorite format and time of day for reading, and stay tuned until the end for reviews to find your next amazing read!

Listen now on your favorite podcast app or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 59:

Listen to Books & Beyond on iTunes

Bound India website & instagram

Connect with Tara via her instagram

Young Blood: Ten Terrifying College Tales by Chandrima Das (edited by Bound)

The Girls in Green by Tanushree Poddar (edited by Bound)

BOOKS and MORE:

Mountain Tales: Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings by Saumya Roy. Different title in the US: Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai

Paper Moon by Rehana Munir

Why Men Rape: An Indian Undercover Investigation by Tara Kaushal

Early Indians : The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From by Tony Joseph

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Indian historical non-fiction by Manu Pillai

S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Stephen Fry’s Mythos

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Your Turn: How to Be an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED talk The Danger of a Single Story

Maya Shankar’s A Slight Change of Plans podcast

Business Wars podcast

The Habit Coach podcast

Follow us on Instagram for more on our guests and everything we mentioned in this episode!

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Happy October! The podcast is back! Join me and my delightful new guest in a journey to the Great North - Shayan Pandole is a food & beverage industry veteran who found herself leaving New York and moving to Iceland to join her husband’s family restaurant in the remote Westfjords. The Soho House and Ritz Carlton seem a world apart from the fish restaurant in a medieval timber tavern where I met Shayan while traveling in Iceland this summer. Take a trip with us to experience this beautiful country and different way of life!

Listen now below or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 58:

Visit Tjöruhúsið in the beautiful town of Ísafjörður

Connect with the restaurant on Facebook

Connect with Shayan via her instagram

BOOKS and MORE:

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Haruki Murakami’s books on Bookshop.org

Kazuo Ishiguro’s books on Bookshop.org

Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was: A Novel by Sjón

Heida: A Shepherd at the Edge of the World by Steinunn Siguroardottir

Follow us on Instagram for more on our guests and everything we mentioned in this episode!

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

I had so much fun speaking with author Sonali Dev, creator of Bollywood-style love stories with a multicultural cast of characters you will definitely root for! I love her Bay Area based, Jane Austen inspired series based on the Raje family - the latest of which just released and is a great end of summer read!

Join me in hearing how this architect turned into a full-time author, how being too chatty got her everywhere in life and what’s next for her and the fabulous Rajes! Listen now on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 57:

Connect with Sonali via her website and instagram

Sonali’s books on Bookshop.org and Amazon.com

Jane Austen - because it’s time for a re-read!

JANE AUSTEN SCREEN ADAPTATIONS WE DISCUSSED:

Pride & Prejudice (Colin Firth edition) and the Keira Knightley one

Persuasion (1995)

Ang Lee’s Sense & Sensibility with interesting commentary on how Emma Thompson’s screenplay updated the men in the best possible way in The Atlantic

BOOKS and MORE:

Write my name across the sky by Barbara O’Neal

The Dating Plan by Sara Desai

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Follow us on Instagram for more on our guests and everything we mentioned in this episode!

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

Join me in hearing how this architect turned into a full-time author, how being too chatty got her everywhere in life and what’s next for her and the fabulous Rajes! Listen now on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or iTunes and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so the voices of these inspiring women can be heard all over the world!