Women Uninterrupted met Indumathi at one of her Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCC) where she was supervising her workers who live with their families in sheds adjacent to the Centre. She also runs a Textile Recovery Factory and has often been a voice for waste-pickers on international platforms. 

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu in which we host conversations between women about women. This episode was originally recorded in Tamil. 

Host: Anna Thomas  

Guest: Indumathi 

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad 

Seema Gupta is a powerful advocate for women in business. She operates a drone service centre for farmers under a central sector scheme. In this episode, Seema tells us that getting women into the workforce requires a sensitive approach that must involve the whole household.

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu in which we host conversations between women about women. This episode was originally recorded in Hindi.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guest: Seema Gupta

Seema’s voiceover: Nidhi Gupta

Title music: Maya Dwaraka

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu. We host difficult and uninterrupted conversations between women, with an inter-generational focus.

In this episode, we feature the story of a woman with many stories – of the days in her life as a masseuse, her relationship with her teenage daughter and the story of a missing husband.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guest: Manju K. Viswanath

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu which hosts intergenerational conversations between women and about women.

In Season 7, we talk to women who contribute to the informal economy.

This episode features the talented Selvi, a multi-lingual cook, domestic worker and businesswoman.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guests: Selvi & Jasmin Velu

Production: Anna Thomas for The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu which hosts conversations between women and about women.

In Season 7, we talk to women who contribute to the informal economy. The first episode features a former nun - later a survivor of domestic violence - who has worked many odd jobs. She now represents over 12,000 low-wage women workers in the garment industry.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guests: Thivya Rakini & Tasmin Kurien

Production: Anna Thomas for The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu that brings you important conversations between women. In Season 6, we explore the stories of women working in the social sector.

On Episode 5, we talk to the woman who is “fighting one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world.”

Host: Anna Thomas

Guest: Dr Sunitha Krishnan

Production: Anna Thomas - The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu that brings you important conversations between women. In Season 6, we explore the stories of women working in the social sector.

On Episode 4, we talk about a campaign that aims to influence male nano and micro influencers.

Host: Anna Thomas

Guest: Lora Prabhu

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu that brings you inter-generational conversations between women. In Season 6, we explore the stories behind women working in the social sector.

Episode 3 features a young Indian-Australian co-founder of a non-for-profit that aims to empower young women of refugee background as future leaders.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guest: Tahmara (Thomas) Toneyson

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu, hosting uninterrupted and intimate conversations between women, with an inter-generational focus.

In Season 6, we explore the stories behind women working in the social sector.

Listen to why it might be hard to fit in “because you are different, or because you question too much, or because you raise some challenges which no one wants to think about,” but why this activist would not be happy doing anything else.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guest: Geetha Menon

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad

Women Uninterrupted is a podcast by The Hindu, hosting uninterrupted and intimate conversations between women, with an inter-generational focus.

In Season 6, we explore the stories behind women working in the social sector.

Episode 1 features a journalist and human rights advocate at a GCC-based advocacy organisation that aims to advance the rights of migrant workers.

Host: Anna Thomas 

Guest: Vani Saraswathi

Production: Anna Thomas with The Scribbling Pad