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S1E39 MONISHA & KEYA HATKAR - Dancing on Wheels - Redefining SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) as I M Possible.
What happens when your daily life is a high-stakes battle against biology? What happens when a "terminal" diagnosis meets an unstoppable spirit? If you are the Hatkar's, then you 'Dance on wheels.'In…
S1E38 PRADEEP & PREM - Generational change in tribal Maharashtra - EP38
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) truly going to take over jobs across India? For rural and tribal areas, this feels far from reality. Melghat was the first tiger reserve created in Maharashtra. More…
S1E37 JOANN McPIKE - The traveling school - EP37
Have you ever imagined a school without any building? Have you ever wished to take a year off and travel the world? Joann McPike has created a traveling school! Joann is a New Zealand native, an avid…
S1E36 AMBUJAM VENKATRAMAN - Secret sauce of a 'Super-Ager' - EP36
Lifestyle and pollutants of today's world has fundamentally changed the profile of health and disease. Many diseases onset or diagnosis is showing up a couple of decades earlier. In India 50% of the…
S1E35 USHA CHAUMAR - From Manual Scavenging to Padma Shri - EP35 [HINDI]
This episode we celebrate Usha Chaumar. Usha is a social worker from Alwar, Rajasthan, India. From age 7, she used to work as a manual scavenger, or do the work of maila doni as it is called in her…
S1E34 ANOOP PARIK - Education, the gateway to opportunities - EP34
Education has many obvious benefits, but did you know that Universal secondary education could virtually end child marriage, or that each year of education reduces the risk of conflict by around 20%…
S1E33 DEBORAH LEVINE - Diversity Appreciation & Inclusion - EP33
There are 7000+ different languages in the world, and 4200+ different religions, faith groups, tribes etc. Our guest, Deborah Levine, speaks about how to thrive, appreciate and encourage such…
S1E32 ZOHAIR DIWAN - Nobody Ever Sleeps Hungry - EP32
Globally, about 9% of the world’s population — 811 million people — go to bed on an empty stomach each night. Every thirteen seconds, a child dies from the effects of hunger. On the other hand, it is…
S1E31 CHITRA VISHWANATH - Sustainable & Innovative Architecture - EP31
Did you know that the construction sector contributes to 23% of air pollution, 40% of drinking water pollution, and 50% of landfill wastes? It doesn't have to be this way, Chitra Vishwanath builds…
S1E30 BOOKMARKS #5 with KANIKA SARAFF - Conversational Recap of Ep25 to Ep29 - EP30
Have you been meaning to listen to one of our episodes but haven't found the time yet? Do you want to know the high level insights across the past episodes? Then this episode is for you, curated…
S1E29 MOHD TARIQUE - Dignifying the Homeless and Destitute - [HINGLISH] - EP29
Based on the Indian Census 2011, there are 1.77 million homeless people in India. However, civil society organisations peg the number at above 3 Million. The complexity of the problem is increased by…
S1E28 JOYITA MONDAL - The First Transgender Judge of India [HINDI] - EP28
In India, 92% Transgender people are unemployed and close to 80% drop out of school. In 2014, the NALSA judgement was passed which acknowledged Transgenders as a third gender and affirmed their…
S1E27 VIREN RASQUINHA - A Quest for Olympic Champions - EP27
Did you know that a country's GDP is a predictor of performance at the Olympics? Higher income countries have consistently had a higher medal tally as compared to lower income countries. Hear this…
S1E26 ERIN GANJU - Building Rooms to Read Across the World - EP26
Did you know that 58% of global school age population are not attaining minimum proficiency levels in Reading and Math? That amounts to 357 million children. Of these 137 million children will reach…
S1E25 NARESH SIJAPATI - An Immigrant to an Entrepreneur - S01 EP25 [HINDI]
Did you know that India ranked last out of 52 countries for having the least favourable conditions for migrants. India has 456 million migrants, 99% are internal migrants and 1% are international…
S1E24 BOOKMARKS #4 with KANIKA SARAFF - A conversational recap of Ep19 to Ep23 - EP24
Have you been meaning to listen to one of our episodes but haven't found the time yet? Do you want to know the high level insights across the past episodes? Then this episode is for you, curated…
S1E23 ROBERT KABERA - Leadership in Adversity - EP23
How does one come out of experiencing a Genocide? How does it shape a person and their journey? In this episode, we celebrate Robert Kabera. Robert is a Rwanda genocide survivor, an Award-winning…
SUTAPA SANYAL - Breaking Barriers in the Police Service - EP22
The Indian Police force has around 6% women in the force. Of those women only 6% make it to an officer level. In this episode, we celebrate Sutapa Sanyal. Sutapa is an ex - IPS officer and has served…
LOPA GANDHI - Education across Contexts - EP21
According to global statistics, 61% of rural girls do not attend secondary school. This is far higher than rural boys (55%), urban girls (41%) and urban boys (40%). Deficits in girls education leads…
JABNA CHAUHAN - The Youngest Sarpanch - EP20 [HINDI]
Globally, women make up only 25% of the parliament and only 6% are Heads of State or Governments. In India, in 2019, only 8% women contest the Lok Sabha elections. At the local government level,…
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