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Bangalore-based Rashmi Vasudeva's journalism has appeared in many Indian and international publications over the past decade. A features writer with over nine years of experience heading a health and fitness supplement in a mainstream Indian newspaper, her niche areas include health, wellness, fitness, food, nutrition and Indian classical Arts.
Her articles have appeared in various publications including Mint-Wall Street Journal, The Hindu, Deccan Herald (mainstream South Indian newspaper), Smart Life (Health magazine from the Malayala Manorama Group of publications), YourStory (India's media technology platform for entrepreneurs), Avantika (a noir arts and theatre magazine), ZDF (a German public broadcasting company) and others.
In 2006, she was awarded the British Print-Chevening scholarship to pursue a short-term course in new-age journalism at the University of Westminster, U.K. With a double Masters in Globalisation and Media Studies from Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), University of Amsterdam and Swansea University in Wales, U.K., she has also dabbled in academics, travel writing and socio-cultural studies. Mother to a frisky toddler, she hums 'wheels on the bus' while working and keeps a beady eye on the aforementioned toddler's antics.
Conversations About All The Topics You Do Not Want To Talk About
Death, sex and money is the name of the podcast -- that just about covers every taboo conversation that can ever be had. And that is precisely the stated purpose of this wonderfully honest podcast which features conversations with celebrities as well as listeners about topics that we normally balk at or hesitate to talk about.
What is particularly endearing is the fact that the host interacts with the listeners with the same kind of understanding, patience and frankness as she does with celebrity guests. And as many listeners of the show have expressed, hearing strangers’ frank conversations about topics that you are unable to talk about openly, works in cathartic ways. Take for instance the latest episode that features actor Daniel K. Isaac, who grew up with a conservative devout Christian mother and how he came out to her. Initially, he wanted her help to stop himself from being gay, but later he realised how futile it was to fight his sexuality. And so, he came out again to his mother, this time for real. The podcast takes us through this difficult journey of his with sensitivity, nuance and a lot of heart-warming moments.
A lighter podcast is a conversation with Chef Jose Andres, who talks about how figuring out his career was very unlike understanding how to parent his three daughters. He has several insights about how ups and downs in his career as a chef affected his fatherhood and how he eventually dealt with its pitfalls.
The podcast has been running for a few years now and there is enough variety to cater to different tastes and needs.
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