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S5 Ep 12 Sangeeta Pillai: Why I became a South Asian feminist & podcaster

S5 Ep 12 Sangeeta Pillai: Why I became a South Asian feminist & podcaster

FromMasala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcast


S5 Ep 12 Sangeeta Pillai: Why I became a South Asian feminist & podcaster

FromMasala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcast

ratings:
Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this extra-special final episode, Masala Podcast creator Sangeeta Pillai becomes the guest. She is interviewed by Hollywood actor & producer Melanie Chandra about the importance of South Asian feminism. Sangeeta talks about her own personal and painful experiences growing up in the Mumbai slums with an alcoholic, abusive father. She talks about seeing her mother and other South Asian women being treated badly, which inspired her to become a feminist activist. Sanegeta also talks about why it’s important for women and girls to have safe spaces like Masala Podcast. And why she will keep being a South Asian feminist and activist until her last breath.
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

This award-winning feminist podcast is all about cultural taboos. Everything from sex, sexuality, periods, menopause, porn, mental health, shame, sexual harassment & more. Considered one of the best feminist podcasts exploring intersectional feminism from a South Asian lens, Masala Podcast features some of the world's most inspiring South Asian women. The inspiring feminist Masala Podcast is the winner of multiple British Podcast Awards 2020, 2021 & 2022. Masala Podcast has been featured in the Guardian, BBC Radio, the Observer, Evening Standard, Cosmopolitan, Stylist, Eastern Eye, Huffington Post, BBC Sounds, Brown Girl Magazine, Women’s Health Austria, Deccan Herald India & more.