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The Suno India ShowMatter of Choice: When seeking abortion is confused for sex selectionWhat prevents women from seeking safe, legal abortions? Studies show that the awareness about abortion and its legality is very low among people. To add to the confusion, the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 or PCPNDT Act which makes sex selection illegal gives anti-abortion messages. This is the fifth and final episode of a series Matter of Choice, a series that explores how women face medical, legal and social barriers to abortions. Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Saraswati Sahu, a leader with the Chhatisgarh Mahila Mukti Morcha that works on the rig...2024-12-0523 min
The Suno India ShowMatter of Choice: How getting an abortion is linked to contraceptive useHow getting an abortion is linked to contraceptive use How a person seeking abortion is treated often relates to their contraception history. When someone seeks abortion, the health system discriminates against those who take temporary contraceptives or no contraceptives at all. The public health hospitals often deny abortion unless women undergo a permanent sterilisation or at least take a long acting contraceptive such as intrauterine devices. This is the fourth episode of a series 'Matter of Choice', a series that explores how women face. This podcast explores how these systemic denials and attitudes have classist...2024-11-2622 min
The Suno India ShowMatter of Choice: The problem with seeking abortion after turning singleThis episode explores the barriers faced by women who are pregnant before they turn single, either by widowhood or marital separation, or any other reason. This is the third episode of a series Matter of Choice, a series that explores how women face medical, legal and social barriers to abortions. In this episode, Menaka Rao speaks with a woman whose husband died when she was pregnant, leaving her to make the tough choice. We discuss the legal precedents in relation to women who sought an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy when they were either widowed or separated. ...2024-11-0412 min
The Suno India ShowMatter of Choice: Why women seeking abortions in Delhi go from doctor to doctorThis is the second episode of a series Matter of Choice, a series that explores how women face medical, legal and social barriers to abortions. This episode is based in Delhi where despite facilities, women are given a run-around for abortions. In this episode, Menaka Rao speaks to three women who had a hard time seeking abortion in the country’s capital. These women were either treated with disrespect, or asked for very hefty fees in the private sector, often with very little assurance that the provider will provide abortion. Menaka speaks to these women at the non-profit Parivar Se...2024-10-1715 min
The Suno India ShowMatter of Choice: Abortions inaccessible, how these women sufferedAbortion is legal in India with certain conditions. But it is hard to access in many parts of the country, especially in rural India. An estimated eight women die everyday from abortions in India. This series called - Matter of Choice- will explore how women face medical, legal and social barriers to abortion. In this first episode, Menaka Rao goes to villages in Azamgarh where women have little or no options for legal abortions. Blind alley abortions are common, with unqualified doctors or quacks offering abortion, putting the women’s lives at risk. What is it like to u...2024-09-1919 min
The Suno India ShowYear in the life of a former death convictIt has been more than a year since the Supreme court released Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary in March 2023. Narayan was convicted along with his co-accused for gruesome murders in Pune and sentenced to death. But after 28 years of jail, the Supreme court released him as per the Juvenile Justice Act after it was proved that he was just 12 years old at the time of offence. How is he coping with life outside jail? In this podcast, Menaka Rao visited him in his village in Bikaner to understand how Narayan is managing life in society. Se...2024-08-1925 min
The Suno India ShowPost-election fallout: Will the mainstream media reform?Since the 2024 General Election results have been declared, questions have been raised about the way mainstream media had represented the Indian voters’ sentiment. We want to highlight the work of a media collective, ChalChitra Abhiyaan that works in Western Uttar Pradesh, and recorded people’s discontent about the government. Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Nakul Singh Sawhney, a documentary filmmaker who made several films including the widely acclaimed Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai on the religious riots that broke out in UP’s Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts in 2013. He is the founder of the film and media collectiv...2024-06-0821 min
The Suno India ShowMan who turned blind after taking kala azar medicine regain vision after surgeryIn April 2024, that is last month, Suno India published the story featuring Iliyas Marandi, a 23-year-old tribal man who lost his eyesight after taking miltefosine drug for Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis, a skin manifestation of the deadly Kala-azar. This May, he underwent a corneal implant surgery at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Iliyas after the surgery, and his doctor, Dr Rakhi Kusumesh. This is Iliyas’s second corneal implant. In 2022, the World Health Organization stated that 83 cases in India had possible links to miltefosine intake. While the government issued guidelines in 20...2024-05-2711 min
Adult Child of DysfunctionEp. 76: Breathwork Transforms Lives and Helps Healing: Guest Menaka RaoToday, we have a very special guest joining us on our journey of healing and self-discovery. Please welcome Menaka Rao, a remarkable Transformational Coach and Alignment Mentor, who has a powerful story to share.Menaka's journey from being a Data Analyst to finding her true calling as a coach is truly inspiring. Drawing from her expertise in Human Design, NLP, Energy work like EFT, and Intuitive Coaching, she specializes in guiding empaths through the challenging terrain of narcissistic abuse towards a path of self-empowerment and alignment with their higher purpose.But what sets Menaka apart...2024-05-1746 min
The Suno India ShowKala-azar elimination - A drug treating kala-azar is affecting patients’ eyesightThis is the last episode in the series on Kala Azar reported by Suno India’s Menaka Rao. The Indian government has said that it has hit the elimination target for Kala-azar, a parasitic disease that is life-threatening. But miltefosine, the drug used to treat the skin manifestation of Kala-azar, called Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL), is being linked to eye problems, including blindness. The government has taken steps to try to reduce the side effects in 2021, but not much has been done for those who have lost their eyesight either in one eye or both, poss...2024-04-2019 min
The Suno India ShowWhat turns structures 'illegal' and dooms them to demolition?On 28th February 2024, Wakeel Hassan, Uttarakhand Tunnel rescue hero once again made headlines when his house was razed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The demolition of Hassan’s house was the most recent in the spate of evictions across the country. There have been questions over why the government disproportionately targets working-class and minority community people such as Wakeel Hassan. Here is an extended cut of an interview with Dr. Ghazala Jamil from an episode of the Suno India Show where Suno India’s Menaka Rao reported on the aftermath of the April 2022 Jahangirpuri riot followed by a...2024-03-0127 min
The Suno India ShowLive-in relationships under Uttarakhand’s new lawIn this episode of The Suno India Show shorts, we talk about the live-in relationships as defined under Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code Bill that was passed on February 7, 2024. Suno India’s Menaka Rao and Sneha Richhariya discuss the law threadbare and why it should matter to everyone in India. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.2024-02-1908 min
The Suno India ShowKala-azar elimination - The elusive sandfly that continues to fox scientistsEven though Kala-azar is closer to elimination in the country, questions related to how the disease spreads still remain unanswered. Only recently, scientists in India and Bangladesh have understood the dynamics of how Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis or PKDL, the skin manifestation of the disease, spreads kala-azar. For the third podcast in the series on kala-azar, Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Dr Rahul Chaubey, entomologist at Kala-azar Medical Research Centre, Muzaffarpur to understand the latest in vector research. Reporting for this story was supported by the MSF-DNDi Grant on Neglected Tropical Diseases as part of th...2024-01-3025 min
The Suno India ShowKala-azar Elimination - The impressive decline of the disease in IndiaKala Azar was a public health problem in India till recently. In 2023, the disease is close to the elimination target set up by the World Health Organisation. As per the WHO target, there should be less than one case per 10,000 population at block level. In this second podcast in a series on Kala Azar, Suno India’s Menaka Rao reports on the key contributions of various stakeholders and policies. She spoke to Dr Shyam Sundar, who runs the Kala Azar Medical Research Centre, in Muzaffarpur, Dr Krishna Pandey, Director of Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna, an...2024-01-3027 min
The Suno India ShowWhat India's youth think of Ram temple in Ayodhya?This was a very sombre Republic Day, coming in a few days after the inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024, churning up questions on the secular nature of our country. The inauguration of the Ram Mandir marks a significant chapter in our country’s history. The temple's construction replaced the 16th-Century Babri masjid, which was demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992, leading to nationwide riots and the tragic loss of nearly 2,000 lives, after the Supreme court allowed it. This became a national event, even though we have a sizable population of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, among others. Suno...2024-01-2838 min
The Suno India ShowKala-azar Elimination - A doubly neglected tropical diseases poses public health challengeKala Azar, a deadly parasitic disease, is very close to elimination in India. As per the World Health Organisation, the definition of elimination is the annual incidence of less than one case per 10,000 population at block level. The last few districts which are on the borderline remain in Jharkhand, and public officials appear confident that this year, the country may achieve the elimination target. The target has to be kept for 3 years for it to receive a WHO tag. Suno India is publishing a series of podcasts related to Kala Azar elimination. Suno India’s Menaka Rao tr...2023-12-2328 min
The Suno India ShowHow can the internet be a safe space for queer children?On November 21, Pranshu who is a 16-year old queer child, died of suicide in Ujjain. The school going child was a self taught makeup artist, with nearly 17,000 followers on Instagram. Pranshu posted a reel dressed in a sari, which went viral during Diwali, getting more than 4000 comments, most of which were homophobic in nature. Last year, another class 10 student, Aarvey Malhotra died of suicide. His mother, Aarti Malhotra has alleged that Aarvey was bullied mercilessly in school on account of his sexuality, and that his school authorities were not responsive to their complaints and failed to protect...2023-12-1929 min
The Suno India ShowWhat women want - Can Nirbhaya Centres do better to respond to gender violence?This December we mark 11 years of the gang rape and death of Jyoti Singh – or Nirbhaya. As a response to the Delhi 2012 incident, the government started the Nirbhaya Fund and Nirbhaya centres across the country. In this episode, we look at what women want versus what they get. Today, there are over 733 Nirbhaya Centres–or One-Stop Crisis Centres–across India; one in every district. However, these centres rarely function as hospital-based crisis centres i.e., they often operate in parallel with the police rather than in coordination with the hospitals. Experts say this is a missed opportunity, as hosp...2023-12-0830 min
Flow RisingThe Design of Human Healing-With Menaka RaoIn this episode, I had a lovely conversation with Menaka Rao about how her understanding and implementation of Human Design have been instrumental in her healing journey.
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The Suno India ShowOur bodies, their choicesOn October 16, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court rejected the abortion plea of a 27-year-old mother of two boys. She moved the court as she was suffering from postpartum psychosis after her second child. She was more than 6 months pregnant, and had crossed the 24-week barrier that is prescribed in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. This case is significant because a two-judge bench had given an order permitting the abortion. But the case flipped after a doctor from All India Institute of Medical Sciences doctor raised clarifications with the bench seeking a specific directive to s...2023-10-2636 min
The Suno India ShowCan journalists be compelled to hand over electronic devices? On October 3, 2023, the Delhi police arrested the founder and editor-in-chief of Newsclick Prabir Purkayastha, and the Human resources head, Amit Chakraborty -under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act). The same day it raided the homes and offices of 46 people including reporters, columnists and commentators associated with the news portal and seized their laptops, phones and other devices for further examination. In a letter to the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud at least 18 press bodies have expressed alarm over the impingement of press freedom and spoken about the need to urgently is...2023-10-1233 min
Authentically You Podcast19: Menaka Rao ON How Narcissistic Abuse Lead her to her Authentic SelfWelcome to the Authentically You Podcast, where we celebrate the beauty of embracing one's true self.
Join us as we dive into captivating conversations and inspiring stories that explore the journey to authenticity, self-discovery, and personal growth.
Each episode brings you thought-provoking insights, practical tips, and heartfelt discussions, empowering you to live a life that is unapologetically genuine and authentically YOU. Each episode will also leave you feeling inspired and motivated to embrace your true self, unapologetically. Get ready to be inspired, challenged, and uplifted as we embark on this transformative quest together. Tune in a...2023-10-0241 min
The Soulful MindFrom Analyst to Transformational Coach with Menaka RaoMenaka Rao moved to the us when she got married and was very successful at her job. It was a big blow when she lost her job and it first sent her into a dark place, but ultimately cascaded into a spiritual transformation. She has since gone through a divorce and moved back to India being a different person. She now shares her experience to help others through their spiritual awakening.Menaka Rao is a former Data Analyst turned Transformational Coach and an Alignment Mentor. She specializes in Human Design, NLP, Energy work like EFT, and Intuitive...2023-09-2530 min
The Suno India ShowKiran Bedi interview - How to create a civilized prisonThe goal of imprisonment is reformation and reintegration within society. From the 50s, prisoners were not seen as individuals with rights and there was barely any focus on their well-being and health, let alone vocational guidance or life skills. In 1993, when Kiran Bedi took over as Inspector General of Tihar Jail in Delhi and transformed it by introducing education, mediation, vocational training, medical aid, improved diet and living conditions. She won the Magsaysay Award in 1994. She established the India Vision Foundation in 1994 after she was conferred the award. The Foundation has various programmes for prisoners- both for...2023-09-1313 min
Magical Healing And Awakening23. Self-Empowerment and Meeting the Archangels with Mary ArmendarezIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I have a Special Guest, Mary Armendarez, a Motivational Speaker, an Intuitive Healer, and a Power Retrieval Coach sharing her wisdom.
Some of the topics that I got to cover with Mary in this episode are:
Mary's journey
How to stay empowered in life
Meeting the Archangels Meditation
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The Suno India ShowInconvenient facts- How rejecting data sets has become routineThe Central government recently suspended Professor KS James, the director of the International Institute of Population Studies, that works with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to conduct important studies such as National Family Health Survey, Global Adult Tobacco Survey among others. The government cited irregularities in recruitment as the reason for suspension, as academics came out in support of him. The opposition parties claim that this suspension reflects the government’s uneasy relationship with data-based evidence. In 2019, PC Mohanan from the National Statistical Commission quit saying that one of the reasons was the late rel...2023-08-1831 minMagical Healing And Awakening22. Understanding the Pulse of Timing for Making Changes and TransitionsIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I am sharing the replay of the Live video that I did for Understanding the Pulse of Timing for making changes and transitions on Social Media platforms like Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Some of the topics I am covering in that Live video are:
How to strategize before transitioning
How to tune in to your body’s internal wisdom when making decisions to transition
An EFT Tapping routine to help with transitioning
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Some of the topics I am covering in this episode are:
Importance of Self-worth
Why one tends to feel unworthy
5 Steps to overcoming feelings of Unworthiness
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The Suno India ShowHow a 12-year-old was left on his own to face a death penaltyOn March 27, 2023 the Supreme Court released a death row convict, Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary on ground that he was a juvenile at the time of his arrest. Narayan convicted for gruesome murders in Pune where eight people were killed in 1994. Despite being on the death row, Narayan decided to educate himself. This journey led him to a path where he realised he was a juvenile at the time of offence, which was finally proved this year. In this episode, Suno India's Menaka Rao speaks with Narayan and his lawyer, Shreya Rastogi. Rastogi who is the founding member of...2023-05-1944 minMagical Healing And Awakening20. How to identify self-sabotaging patterns + Identify them by Human Design TypeIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I am talking about How to identify self-sabotaging patterns + Identify them by Human Design Type.
Some of the topics I am covering in this episode are:
How to identify self-sabotaging patterns
Where these self-sabotaging patterns come from
Why we tend to self-sabotage
Identify these self-sabotaging patterns by Human Design Type
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2023-05-1816 minMagical Healing And Awakening19. Limiting Beliefs in ProjectorsIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I am talking about Limiting Beliefs in Projectors.
Some of the topics I am covering in this episode are:
8 common Limiting Beliefs that tend to hold Projectors back
How to overcome such Limiting Beliefs
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The Suno India ShowWhat does Rajasthan's Right To Health Bill mean to doctors and patients?The Rajasthan Right to Health Bill was passed on March 21, 2023. The Bill charts out patient rights and provides a mechanism to ensure proper implementation of the rights. However, private doctors have been protesting this Bill. Suno India’s Menaka Rao tries to understand the discontentment. She spoke to Chhaya Pachauli, a health rights activist in Rajasthan representing Jan Swasthya Abhiyan in Rajasthan, a network of health rights activists and organisations across the country. She also spoke to Dr Tarun Patni, a practising pediatrician from Jaipur and former president of Jaipur Medical Association and Dr Ajay Chaudhary, president of...2023-04-0331 min
The Suno India ShowAssam child marriage arrests: Can jailing those violating child marriage laws end the problem?This is the second episode in the two-part series on the crackdown on child marriages in Assam. Since February 2, the Assam government has arrested more than 3000 people for violating the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. Some were also arrested under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 or POCSO that can attract punishment up to life imprisonment. Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Bharati Ali about the consequences of this kind of punitive action against child marriage, Bharati Ali a child rights activist based in Delhi. She is the executive director of Haq Centre for...2023-02-2434 minMagical Healing And Awakening18. Human Design and the Types in itIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I am talking about Human Design and the Types in it.
Some of the topics I am covering in this episode are:
What is Human Design and What it is not
Why you should know about it
The Types in Human Design
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The Suno India ShowHow to read budget using a feminist lensThe Union budget is presented every year in February. But how do we know that the budget allocations are equitable? While most budget speeches talk about “empowerment” of women and other marginalised genders, does this translate into policy? To answer these questions, Suno India’s Menaka Rao, spoke to Dr Vibhuti Patel. She is part of the Feminist Policy Collective, an independent network of feminist academic researchers, policy experts, and campaigners. Dr Patel has been with the feminist movement in India for decades, and is the vice-president of Indian Association for Women’s Studies. She retired from the Econo...2023-02-1036 minMagical Healing And Awakening17. How to Stop Overthinking your PurposeIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I am talking about how you to stop overthinking your purpose.
I have now launched a New Course called Align with Purpose that is now available on Udemy, so in this episode, I am walking you through what it would look like to take this Course that will not only help you stop overthinking your purpose but also start becoming an energetic match with it.
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The Suno India ShowAIIMS cyber attack- How to make institutions more accountable for digital safetyIn November, there was a ransomware attack on the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. Patients suffered as the cyber systems were completely shut down for a few days and were running only manually. As AIIMS cyber systems are slowly limping back to normal, Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Dr. Muktesh Chander, an IPS officer who was the founder and director of the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre that started in 2010. He is an expert on matters related to cybersecurity and spoke about how it is important to consider putting cybersecurity mechanisms in...2022-12-1626 min
The Suno India ShowWhy IT jobs are precariousRecently many Information technology-based companies including Meta, Twitter, Byju’s, Unacademy among others announced layoffs. Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Aabid Firdausi, a Ph.D. scholar in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His focus is on labour relations and unionisation. In 2020, he wrote a paper on unionisation at the IT industry in Kerala after conducting fieldwork at an IT park in Thiruvananthapuram. Aabid spoke about the history of the IT industry in India, and the precarity of the jobs in this sector. Reference (PDF) The IT Industry and Employment in India: A Critical Reasse...2022-12-1223 minMagical Healing And Awakening16. How to Stop Overthinking EverythingIn this episode of the Magical Healing and Awakening Podcast, I am talking about how you to stop overthinking everything.
Some of the topics I am covering in this episode are:
Why do we tend to overthink
What overthinking can lead to
6 ways to help you stop overthinking
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The Suno India ShowHow a collective got back jobs of more than 100 IT employeesIn November 2022, Edtech firm Byju's announced 2500 layoffs. However, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala after intervention by a welfare organization called Pratidhwani, Byju restored about 150 jobs of those in Thiruvananthapuram. This is the first podcast in a two-part series about IT sector layoffs. This podcast is about specific strategies employed by collectives, such as Pratidhwani and some unions which have been successful in negotiating for IT workers' rights. Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Vineeth Chandran, Secretary of Pratidhwani, which is a welfare organization IT employees in Kerala, and Spandan, the general secretary of the Delhi chapter of A...2022-12-0823 min
The Suno India ShowHow can the state and community take charge of the rising dog menace?In a complaint from a woman who suffered severe injuries after a pit bull attacked her, a Gurugram district consumer forum banned 11 foreign breeds of dogs in its district. Several cases related to street dogs are being heard both in high courts and the Supreme Court. Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks with Neha Panchamiya, an expert on this issue. Neha is the Founder and President of RESQ, Pune, and is an animal rescue specialist and wildlife conservationist. She is also a Managing Committee Member of the Pune District Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 2022-11-3039 min