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Jaipur BytesLies Our Mothers Told Us - The Indian Woman’s Burden: Nilanjana Bhowmick with Kanta SinghThis episode is a live session from Jaipur Literature Festival 2023!2023-08-2134 min
The Sandip Roy ShowNilanjana Bhowmick on why men prefer wives in cages and daughters to flyIn her book, Lies Our Mothers Told Us, writer and journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick talks about how middle-class homes can be a laboratory for patriarchy, and the burden that women have to bear in India. In this episode, she joins Sandip Roy to talk about what inspired her to write the book, fighting patriarchy at home, the lack of women in public spaces, a possible solution to break the cycle of caregiving burden, and much more.Produced by Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar2023-04-1646 min
The Best PodcastsYou know the drill — all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo — you’ve got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this 2015 episode, conception takes on a new form — it’s the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
This is the story of an Israeli couple, two men, who go to another continent to get themselves a baby — three, in fact — by hiring surrogates to carry the children for them. As we follow them on their journey, an earth-shaking revelation shifts our focus from them to the surrogate mothe...2023-01-2700 min
RadiolabBirthstoryYou know the drill — all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo — you’ve got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this 2015 episode, conception takes on a new form — it’s the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
This is the story of an Israeli couple, two men, who go to another continent to get themselves a baby — three, in fact — by hiring surrogates to carry the children for them. As we follow them on their journey, an earth-shaking revelation shifts our focus from them to the surrogate mothe...2023-01-271h 01
Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)BirthstoryYou know the drill — all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo — you’ve got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this 2015 episode, conception takes on a new form — it’s the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
This is the story of an Israeli couple, two men, who go to another continent to get themselves a baby — three, in fact — by hiring surrogates to carry the children for them. As we follow them on their journey, an earth-shaking revelation shifts our focus from them to the surrogate mothe...2023-01-2700 min
PartitionReflectionsIn the series finale, Neha discusses communities that live along the India/Pakistan border with author and journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick. Later, she is joined by Avani Tandon Viera and Ansh Ranvir Vohra, co-creators of the Pind Collective, a collaborative art project that transcends the borders between these two countries. Sources/Links: For villages divided between India and Pakistan, a map drawn long ago still causes daily struggles - National Geographic The Pind Collective Complete List of Sources Voiceover for Nilanjana Bhowmick provided by Alisha Sehgal https://twitter.com...2022-10-1733 min
Writing Your First Book#5 - In conversation with Nilanjana Bhowmick, Author of 'Lies Our Mothers Told Us'In this episode, Simiran converses with Nilanjana Bhowmick about writing her first book on a topic which we haven't heard much about it & what challenges she faced while writing to publishing it.2022-09-0933 min
The Real Life BuyerHow do you create Gender Balance and Diversity in the workplace for the benefit of business and ones employees? With Nilanjana Som Bhowmick.ABOUT THE GUESTProcuring Talent by the recruitment fraternity has significantly developed over the past years and in particular more thought is applied to consider such matters such as diversity hiring and gender balance.To help us understand these developments and explain the considerations, tools and tips that must be used and are available, I am delighted to introduce Nilianjana Bhowmick, Executive Director of Consus iTechnologies to the show.Nilanjana is an MBA from Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Dubai and holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Economics from Calcutta University.2022-09-0627 min