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Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 7 : Not an ordinary MomThe age old question: how does one juggle work and family? In today’s episode: not another ordinary mom, our guest Mridvika talks us through almost a decade of mothering twin boys. Mridvika is a high powered career woman, also a podcaster passionate about bringing stories of Indian mothers in her own podcast just an ordinary In fact, I had the privilege of appearing as a guest on her podcast and tell my story as well. (Find it here) In the episode today, Mridvika shares her experiences during a grueling pregnancy which saw her bed bound for mon...2023-02-181h 07

Just an Ordinary MomEpisode 20. Veena HariIn ep 20, Veena debunks the commonly perpetuated myth that women have natural maternal instincts. She talks about reproductive maternal mental health and the need for the society at large to make space for women to ask for it and receive it. She dos simple and yet very powerful advice is that if you are experiencing more bad days than good, you need to get help. This podcast was produced by manicpod, #podcastingforall 2023-01-3000 min

Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 6 : In The Same RoomHave you ever worried about that conversation you had while your child was in the room, wondering if they heard? In today’s episode, In the Same Room, guest Nishevita Aiyer takes us on an interesting journey, from the child’s point of view. We talk about some difficult questions like regret and the harm parents may unintentionally cause their children. Nishevita has a unique vantage point in this discussion, and the amount of thought she has put into each of these questions will give you so much food for thought! This episode is called in the same room, not...2023-01-231h 21

Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 5: When is the good news?Have you ever avoided going to a social occasion dreading the questions about having a child? In today’s episode When is the good news? Psychologist Shama Shah talks to us about consent or the lack of it when individual’s reproductive choices are discussed in families and social functions. We talk about being therapists in the Indian context and how our various identities play a role in the kind of therapists we are. We share our journey of coming to terms with the label feminist and explore the way it has changed over the years. Shama is so good...2022-11-171h 30

Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 4: Beyond the Gender BinaryWhat is it like for a non-binary person to explore the possibility of being a parent? Can we learn to separate gender from parenting and the parent themselves? In today's episode: Beyond the Gender Binary we explore how gender interacts with parenting with our guest Tanushree. Tanushree is a 26 yr old Queer-Trans Sexuality Educator in Delhi. While their academic background is in political science, growing up as a queer trans person in Gurgaon sexuality and how individuals experience their own gender and sexuality in a society that enforce cisheteronormativity always fascinated them. To them it was no...2022-09-171h 14

Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 3: Mothering and the Divine FeminineWe all come from a long line of mothers. A lot of our mothering also comes from the way we were mothered. In today’s episode, Mother and The Divine Feminine we look beyond the here and now and reflect on how the past impacts the way we mother. We talk to spiritual entrepreneur Neelam about the principles of the divine feminine, ancestral trauma and the mother wound. Today’s episode is slightly different from our usual stories of mothering. We explore spiritual questions and talk about larger narratives of societies and cultures, about our ancestors and their ways. Neel...2022-09-081h 35

Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 2: Spiritual MotheringWhat is it like to mother twins, one who is neurotypical and one who is neuro divergent? In today’s episode, Gopika Kapoor, neurodiversity consultant, author of 5 books, Podcast Host and mother of twins shares how having a spiritual perspective has helped her in her almost 18-year-old mothering journey. We talk about the time it takes to fall in love with children and slowing growing to enjoy them for the persons they become. We discuss the challenges of seeking help, the empty nest syndrome and of course – Mom Guilt. This conversation with Gopika was reflective, warm and full of nosta...2022-08-261h 11

Mothering with Veena HariS2 Ep 1: The Power of NarrativeWhat is the story you are telling yourself? This is a question I often use to reflect on difference between events in our life and what we make it mean. And todays podcast guest, Shruti Bharath demonstrates how the power of choosing one’s life narrative can impact one’s mothering experience. Join us as we unpeel layers of the mythology of motherhood and the reality of it in the modern Indian context. Both of us identify as Highly sensitive people – a genetic trait that refers to increased sensitivity to sensory, social and emotional cues. In short, HSPs experience life i...2022-08-201h 42

Mothering with Veena HariEp 10: Internet MotheringWe live in times of information overload, everything you can imagine exists on the internet including the how to be a good mother. But is all of that right and most importantly right for us? In todays season finale: Internet Mothering, our guest is the amazing Dr. Ashlesha Bagadia, a perinatal Psychiatrist and mother who sits down with us to make sense of this chaos. We talk about her very personal mothering journey and hop in and out of the expert role analyzing the parenting during the pandemic and the impact of mom bloggers who seem to have found...2022-06-081h 15

Sri Sathya Sai Bhajans616 - Jaya Devi Durga Gowri Shankari Parvati | Sri Sathya Sai BhajansLyrics:Jaya Devi Durga Gowri Shankari ParvatiBhuvana Mohini Lalitha Lakshmi KalavathiKamala Kamini Hari Narayani BhagavathiVeda Mata Vidya dayini Bharathi Hamsavahini Veena Pani SaraswathiMeaning: Mother Gowri is also known as Shankari, Parvati and Bhagavathi. She is Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, also known as kamala and narayani. She is also Mother Saraswathi, the Goddess of knowledge and Mother of Vedas too. She holds the Veena and has the swan as her vehicle, is also known as Bharathi.2022-05-2104 min

Mothering with Veena HariEp 9: The Art of MotheringCulture often tells mothers that making art and having children are incompatible pursuits. But is that really true? Our guest on today’s episode, Lavanya Shanbogue has proved them wrong by example. She wrote her first novel when her son was a year old and lives to share the tale with us. In the episode she kindly shared with us her interesting trajectory and how she translates the academic ideas of feminism into the practical realm of mothering. We also explore some other common tropes: the hum do and humare do requirement and the recipe to defy it, maintaining co...2022-04-091h 20

Mothering with Veena HariEp 8: PleasurehoodDid you know breastfeeding can make you orgasmic? 33% to 50% of breastfeeding mothers described breastfeeding as erotic, showing that these feelings are completely normal and common. In today’s episode: Pleasurehood we talk to Apurupa (IG handle: @inapurupriate) a lawyer-turned-sexuality educator about two seemingly antithetical areas: motherhood and pleasure. We begin by talking about the calling in and calling out culture and discuss what it means to be a bad feminist. We discuss the complex nature of mother-daughter relationships and explore non-normative ways of sexuality and relationships. This is hands down been my favourite episode to record because Ap...2022-03-251h 25

Mothering with Veena HariEp 7: More than the MotherDid you know even non-birthing partners can experience post partum depression? In today’s episode of Mothering, we talk to therapist Snehal Padhye who is doing a fellowship in perinatal mental health about the impact of the changes that happen after a new baby is born, on the entire family unit- in particular the non-birthing partners. Snehal brings her wisdom and experience and makes us reflect when does the journey of parenthood begin – when the baby is in the womb or way before that- when the baby is just an idea. A mother of a teenager herself, Snehal also shar...2022-03-111h 19

Mothering with Veena HariEp 6: The Missing ChapterTW: Miscarriage, graphic medical descriptions. There is a missing chapter in the journey to motherhood – miscarriage. In today’s episode, we talk to Dhara Ghuntla – a clinical psychologist and a college friend who shares her experience with loss. 10-15 percent of pregnancies will end in miscarriage and yet very few of us hear experiences. Dhara , brings in her insight and astute self-awareness and takes us through her very personal journey and I must warn you, I had goosebumps when she spoke. We also talk about the intersection between feminism and mental health and Dhara brings up some very i...2022-02-251h 23

Mothering with Veena HariEp 5: 4am (Mom) friendDo you have a 4 am friend? The one who knows you best and who is there for you no matter what time it is? In today’s episode, I talk to my 4 am mom friend, Menaka Warrier. When I was in the trenches during postpartum , her wisdom and humour has saved me on many days. You’re up for such a treat just listening to Menaka and the unique way she moves through the world: thoughtfully and with care. We talk about mothering as a full-time job and the nuances of her journey to becoming the parent she is. We s...2022-02-111h 23

Mothering with Veena HariEp 4: A Doctor's LensThere is a lot said about how good breastfeeding is for the baby, but what if I told you, breastfeeding is great not only for the baby, but for mothers too. In todays episode, From a Doctors Lens, our guest Dr. Taru Jindal, a gynaecologist takes us to three very different places. We start at the worst hospital in Bihar where its 11 am and a sweeper has just delivered a baby and is about to use a common needle and thread to sew up the mother. We then head to the delivery room in the first hour after a...2022-01-281h 01

Mothering with Veena HariEp 3: Mothering and ViolenceTW: Violence What if motherhood is not a blessing but a reminder of the violence that was inflicted on you? Welcome to the third episode of the mothering podcast: Mothering and Violence. In 2021, in the thick of the global pandemic, domestic violence complaints to the National Commission for women reached a 21 year high. In India, 19% women report experiencing domestic violence. In todays episode we talk about this intersection of motherhood and violence and explore what that looks like. Our guest today Aarthi Chandrasekhar is a mental health practitioner who works with...2022-01-1559 min

Mothering with Veena HariEp 2: No One Tells YouWhat happens when you cannot conceive naturally? Do conditions like endometriosis sentence you to infertility? Why is there so much secrecy around this? In today’s episode, No one tells you we have Richa Goswami, an educationist who shares with us her intimate journey to parenthood. There is a lot of information available about assisted reproductive technologies but do we really know and understand the real experiences of someone who has gone through a procedure like IVF and how that affects their lives. Our conversation ranges from raising a gender sensitive child to the...2021-12-171h 01

Mothering with Veena HariEp 1: To Have or Not to HaveHave you ever wrestled with the question of whether or not you are ready to be a parent? As a woman we carry the possibility of a thousand lives within our body but this biological possibility of being able to birth a child comes with the baggage of the assumption that you want to be a mother. Today we begin this series of explorations on mothering starting with the decision to be one. In todays episode we talk to Amrita Puryakastha –a fierce feminist and author of Everyday Revolutions. I invited her to ta...2021-12-021h 00

Alap [Tilos Rádió podcast]Jog, JogiaNishat Khan - SitarRaga Jogia Bhimsen Joshi - VocalRaga Jogia (Hari Ka Bhed Na Paya) Amjad Ali Khan - SarodSamta Prasad - TablaRaga Desh Samta Prasad (1921-1994)Egy igazán ritkaságszámba menő szólófelvétel a múlt század egyik legnagyszerűbb tablajátékosától. Samta Prasad- TablaSolo in Tintalahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samta_Prasad Rashid Khan- VocalRaga Jog Vishwa Mohan B...2017-01-151h 55

Alap [Tilos Rádió podcast]Jog, Jogiya >> Samta PrasadNishat Khan - SitarRaga JogiaAmiata Records-16 Bhimsen Joshi - VocalRaga Jogia (Hari Ka Bhed Na Paya) Amjad Ali Khan - SarodSamta Prasad - TablaRaga Desh Samta Prasad- TablaSolo in TintalaEMI 7243 5 65881 2 7Samta Prasad info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samta_Prasad ***** **Rashid Khan **- VocalRaga JogVenus VCDE-187 **Vishwa Mohan Bhatt **- Mohan-VeenaRaga Rageshri***** Sultan Khan - Sa...2011-08-142h 00

raagarasikaEpisode 55: Special Rasikas’ Voice With Listener Renditions -- Part VIIn this segment, we feature a submission on the violin from nine year old Sri. Hari Santhanam of Pennsylvania, USA. His submission is a varnam "Ninnu Kori" in the raaga Mohanam. Vidya uses this submission to elaborate on how varnams are used by students of Carnatic music to obtain rhythmic and melodic mastery. Vidya illustrates how varnams can be used for advanced rhythmic techniques by singing a segment of the Mohanam varnam in Tisra gati wherein each beat is divided into three sub-units as compared to the original of four sub-units. We finish the segment with a tanam on veena...2009-12-2314 min