IMC Radio

We talk to Dr. Manisha Gogri, MBBS, IBCLC about preparing for breastfeeding, when to choose a lactation consultant and more. Dr. Gogri's website: www.fitforbirth.net

Author Arundhati Venkatesh reads from the second book in the Bookasura series - Koobandhee , The Adventures of Bala and The Book-Barfing Monster.

#IMCRadio spoke to Sinu Joseph (cofounder of Mythri Speaks (http://www.mythrispeaks.org/) about menstruation, teaching girls about menstruation with animated videos and what is the right way to teach girls and even boys about menstruation.

IMC talks to Priyanka Talwar the author of the book You Can't Always Tell' about allergies in children and what we can do as parents to help our kids realise their allergies! Great insights on food allergies!

Marzia Hassan talks to IMC about social media, how do we teach our kids about being safe on cyber safety and what we can do to keep them safe in the virtual world.

Preethi, speaks to renowned author, Chitra Sounder on books, her perspectives on reading and what it takes to make a child enjoy books!

IMC speaks to Tanuja Sodhi on 'Parenting in the age of McDonalds' Tanuja shares her thoughts on her book, healthy eating habits in kids and how we can teach our kids to eat healthy and be healthy!

Preethi speaks Poonam Jalan, an expert counselor with YourDost.com who talks about parenting styles, emotional well being of the child and how one can strive to be a better parenting! Some parenting tips shared in the interview

The author, Chitra Soundar introduces herself and her work.

A short story.

IMC speaks with Kumar from iPaatti, iPaatti makes Tamil learning fun and interactive!

IMC chats with the women behind 3 Curious Monkeys

IMC chats with Malvika Natraj, author of Suraya's Gift. Esha says - "One thing that really stood to me while reading this book was the fun, childish atmosphere. The book is a little pocket of magic that perfectly encaptures all of my childhood fantasies. Suraya is a very relatable character, and anyone reading this book will immediately feel that they’ve found a friend."

Team IMC chats with the famous author, Anita Nair

IMC chats with Rakshita

Preethi talks with Sailaja Joshi about their new book "Let's Celebrate Diwali" being released in time for Diwali.

We chat with Gowri Nat, about her new book Little Jessie's Beach Fun, her inspiration behind the book, her favourite authors, crabs and beaches. Check out IMC's review of the book here.

Nandini Nayar talks to IMC about the Apoorva Series of books. The first book is Apoorva's Fat Diary. The second one is Meanie.com and a third one is in the works!

Vidhya chats with Shweta Aggarwal, the author of the Dev and Ollie Books

R's mom chats with Nandini Bajpai, Author of Starcursed and Red Turban White Horse

Preethi speaks to Dr. Appachu on the importance and joy of reading.

Preethi chats with Shalini Ramachandran, a Working Mom, RJ of a Bay Area radio station & famously the Admin of FB group Euphoric Delights

IMC chats with Sangeeta, Founder of Cuddly Coo...

Vidhya, IMC's CDO chats with Kanika G, author of the Tania series.

IMC's Editor, Rakhee chats with the author of Big Bully and M-Me, Arti Sonthalia

IMC chats with Kaavya Nag,the person behind Coconess. Coconess is a company that makes skin care products that are natural and chemical free.

IMC chats with Shunali Khullar Shroff, Author of Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother.

IMC chats with Sailaja, the founder of Bharat Babies. Bharat Babies is a company that is committed to producing developmentally appropriate children's books that tell the stories of India's heritage.

IMC chats with Shivangi Shah, co founder of Genius Box, a subscription service that focuses on providing elementary school aged kids with STEM experiments each month.

A reading from the book Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother by Shunali Khullar Shroff

Aarti talks with Simi Rao , Author of "The Accidental Wife" and "Inconvenient Relations".

Dr. Lailtha Appachu answers questions about raising a child's self esteem and the dilemma of a working mom concerned about losing her bond with her child, when she leaves her with her grandparents.

Aarti speaks with Bhakti Mathur, author of the Amma Tell Me... Series , includes a reading by Bhakti from her book Amma, Tell Me About Diwali. Bhakti Mathur talks about her books, researching for her books, Room to Read and her journey as a banker and author.

Reality shows opens up a lot opportunities for the contestants and brings out their talent into limelight. IMC interviewed one of the reality show star and her mom. Pragathi GuruPrasad, a very talented singer is the Vijay TV’s (Vijay channel is part of 21st Century Fox'sSTAR India) Super Singer Junior star. She is the runner up of Super Singer season 3 and she got her award from none other than the Oscar winner A.R. Rahman. Kanaka Guruprasad, Pragathi’s mom was the backbone for Pragathi's success. It’s not easy to participate in Indian reality show being an International contestant. IMC spoke with both of them about their experience and the reality show journey. “Open up the opportunities for your kids” – says Kanaka, Pragathi’s mom.

Srividhya talks with Mohan Rao, Founder of Story Truck. Mohan, a dad of two boys, talks about how a lack of indian language books being easily available in the US for his sons sparked the idea for Story Truck, how he added 700 books to the App, got them narrated, advantages of bilingualism and his favorites from the 700 book collection! Read the review of the App here: http://wp.me/p207YV-5Cg

Preethi speaks with Rashi Bahri, Founder of Shoonya Digital, maker of Hindi Play & Learn iOS App about the thought behind the App, Why she chose the name Shoonya for her company and her plans to tackle the notoriously hard Hindi Grammar in her next App.

Srividhya talks to the authors of R2I Dreams - For Here or To Go - Parth Panda, Ramya Sethuraman and Subhashini Srinivasan

Preethi speaks with Dr. Lalitha Appachu, educationist and trainer, about Discipline, temper tantrums in public, routines and unconditional love.