Podcasts about paromita

In this episode, Steve and Paromita sits down with author Benjamin Liar to discuss his latest book, The Failures, an epic blend of science fiction and fantasy. They dive deep into the inspiration behind the story, which Benjamin has been developing for over 30 years, exploring its intricate structure, interlocking puzzles, and multi-dimensional characters. The conversation covers themes of nature, the loss of connection to the natural world, and the beauty of simplicity.They also discuss their favorite books and authors, including China Miéville, Jeff VanderMeer, Neil Stephenson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. The guest reveals how Le Guin influenced his pseudonym and shares his thoughts on the blending of science fiction and fantasy genres. In the final part of the episode, Benjamin talks about his journey to publication, the collaborative process behind the book cover design, and his openness to future writing collaborations.Tune in for an engaging conversation filled with insights into the creative process, worldbuilding, and the complexities of The Failures.Find Benjamin here: https://www.benjaminliar.com/Send us a textSupport the showPageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastSpeculative Speculations PodcastBuy me a coffeeLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

 Tim Hardy and R.J. Bayley discuss Tim's upcoming Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of an audiobook for his book series. They delve into the process of creating audiobooks, funding goals, and rewards for supporters. R.J. shares his voice acting experience and the nuances of narrating audiobooks. They explore the differences between reading and listening to books and the impact of audiobooks in reaching wider audiences. Topics include writing, narrating, Kickstarter campaigns, interpreting stories, finding narrators, audiobook business aspects, creative isolation, promotional modes, and the importance of followers in crowdfunding. Tim Hardy and RJ Bayley are accessible on various social media platforms and websites. Find the Brotherood of the Eagle Kickstarter hereFind Tim Hardie HereFind RJ BayleyPageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastBuy me a coffeeLinktreeLogo by The GlimmerTwin Art HouseJoin Riverside.fm

Discover the intricacies of epic narratives as we unravel the layers of literature and cinema that captivated us this February. Together, we wander through the narrative intricacies of "The Spear Cuts Through Water," debate the merits of magical realism, and revisit the rich textures of "Malazan Book of the Fallen" and "Dune." We also contrast the investment in history books with their fictional counterparts and share our recent journey into the realm of film, seeking a refreshing complement to our reading adventures.Horror takes the spotlight where we uncover the genre's varied offerings, from Mariana Enriquez's chilling tales to the allegorical depth of Stephen King's works. We dissect the often-overlooked literary quality present in genre series and standalones, like those from Ian M. Banks and Ursula K. Le Guin, pondering the bias that sometimes shadows speculative fiction. The conversation then shifts to the challenges avid readers face when presented with distinctive storytelling methods, including those found in 'House of Leaves,' and the genre expectations that shape the fantasy landscape.Rounding off our chat, we dive into the thematic richness of "Truth of Crowns" and the intrigue surrounding Jeff VanderMeer's trilogy. As we venture into the chilling domain of horror films, we examine the psychological impact of movies that linger, such as "Hereditary," and offer recommendations for those new to the genre. Finally, we express our thoughts on overlooked performances in horror cinema, openly discussing the industry's recognition shortcomings. Join us on the Page Chewing forum to continue the dialogue, and immerse yourself in this month's compelling fusion of page and screen.PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastBuy me a coffeeLinktreeLogo by The GlimmerTwin Art HouseJoin Riverside.fm

 Embark on a journey through the twisting corridors of slipstream fiction with your hosts and our special guest, Susana Imaginário.  As a seasoned mythological slipstream aficionado and author, Susanna guides us through this enthralling genre where fantasy, science fiction, and literary fiction coalesce. Together with Paramita's voracious appetite for literary fiction and Jose's boundless enthusiasm for fantastical worlds, we dissect the elements that make slipstream a genre that both perplexes and captivates. We address the challenges of literary classifications, and the implications of genre-blending on authors' marketing efforts and readers' discovery processes.Our conversation steers us into the labyrinthine narratives of "Cloud Atlas" and the ergodic wonders of "House of Leaves," discussing their power to reshape the conventional storytelling experience. Such intricate structures spur a debate on their potential to inspire or alienate readers. The diverse reactions to these works raise the question of whether complexity enhances or detracts from a story's ability to forge a deep connection with its audience. The dialogue then shifts to the rich tapestry of magical realism, paying homage to Gabriel García Márquez's masterpieces and considering the cultural and historical threads that bind us to these universally human tales.As we conclude, we muse over the possibility that the quintessential work of slipstream literature is still unwritten, maybe even by someone tuning in today. Our exchange includes must-read recommendations, inviting listeners to transcend their reading boundaries and join the exploration of the weird, wonderful, and whimsically complex realm of slipstream and magical realism. Tune in to this episode for an intellectual adventure through genre boundaries, narrative intrigue, and the enchanting dance of the real with the fantastic.PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastBuy me a coffeeLinktreeLogo by The GlimmerTwin Art HouseJoin Riverside.fm

Ever wondered how a community of voracious readers reflects on a year's worth of literary adventures? Pull up a chair and lend an ear as I, Steve, joined by Chibipoe, Paromita, and YouTube's The Fantasy Thinker Jarrod, exchange tales from our individual reading odysseys. We traverse the landscape of our reading goals, the thrill of conquests across new genres, and the influence of Booktube on our ever-evolving bookshelves. Prepare to gather a treasure trove of reading strategies and an eclectic list of book recommendations that promise to pique your curiosity and expand your own reading horizons.As we turn the pages of our discussion, you'll learn to balance the weighty epics with literary palate cleansers, savoring each genre's unique flavors. We don't shy away from the controversial either, as we debate the divisive fandom surrounding characters from the "Berserk" series, proving that characters can indeed warrant complex feelings. Amidst sharing our favorite reads—the hauntingly beautiful "The Drowning Girl" by Caitlin Kiernan and the timeless narrative of John Williams' "Stoner"—we unite in our gratitude for the companionship of fellow book lovers who've journeyed with us.We wrap up with a look towards the future, gleaning insights from our re-readings of cherished tomes and anticipating the fresh excitement of discovering new authors like Daniel Abraham and Robin Hobb. The joy of reconnecting with familiar stories, the anticipation of future book club discussions, and the collective wisdom of our reading community are the bookmarks of our year-end roundup. Join us as we celebrate the pages turned and eagerly await the stories yet to be written in our literary lives.PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastBuy me a coffeeLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week we decided to have a theme and the theme for this week is characters. Carl D. Albert, Susana Imaginario, Jose's Amazing Worlds and Paromita discuss what makes us interested in a character, redemption arcs, motivations, dark characters, Jamie Lannister, romantic relationships, familial relationships, traits, duality of human nature, contrast, depth and so much more!If you would like to join us for a Friday Conversation, join our forums: https://www.pagechewing.com/forum/Guests:Carl D. Albert: https://carldalbert.wpcomstaging.com/Susana Imaginario: http://susanaimaginario.com/index.htmlJose's Amazing Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/@JosesAmazingWorldsParomitaPageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

We wrap up the month of October and discuss what we've been reading this month, whether we read horror more during this time of year, Stephen King, fungi, dragons, War and Peace and much more!Guests:Varsha: https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingByTheRainyMountainJarrod: https://www.youtube.com/@thefantasythinkerMuriel: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePurpleBookWyrmChibipoe: https://twitter.com/chibipoe1PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week we talk all things science fiction with author Haldane B. Doyle, Muriel from The Purple BookWyrm, Jose from Jose's Amazing Worlds and Paromita! If you would like to join a Friday Conversation, visit our community forums: https://www.pagechewing.com/forum/Find our guests:Haldane B. Doyle: https://haldanebdoyle.com/The Purple BookWyrm: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePurpleBookWyrmJose: https://www.youtube.com/@JosesAmazingWorldsPageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week we discuss the writing process, book covers, dragons, character bonds, LitRPG, social media and much more!If you would like to join us on a Friday Conversation, join our forums: https://www.pagechewing.com/forum/Find Michael R. Miller: https://www.michaelrmiller.co.uk/Find ThePurpleBookWyrm: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePurpleBookWyrmPageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week Jose, Paromita and I spoke with author/narrator Josh Erikson about urban fantasy, magical realism, fantasy, real world locations, research, A Song of Ice and Fire, narrating your own book, what Josh learned at his first job and much more! If you would like to join a Friday Conversation visit our community forums! Find Josh hereFind JoseEverything MattersEverything Matters is a weekly creepy fiction podcast set in a strange paranormal world. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify A Kung Fu Science Fiction Podcast ft. music by Wu-Tang ClanFive criminals, gifted with mysterious powers, each vie for the largest score in New YorkListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyPageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week the guests included RJ Barker, Chris Mohan and Paromita M. We discussed RJ's books, fantasy, reviews, writing, taxidermy, and much more!Guests:RJ BarkerChris MohanParomita M.PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week we talked with Carl D. Albert, Seth Dickinson (about an hour into the podcast), Chris Mohan, Professor Layla Goushey and Paromita M. about The Traitor Baru Cormorant, strong female characters, history, social media, being kind to yourself, shrimp feeling pain and much more!If you would like to join us for a Friday Conversation, visit our forums.Guests:Seth DickinsonCarl D. AlbertChris MohanLayla GousheyParomita M.PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week we talked with authors Janny Wurts, Susana Imaginário, Jose from Jose's Amazing Worlds, Jarrod from The Fantasy Thinker and our friend Paromita M about book reviews, big publishers, balancing writing vs. promoting, social media, algorithms, privacy, werewolf erotica and much more!Janny WurtsSusana ImaginárioJose's Amazing WorldsThe Fantasy ThinkerParomita M. PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

This week our guests were author Carl D. Albert, booktubers Chris Mohan and Varsha, English Professor Layla and our friend Paromita. We discussed The Witcher, studio interference, adaptations, Carl's book Truth of Crowns, reviews, tropes, A.P. Canavan, why Jolien Reads should wear a cape and much more!If you'd like to be a guest on a Friday Conversation visit our forums to find more information.Find Carl D. Albert on AmazonChris MohanVarsha (Reading by the Rainy Mountain)LaylaParomita M.PageChewing.comPAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga PodcastFilm Chewing PodcastLinktreeJoin Riverside.fm

Sex isn't just about orgasms. But this conversation certainly was. Some conversations should never end. Well, it almost felt like someone heard our wish and took us too seriously. We recorded this episode, not once, not twice but thrice.  It probably got TOO HOT for our gadgets as well. Would'nt blame as this week, we take a deep dive into the world of sexualness, intimacy, desire, love and lots of ISHQ.  Paromita Vohra is India's most beloved feminist thinker and pleasure activist. Her extraordinary body of truth-telling, kinetic and intensely sensuous films, online videos, art installations, television programming and writing have made sense of feminism, love, sexuality, urban life and popular culture for a diverse and loving audience for over 25 years. She is an artist who has shown us that you can chart your own creative and intellectual path in the world, defying categories, with a flower in your hair and a twinkle in your eye.  The hallmark of her accessible, eclectic, humorous work can be witnessed in today's episode. The conversation pivots across various topics including her popular website based on sexual experiences, sexual etiquette called Agents of Ishq (They give sex a good name) and her love for Shahrukh Khan.  Aditi analyses Paromita's handwriting and answers some pertinent questions. Do not miss this episode! You may want to hear it more than once. 

You can lose yourself in cinema -- and you can find yourself in it. Jai Arjun Singh and Subrat Mohanty join Amit Varma in episode 294 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about the films in their lives, why we should watch old films, why we should watch new films, why Bollywood and Hollywood and other woods are all great, and why we live in a wonderful technicolor world. This episode is a celebration of cinema! (For full linked show notes, go to SeenUnseen.in.) Also check out: 1. Jai Arjun Singh on Twitter and Instagram. 2. Haal-Chaal Theek Thaak Hai -- Subrat Mohanty and Pavan Jha's podcast. 3. Jai Arjun Singh Lost It at the Movies -- Episode 230 of The Seen and the Unseen. 4. Jabberwock — Jai Arjun Singh's blog. 5. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron: Seriously Funny Since 1983 — Jai Arjun Singh. 6. The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee -- Jai Arjun Singh. 7. Popcorn Essayists: What Movies do to Writers -- Edited by Jai Arjun Singh. 8. The Golden Era -- Subrat Mohanty's YouTube playlist of 100 lesser-known songs from the golden era of Hindi film music (mostly 1935-65). 9. The Unseen Lata -- Subrat Mohanty's YouTube playlist of 54 lesser-heard songs from Lata Mangeshkar, from 1948 to 1976. 10. Old posts by Subrat Mohanty from the Passion For Cinema web archives. 11. Some Spotify playlists, courtesy Nishant Shah, from Haal-Chaal Theek Thaak Hai episodes: 1, 2, 3, 4. 12. Pavan Jha's YouTube channel. 13. The only 1980s Maltova Mum commercial I could locate from the 1980s. (Couldn't find Singer.) 14. Kashmir Ki Kali -- Shakti Samanta. 15. Mughal-E-Azam -- K Asif. 16. Khuda Nigehbaan Ho -- Song from Mughal-E-Azam, sung by Lata Mangeshkar, music by Naushad, lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. 17. Cinema Paradiso -- Giuseppe Tornatore. 18. Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan -- talk show by Tabassum.  19. Old episodes of Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan with RD Burman, Deepti Naval, Anand Bakshi and Bhupinder. 20. The Indiana Jones and Superman franchises. 21. The Evil Dead -- Sam Raimi. 22. Sam Raimi, Wes Craven and John Carpenter. 23. The Fugitive and The Bodyguard. 24. The Unbearable Lightness of Being -- Milan Kundera. 25. The Antichrist -- Friedrich Nietzsche. 26. The 400 Blows -- Francois Truffaut. 27. Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom -- Pier Paolo Pasolini. 28. Łódź Film School and Andrzej Wajda. 29. Do the Right Thing -- Spike Lee. 30. On Exactitude in Science (Wikipedia) -- Jorge Luis Borges. 31. Titus Andronicus -- William Shakespeare. 32. A Chess Story (previously published as The Royal Game) -- Stefan Zweig. 33. The World of Yesterday -- Stefan Zweig. 34. The Friday the 13th franchise. 35. Tracy and Hepburn -- Garson Kanin. 36. Bhimsen Joshi, Mallikarjun Mansur, Kumar Gandharva and Lata Mangeshkar on Spotify. 37. Vijay Anand, Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. 38. Guide -- Vijay Anand. 39. Kaagaz Ke Phool -- Guru Dutt. 40. Jean-Luc Godard and Federico Fellini. 41. Shankar–Jaikishan, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra, Mukesh, KA Abbas, Ramanand Sagar and Kidar Sharma. 42. Aag, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Awaara, Barsaat and Shree 420.43. Nargis and Nadira. 44. Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh -- Song from Shree 420, sung by Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey, music by Shankar-Jaikishan, lyrics by Shailendra. 45. Orson Welles. 46. Squid Game on Netflix. 47. The Immediate Experience -- Robert Warshow. 48. Dil Dhadakne Do, Luck by Chance and Gully Boy -- Zoya Akhtar. 49. Casablanca -- Michael Curtiz. 50. Yudh and Tridev -- Rajiv Rai. 51. Amit Varma's Twitter threads on the MAMI festival from 2018 and 2019. 52. The Art of Translation -- Episode 168 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arunava Sinha). 53. Dead Poet's Society -- Peter Weir. 54. The desire to help, and the desire not to be helped — Roger Ebert's review of Goodbye Solo. 55. Pauline Kael on Amazon. 56. Dekalog — Krzysztof Kieślowski. (And Roger Ebert's essay on it.) 57. The Dead — John Huston. 58. In the Bedroom -- Todd Field. 59. Devdas (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Parineeta (Pradeep Sarkar). 60. Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth. 61. Raag Darbari (Hindi) (English) — Shrilal Shukla. 62. PG Wodehouse on Amazon and Wikipedia. 63. Films, Feminism, Paromita — Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 64. Dharmyug and Dharamvir Bharati. 65. Andha Yug (Hindi) (English) -- Dharamvir Bharati. 66. Suraj ka Satvaan Ghoda -- Dharamvir Bharati. 67. Gunahon Ka Devta — Dharamvir Bharati. 68. Sara Rai Inhales Literature — Episode 255 of The Seen and the Unseen. 69. The Life and Times of Mrinal Pande — Episode 263 of The Seen and the Unseen. 70. Anil Biswas, SD Burman, Chitragupt, Roshan, C Ramchandra and Madan Mohan. 71. Naushad and Aan. 72. Maan Mera Ehsan -- Song from Aan, sung by Mohammad Rafi, music by Naushad, lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. 73. Sebastian D'Souza, Anthony Gonsalves, Ghulam Mohammed and Mohammed Shafi. 74. Khayyam and RD Burman. 75. The Long Tail -- Chris Anderson. 76. The Sound of Music -- Robert Wise. 77. Do-Re-Mi -- Song from The Sound of Music. 78. Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi on Spotify. 79. Tosca -- Giacomo Puccini -- performed at Arena di Verona. 80. Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Lizzo and Billie Eilish on Spotify. 81. About That Time -- Lizzo. 82. Renaissance -- Beyoncé. 83. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil -- Karan Johar. 84. Aar Paar, Geeta Dutt and Eminem. 85. Pet Shop Boys, Guns N' Roses, U2, REM and Stone Temple Pilots on Spotify. 86. Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. 87. How This Nobel Has Redefined Literature -- Amit Varma. 88. Mera Joota Hai Japani -- Song from Shree 420, sung by Mukesh, music by Shankar-Jaikishen, lyrics by Shailendra. 89. Sahir Ludhianvi and Majrooh Sultanpuri. 90. Do Bigha Zamin -- Bimal Roy. 91. Dharti Kahe Pukaar Ke -- Song from Do Bigha Zamin, sung by Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar, music by Salil Chowdhury, lyrics by Shailendra. 92. Varun Grover Is in the House -- Episode 292 of The Seen and the Unseen. 93. Mondegreen. 94. Tragedy -- Bee Gees. 95. Aap Jaisa Koi -- Song from Qurbani, sung by Nazia Hassan, music by Biddu Appaiah, lyrics by Masth Ali & Shashi Pritam. 96. Ek Akela Is Shaher Mein -- Song from Gharaonda, sung by Bhupinder Singh, music by Jaidev, lyrics by Gulzar. 97. Jonathan Haidt on Amazon. 98. Amar Akbar Anthony and Andrei Tarkovsky. 99. 2001: A Space Odyssey -- Stanley Kubrick. 100. Mirza Ghalib (and the show on him by Gulzar). 101. Roy Lichtenstein, Drowning Girl, Jackson Pollock, René Magritte, Pablo Picasso and the Pre-Raphaelites. 102. The Wire, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. 103. Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino, Coen Brothers and Preston Sturges. 104. Ball of Fire -- Howard Hawks. 105. The Lady Eve -- Preston Sturges. 106. Barbara Stanwyck and Lawrence Olivier. 107. Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma and Alfred Hitchcock. 108. How to Read and Why -- Harold Bloom. 109. Malayankunju -- Sajimon Prabhakar. 110. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar -- Prakash Mehra. 111. Agatha Christie on Amazon and Wikipedia. 112. Nayak -- Satyajit Ray. 113. Prakash Mehra and Kader Khan. 114. Laawaris -- Prakash Mehra. 115. Don and Majboor. 116. Sample SSR conspiracy theory: He's alive! 117. David Cronenberg. 118. Masaan — Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and written by Varun Grover. 119. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins. 120. Chacha Bhatija, Parvarish, Amar Akbar Anthony and Dharam Veer -- Manmohan Desai. 121. Man, Woman and Child -- Erich Segal. 122. Man, Woman and Child (1983 film) -- Dick Richards. 123. Masoom -- Shekhar Kapoor. 124. Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Mani Kaul, Kumar Shahani, Mrinal Sen and Robert Bresson. 125. Au Hasard Balthazar -- Robert Bresson. 126. Uski Roti -- Mani Kaul. 127. Narendra Shenoy and Mr Narendra Shenoy — Episode 250 of The Seen and the Unseen. 128. Calcutta 71 -- Mrinal Sen. 129. Ivan's Childhood, Solaris and Andrei Rublev -- Andrei Tarkovsky. 130. Stanislaw Lem on Amazon and Wikipedia. 131. Cahiers du Cinéma and Mayapuri. 132. Black Friday and Paanch -- Anurag Kashyap. 133. Navdeep Singh, Sudhir Mishra, Neeraj Ghaywan, Raj Kumar Gupta and Rajkumar Kohli. 134. Nagin and Nagina. 135. Jaani Dushman -- Rajkumar Kohli. 136. Three Colors: Blue -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 137. Three Colors: Red -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 138. Three Colors: White -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 139. The Double Life of Veronique -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 140. The legendary Babbar Subhash. 141. Dance Dance -- Babbar Subhash. 142. Aagaya Aagaya Halwa Wala -- Song from Dance Dance. 143. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro -- Kundan Shah. 144. Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar -- Song from CID, sung by Shamshad Begum, Asha Bhosle and Mohammad Rafi., music by OP Nayyar, lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. 145. Rote Hue Aate Hain Sab -- Song from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, sung by Kishore Kumar, music by Kalyani-Anandji, lyrics by Anjaan. 146. Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai -- Song from Rajnigandha, sung by Mukesh, music by Salil Chowdhury, lyrics by Yogesh. 147. Rim Jhim Gire Saawan -- Song from Manzil, sung by Lata Mangeshkar, music by RD Burman, lyrics by Yogesh. 148. Andrew Sarris and André Bazin. 149. Sergei Eisenstein and the Odessa Steps sequence. 150. Court — Chaitanya Tamhane. 151. Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Shanghai and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! -- Dibakar Banerjee. 152. Jean Renoir. 153. Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu. 154. Tokyo Story -- Yasujirō Ozu. 155. Rashomon -- Akira Kurosawa. 156. The 2012 Sight and Sound poll of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time. 157. Early Summer -- Yasujirō Ozu. 158. Make Way for Tomorrow -- Leo McCarey. 159. Citizen Kane -- Orson Welles. 160. Vertigo -- Alfred Hitchcock. 161. Setsuko Hara. 162. Sara Akash -- Basu Chatterjee. 163. Bhuvan Shome -- Mrinal Sen. 164. KK Mahajan. 165. One Cut of the Dead -- Shin'ichirō Ueda. 166. Unsane -- Steven Soderbergh. 167. Promising Young Woman -- Emerald Fennell. 168. Psycho -- Alfred Hitchcock. 169. Hitchcock's Films Revisited -- Robin Wood. 170. Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, Witness, Dead Poet's Society and The Truman Show -- Peter Weir. 171. Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. 172. John Ford and Girish Shahane. 173. Everything is Cinema -- Don Palathara. 174. Hi Mom! -- Brian De Palma. 175. Taxi Driver -- Martin Scorcese. 176. Joyful Mystery -- Don Palathara. 177. The Postman Always Rings Twice -- Tay Garnett. 178. Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- John Huston. 179. Noir's arc - notes on an excellent anthology -- Jai Arjun Singh. 180. Key Largo -- John Huston. 181. Gun Crazy -- Joseph H Lewis. 182. Sullivan's Travels -- Preston Sturges. 183. O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- Coen Brothers. 184. Winchester '73 and Bend of the River -- Anthony Mann. 185. Shaheed (1948) -- Ramesh Saigal, starring Dilip Kumar. 186. Andaz -- Mehboob Khan. 187. Duniya Na Mane -- V Shantaram. 188. Some Like it Hot and Ace in the Hole -- Billy Wilder. 189. Ernst Lubitsch and James Wong Howe. 190. Sweet Smell of Success -- Alexander Mackendrick. 191. Mere Apne -- Gulzar. 192. Haal Chaal Thik Thak Hai -- Song from Mere Apne, sung by Kishore Kumar and Mukesh, music by Salil Chowdhury, lyrics by Gulzar. 193. Mr Sampat -- SS Vasan. 194. Miss Malini -- Kothamangalam Subbu. 195. Mr. Sampath: The Printer Of Malgudi -- RK Narayan. 196. Achhe Din Aa Rahe Hain -- Song from Mr Sampat, sung by Shamshad Begum and ML Vasantakumari, music by Balkrishna Kalla, lyrics by Pandit Indra Chander. 197. Parakh -- Bimal Roy. 198. O Sajna Barkha Bahaar Aayee -- Song from Parakh, sung by Lata Mangeshkar, music by Salil Chowdhury, lyrics by Shailendra. 199. Oonche Log -- Phani Majumdar. 200. Major Chandrakanth -- K Balachander. 201. Jaag Dil-E-Deewana -- Song from Oonche Log, sung by Mohammad Rafi, music by Chitragupt, lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. 202. Birendranath Sircar, RC Boral and Timir Baran. 203. PC Barua, Bimal Roy and KL Saigal. 204. Devdas (1936) -- PC Barua. 205. President -- Nitin Bose. 206. Ek Bangla Bane Nyara -- Song from President, sung by KL Saigal, music by RC Boral, lyrcs by Kidar Sharma. 207. Street Singer -- Phani Majumdar. 208. Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Hi Jaye -- Song from Street Singer, sung by KL Saigal, music by RC Boral, lyrics by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. 209. Wajid Ali Shah. 210. Shatranj Ke Khilari -- Satyajit Ray. 211. Duniya, Yeh Duniya, Toofan Mail-- Song from Jawab, sung by Kanan Devi, music by Kamal Dasgupta, lyrics by Pandit Madhur. 212. Rajnigandha -- Basu Chatterjee. 213. Rajnigandha/राजनीगंधा -- Mannu Bhandari. 214. The Conversation -- Francis Ford Coppola. 215. Deer Hunter -- Michael Cimino. 216. The Godfather -- Francis Ford Coppola. 217. The Godfather: Part 2 -- Francis Ford Coppola. 218. Sisters -- Brian De Palma. 219. Blow Out -- Brian De Palma. 220. Blowup -- Michelangelo Antonioni. 221. The Long Goodbye and Nashville -- Robert Altman. 222. The Missouri Breaks -- Arthur Penn. 223. The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, What's Up, Doc? and Targets -- Peter Bogdanovich. 224. This is Orson Welles -- Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich. 225. Hitchcock -- Francois Truffaut. 226. Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep and To Have and Have Not  -- Howard Hawks. 227. The Big Sleep -- Raymond Chandler. 228. William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway on Amazon. 229. Johny Mera Naam and Jewel Thief -- Vijay Anand. 230. Sholay -- Ramesh Sippy. 231. Back to the Future -- Robert Zemeckis. 232. Mr India -- Shekhar Kapoor. 233. Rahul Rawail, JP Dutta, Mukul Anand and Rajiv Rai. 234. Hathyar and Ghulami -- JP Dutta. 235. Raat Bhat Jaam Se Jaam Takrayega -- Song from Tridev with galaxy of villains. 236. Naseeb -- Manmohan Desai. 237. Dan Dhanoa, Mahesh Anand, Dalip Tahil and Tej Sapru. 238. The Ramsay Brothers! 239. Don't Disturb the Dead: The Story of the Ramsay Brothers -- Shamya Dasgupta. 240. Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche -- Tulsi and Shyam Ramsay. 241. Veerana -- Ramsay Brothers. 242. Purana Mandir -- Ramsay Brothers. 243. Govinda! 244. Ilzaam -- Shibu Mitra. 245. I am a Street Dancer and Main Aaya Tere Liye from Ilzaam. 246. Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction -- Quentin Tarantino. 247. Halloween -- John Carpenter. 248. A Nightmare on Elm Street -- Wes Craven. 249. Scream -- Wes Craven. 250. Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- James Cameron. 251. Mad Max: Fury Road -- George Miller. 252. Nicholas Cage and Keanu Reeves. 253. Wild at Heart -- David Lynch. 254. Red Rock West -- John Dahl. 255. The Last Seduction -- John Dahl. 256. Edward Norton in American History X and Rounders. 257. New Delhi Times -- Ramesh Sharma. 258. Drohkaal -- Govind Niahalani. 259. Gupt and Mohra by Rajiv Rai. 260. Sonam! 261. Wild -- Nicolette Krebitz. 262. Waves -- Trey Edward Shults. 263. Climax -- Gaspar Noé. 264. Mother! -- Darren Aronofsky. 265 Eho — Dren Zherka. 266. The Magic Mountain -- Thomas Mann. 267. Invisible Cities -- Italo Calvino. 268. Cosmicomics -- Itali Calvino. 269. If on a Winter's Night a Traveller -- Italo Calvino. 270. A House For Mr Biswas -- VS Naipaul. 271. A Bend in the River -- VS Naipaul. 272. Middlemarch -- George Eliot. 273. Mrs Dalloway -- Virginia Woolf. 274. To the Lighthouse -- Virginia Woolf. 275. Decline and Fall -- Evelyn Waugh. 276. Scoop -- Evelyn Waugh. 277. Brighton Rock -- Graham Greene. 278. Brighton Rock (1948 film) -- John Boulting. 279. Kingsley Amis and Martin Amis. 280. Lucky Jim -- Kingsley Amis. 281. The Siege Of Krishnapur -- JG Farrell. 282. Alfie -- Lewis Gilbert. 283. Get Carter -- Mike Hodges. 284. Blame it on Rio -- Stanley Donen. 285. Gangs of Wasseypur -- Anurag Kashyap. 286. Tamas -- Govind Nihalani. This episode is sponsored by Capital Mind. Check out their offerings here. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! Episode art by Simahina, in a homage to Jackson Pollock.

A lifetime spent reading, writing and reflecting teaches you a lot. Nilanjana Roy joins Amit Varma in episode 284 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about books, feminism, family, memory and the state of the world.  Also check out:1. Nilanjana Roy on Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, Financial Times, Business Standard and her own website. 2. The Girl Who Ate Books: Adventures in Reading -- Nilanjana Roy. 3. The Wildings -- Nilanjana Roy. 4. The Hundred Names of Darkness -- Nilanjana Roy. 5. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen that discuss reading and writing with Sara Rai, Amitava Kumar, VK Karthika, Sugata Srinivasaraju, Mrinal Pande, Sonia Faleiro, Vivek Tejuja, Samanth Subramanian, Annie Zaidi and Prem Panicker. 6.  Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan, Chuck Gopal, Nishant Jain, Deepak Shenoy and Abhijit Bhaduri. 7. A Meditation on Form -- Amit Varma. 8. Why Are My Episodes so Long? -- Amit Varma. 9. The Prem Panicker Files -- Episode 217 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. Jonathan Haidt on Amazon. 11. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? -- Amit Varma. 12. The Ranga-Billa Case. 13. Sarojini Naidu on Amazon. 14. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. 15. The Mahatma and the Poet — The letters between Gandhi and Tagore, compiled by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya. 16. Amitava Kumar Finds the Breath of Life -- Episode 265 of The Seen and the Unseen. 17. Margaret Mascarenhas on Amazon. 18. The Web We Have to Save -- Hossein Derakhshan. 19. The Country Without a Post Office -- Agha Shahid Ali. 20. Wanting — Luke Burgis. 21. René Girard on Amazon and Wikipedia. 22. The Silence of Scheherazade -- Defne Suman. 23. Silver -- Walter de la Mare. 24. Lessons from an Ankhon Dekhi Prime Minister — Amit Varma. 25. George Saunders and Barack Obama on Amazon. 26. A life in 5,000 books -- Nilanjana Roy. 27. Surender Mohan Pathak, Ibne Safi and Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Amazon.  28. The Power Broker — Robert Caro. 29. The Death and Life of Great American Cities — Jane Jacobs. 30. JRR Tolkien, Ursula Le Guin and Terry Pratchett on Amazon. 31. Forget reading Thomas Piketty. Try a bit of Terry Pratchett -- Robert Shrimsley. 32. Fifty Shades of Grey -- EL James. 33. Ankur Warikoo, Aanchal Malhotra, Manu Pillai and Ira Mukhoty on Amazon. 34. Mahashweta Devi and Naiyer Masud on Amazon. 35. The former homes of Hurree Babu and Putu the Cat. 36. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri -- Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 37. Om Namah Volume -- Amit Varma. 38. Salman's Sea of Stories -- Salman Rushdie's Substack newsletter. 39. What Is It Like to Be a Bat? — Thomas Nagel. 40. The Hidden Life of Trees -- Peter Wohlleben. 41. An Immense World -- Ed Yong. 42. The Twitter thread by Sergej Sumlenny that Nilanjana mentioned. 43. The Inheritance of Loss -- Kiran Desai. 44. The Grapes of Wrath -- John Steinbeck. 45. Pather Panchali --  Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. 46. Gora -- Rabindranath Tagore. 47. William Shakespeare, Kalidasa, Geoffrey Chaucer and Krishna Sobti on Amazon. 48. The Cult of Authenticity -- Vikram Chandra. 49. Meenakshi Mukherjee: The Death of a Critic -- Nilanjana Roy. 50. Field Notes from a Waterborne Land: Bengal Beyond the Bhadralok -- Parimal Bhattacharya. 51. Patriots, Poets and Prisoners: Selections from Ramananda Chatterjee's The Modern Review, 1907-1947 -- Edited by Anikendra Sen, Devangshu Datta and Nilanjana Rao. 52. The City Inside -- Samit Basu. 53. Understanding India Through Its Languages -- Episode 232 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Peggy Mohan). 54. Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages — Peggy Mohan. 55. The Life and Times of Mrinal Pande -- Episode 263 of The Seen and the Unseen. 56. Manjula Padmanathan on Amazon. 57. The Life and Letters of Raja Rammohun Roy. 58. If No One Ever Marries Me -- Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 59. If No One Ever Marries Me -- Natalie Merchant. 60. Kavitha Rao and Our Lady Doctors -- Episode 235 of The Seen and the Unseen. 61. Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine — Kavitha Rao. 62. The Memoirs of Dr Haimabati Sen — Haimabati Sen (translated by Tapan Raychoudhuri). 63. Women at Work — Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 64. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman -- Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 65. Films, Feminism, Paromita — Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 66. The Kavita Krishnan Files — Episode 228 of The Seen and the Unseen. 67. Manjima Bhattacharjya: The Making of a Feminist -- Episode 280 of The Seen and the Unseen. 68. I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd -- Translated by Ranjit Hoskote. 69. Lal Ded's poem on wrestling with a tiger. 70. Anarchy is a likelier future for the west than tyranny -- Janan Ganesh. 71. The Better Angels of Our Nature -- Steven Pinker. 72. The Ferment of Our Founders -- Episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Kapila). 73. Rukmini Sees India's Multitudes — Episode 261 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rukmini S). 74. A Life in Indian Politics -- Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jayaprakash Narayan). 75. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 76. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul. 77. Manohar Malgonkar, Mulk Raj Anand and Kamala Das on Amazon. 78. Kanthapura -- Raja Rao. 79. India's Greatest Civil Servant -- Episode 167 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Narayani Basu, on VP Menon). 80. Private Truths, Public Lies — Timur Kuran. 81. Alice Munro on Amazon. 82. The Bear Came Over the Mountain -- Amit Varma's favourite Alice Munro story. 83. The Median Voter Theorem. 84. The Ice Cream Vendors. 85. Mohammad Zubair's Twitter thread on the Dharam Sansad. 86. The Will to Change -- Bell Hooks. 87. Paul Holdengraber, Maria Popova, Rana Safvi and Rabih Alameddine on Twitter. 88. The hounding of author Kate Clanchy has been a witch-hunt without mercy -- Sonia Sodha. 89. Democrats have stopped listening to America's voters -- Edward Luce. 90. From Cairo to Delhi With Max Rodenbeck -- Episode 281 of The Seen and the Unseen. 91. The Indianness of Indian Food — Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor). 92. GN Devy. 93. The Art of Translation -- Episode 168 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arunava Sinha). 94. Alipura -- Gyan Chaturvedi (translated by Salil Yusufji). 95. Tomb of Sand -- Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell). 96. Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya -- Akshaya Mukul. 97. Ashapurna Devi, Agyeya, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chugtai, Qurratulain Hyder, Amrita Pritam and Girish Karnad on Amazon. 98. The Adventures of Dennis -- Viktor Dragunsky. 99. Toni Morrison on Amazon. 100. Haroun and the Sea of Stories -- Salman Rushdie. 101. The Penguin Book Of Indian Poets -- Edited by Jeet Thayil. 102. These My Words: The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry -- Edited by Eunice de Souza and Melanie Silgardo. 103. The Autobiography of a Goddess -- Andal (translated by Priya Sarrukai Chabria and Ravi Shankar). 104. Ghachar Ghochar — Vivek Shanbhag (translated by Srinath Perur). 105. Amit Varma talks about Ghachar Ghochar in episode 13 of The Book Club on Storytel. 106. River of Fire -- Qurratulain Hyder. 107. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas -- Ursula K Le Guin. 108. The Left Hand of Darkness -- Ursula K Le Guin. 109. Mother of 1084 -- Mahashweta Devi. 110. Jejuri -- Arun Kolatkar. 111. The Collected Essays of AK Ramanujan -- Edited by Vinay Dharwadker. 112. The Collected Poems of AK Ramanujan. 113. Folktales From India -- Edited by AK Ramanujan. 114. The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems -- Edited and translated by AK Ramanujan. 115. The Essential Kabir -- Translated by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! The illustration for this episode is by Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist. Check out his work on Twitter, Instagram and Substack.

Surabhi and Paromita met at a mental health conference in Kolkata. They started following each other on Instagram. Both of them were looking for a committed relationship, however, they were not aware that the other one is also gay. A mutual friend noticed that Paromita and Surabhi follow each other and the rest is all about sharing What's App numbers, long calls, and a relationship that lead to a permanent engagement. Listen to this podcast to know their love story and how they boldly did the engagement ceremony publicly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on 'The Humans of Bombay Show' on @redfmpodcasts, Paromita Gupta talks about her challenges in dealing with Alopecia. What did she do to overcome it? Tune in to get inspired!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are the big travel trends for 2022? We're so glad you asked! We discuss them, along with a chat about the world's most beautiful graveyards (yes, really) and why you should see them before you, er, die. We then invite Bulgaria In Your Pocket publisher and editor, Paromita Sanatani, into our fantasy departure lounge to ask her all about her adopted home country and why you should go there.  After kicking off the episode with our Where in the World quiz (answer at the end of the show), we chat about staycations, upgrading your vacay, slow travel and letting the train take the strain in our review of this year's predicted travel trends. In our Top 5 slot we look into historyhit.com's list of the five most beautiful cemeteries in the world - Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA; La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Prague's Old Jewish Cemetery, Czech Republic; Highgate Cemetery, London and Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. But who is buried there, why should you go, have you ever been, what do Heidi and Andrea think of these picks and have either of them ever scribed Smiths lyrics on Oscar Wilde's tomb?  And who do we meet in our fantasy VIP departure lounge? Why, it's travel guru and Bulgaria expert, Paromita Sanatani, who tells us about her journey from India via the UK to her adopted home in Bulgaria, where she's lived for almost 30 years. So she's perfectly placed to tell us all about Bulgaria's major attractions, why it's the perfect location for skiers as well as sun-seekers, and what she likes, and doesn't like, about cities including Sophia, Plovdiv and Veliko Tarnovo. Don't book your trip without listening to Paromita's advice first.  SUBSCRIBE to our podcast, you know you want to! Follow us on Instagram at @travelinyourpocketpodcast, on Twitter at @Travel_IYP, on Facebook at @TravelInYourPocketPodcast or email us at travel@inyourpocket.com   Find Bulgaria In Your Pocket on Instagram at @bulgariainyourpocket and online at https://www.inyourpocket.com/bulgaria.   Thanks, as always, to our good friends from Northern Ireland band 3D Shark, who provide our theme tune. Listen to more at https://soundcloud.com/3d-shark.    Our 6th episode will be out towards the end of next month. See you then, wherever you are in the world!     

Indian women are lonely in the bedroom, lonely in the kitchen, lonely in the workplace. Shrayana Bhattacharya joins Amit Varma in episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss the interior and exterior lives of these unseen millions. Also check out 1. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence -- Shrayana Bhattacharya. 2. Select Shah Rukh Khan films: Baazigar, DDLJ, Dil Tho Pagal Hai, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Dilwale, Mohabbatein. 3. Shar Rukh Khan interviews selected by Shrayana: 1, 2, 3, 4. 4. The Power to Choose -- Naila Kabeer. 5. Naila Kabeer on Amazon. 6. Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women are Worth -- Marilyn Waring. 7. The Odd Woman and the City -- Vivian Gornick. 8. Vivian Gornick on Amazon. 9. Future Sex -- Emily Witt. 10. Kamala Das's autobiography, poems and stories. 11. Deborah Levy and Bell Hooks on Amazon. 12. Poor Economics -- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. 13. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty -- Albert O Hirschman. 14. The Art of Loving -- Erich Fromm. 15. The Penguin Complete Novels of Nancy Mitford. 16. Selected Satire: Fifty Years of Ignorance -- Shrilal Shukla. 17. Most of Amit Varma's writing on DeMon, collected in one Twitter thread. 18. Dani Rodrik's tweet thread about the 'jerk quotient' in economics. 19. The Hidden Taxes on Women -- Sendhil Mullainathan. 20. "Academia is a giant circlejerk" -- Amit Varma's tweet. 21. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah (in reverse chronological order): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 22. The Universe of Chuck Gopal -- Episode 258 of The Seen and the Unseen. 23. Miss Excel on Instagram and TikTok. 24. Bahujan Economics. 25. Raghuram Rajan at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2018. (Minute 5 onwards.) 26. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah. 27. Superforecasting -- Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner. 28. Listen, The Internet Has SPACE -- Amit Varma. 29. Raees: An Empty Shell of a Gangster Film -- Amit Varma. 30. The Baptist, the Bootlegger and the Dead Man Walking -- Amit Varma. 31. Bootleggers and Baptists-The Education of a Regulatory Economist -- Bruce Yandle. 32. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Jai Arjun Singh and Uday Bhatia. 33. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri -- Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 34. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 35. Modi's Lost Opportunity -- Episode 119 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Salman Soz). 36. Women at Work -- Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 37. What explains the decline in female labour force participation in India? -- Urmila Chatterjee, Rinku Murgai and Martin Rama. 38. Why Are Fewer Married Women Joining the Work Force in India? -- Farzana Afridi, Taryn Dinkelman and Kanika Mahajan. 39. India Moving — Chinmay Tumbe. 40. India = Migration -- Episode 128 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Chinmay Tumbe). 41. House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths. 42. The Right to Sex -- Amia Srinivasan. 43. 'Let Me Interrupt Your Expertise With My Confidence' -- New Yorker cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein. 44. Katty Kay and Claire Shipman -- Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. 45. The Ugliness of the Indian Male -- Mukul Kesavan. 46. The Blank Noise Project by Jasmeen Patheja. 47. Why Loiter? -- Shilpa Phadke. 48. The Jackson Katz quote on passive sentence constructions. 49. The Kavita Krishnan Files -- Episode 228 of The Seen and the Unseen. 50. Metrics of Empowerment — Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta and Hamsini Hariharan). 51. Jane Austen and Pico Iyer on Amazon. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Check out Amit's online courses, The Art of Clear Writing and The Art of Podcasting. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free!

This week we are joined by Paromita Vohra to talk about her platform, Agents of Ishq. Paromita is a filmmaker and writer whose work focuses on gender, feminism, urban life, love, desire and popular culture. It spans many forms, including documentary, fiction, print, video and sound installation. She is the founder of Agents of Ishq, a multi-media online project about sex education and sexual culture in India which platforms discussions and materials around sex, love and desire.Host & Producer: Chipo MaponderaResearcher: Eliza BaconEditor: Deirbhile Ni BhranainSound Engineer: Fungai NengareTheme Music: Anna De MutiisDiscover more about this interview on our website here.Twitter: @global_futuresInstagram: @global_futuresYouTube: Global Digital FuturesSubscribe to our newsletter on Substack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by Paromita Vohra to talk about her platform, Agents of Ishq. Paromita is a filmmaker and writer whose work focuses on gender, feminism, urban life, love, desire and popular culture. It spans many forms, including documentary, fiction, print, video and sound installation. She is the founder of Agents of Ishq, a multi-media online project about sex education and sexual culture in India which platforms discussions and materials around sex, love and desire. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor: Deirbhile Ni Bhranain Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome

Saurav and Paromita Chakraborty, Founder and Co-Founder Travel Buddy, share their entrepreneurial journey where they talked about their transition from active corporate life to that of entrepreneurship. They talk about making their dream come true in the form of Travel Buddy even though when the mighty pandemic struck them. With the help of their tech wizard and co-founder, Vijay, this duo is creating a hyperlocal travel community that can support one another during trips. Listen to know more about Saurav and Paromita's business mindset and add it to your 'Dhandho Ni Soch'. Connect with me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarthakvarshney Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarthakvarshney Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarthakvarshney  Connect with Saurav & Paromita on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paromitabir/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurav-chakraborty-6820822/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paromitachakraborty/ https://www.instagram.com/terrainspotter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/paromitabir https://twitter.com/terrainspotter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paromita.b.chakraborty/ https://www.facebook.com/saurav.chakraborty  Connect with Travel Buddy on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Beatravelbuddy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beatravelbuddy/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beatravelbuddy Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatravelbuddy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0joygeW3Qx0IDs5IieeQlQ Pinterest: https://in.pinterest.com/BeaTravelBuddy/ Website: https://beatrevelbuddy.com/

His writing is self-reflective, his humour is self-deprecatory, and he's one of our finest writers on cinema. Jai Arjun Singh joins Amit Varma in episode 230 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe how he to came to love cinema -- and how that love changed shape as he did. Also check out: 1. Jabberwock -- Jai Arjun Singh's blog. 2. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron: Seriously Funny Since 1983 -- Jai Arjun Singh. 3. The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee -- Jai Arjun Singh. 4. Popcorn Essayists -- Edited by Jai Arjun Singh. 5. Seeing is believing? An essay about encounters with religious cinema -- Jai Arjun Singh. 6. Meandering thoughts on the consumer-art relationship, glorification vs depiction, etc -- Jai Arjun Singh. 7. In praise of “commercial” acting -- Jai Arjun Singh. 8. One Moment Please -- Jai Arjun Singh's column for the Hindu. 9. Jai Arjun Singh at Mint Lounge, Scroll and First Post. 10. The First Assault on Our Constitution -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh). 11. Lessons in Investing (and Life) -- Episode 208 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Deepak Shenoy). 12. Two Girls Hanging From a Tree -- Episode 209 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Sonia Faleiro). 13. A Writer Learns to See -- Episode 215 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Annie Zaidi). 14. Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide 1991. 15. Amit Varma's Twitter threads on the MAMI festival from 2018 and 2019. 16. A Meditation on Form -- Amit Varma. 17. The House of the Dead -- Fyodor Dostoevsky. 18. Psycho -- Alfred Hitchcock. 19. The 1980s films mentioned in this episode: Meri Jung, Mr India, Parinda, Tezaab, Eeshwar, Awaargi, Karma, Chameli Ki Shaadi, Saaheb, Teri Meherbaniya, Ghulami, Hathyar, Arjun. 20. Dogme 95 (on Wikipedia). 21. Sholay -- Ramesh Sippy.22. Jai Arjun Singh's many writings on Sholay. 23. We all live in a Cannibal Holocaust -- Amit Varma. 24. Ghost Stories -- Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee & Karan Johar. 25. Eyes Without a Face -- Georges Franju. 26. Amarcord & I Vitelloni -- Federico Fellini. 27. Moonlight -- Barry Jenkins. 28. David Dhawan and Krzysztof Kieślowski on Wikipedia. 29. Piku -- Shoojit Sirkar. 30. Jai Arjun Singh's writings on Piku. 31. Jai Arjun Singh's talk at TEDxNSIT. 32. Dead Poet's Society -- Peter Weir. 33. Louie -- Louis CK. 34. Kabir Singh, Leni Riefenstahl & The Birth of a Nation. 35. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 36. The Kavita Krishnan Files -- Episode 228 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Kavita Krishnan). 37. How Social Media Threatens Society -- Episode 8 of Brave New World, hosted by Vasant Dhar, featuring Jonathan Haidt. 38. The Philadelphia Story -- George Cukor. 39. The Wire -- created by David Simon. 40. Dekalog -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 41. Casey Neistat on YouTube. 42. Alan Moore's books on Amazon. 43. Biwi aur Makan -- Hrishikesh Mukherjee. 44. Ace in the Hole -- Billy Wilder. 45. The Magic Faraway Tree Collecton -- Enid Blyton. 46. Mrutyunjay -- Shivaji Sawant. 47. The Unconsoled -- Kazuo Ishiguro. 48. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phentom of Liberty, That Obscure Object of Desire -- Luis Buñuel. 49. Cinefan diary: Jean-Claude Carriere -- Jai Arjun Singh. 50. Pauline Kael on Amazon. This episode is sponsored by Wondrium. Check out their series, How to Look at and Understand Great Art. For free unlimited access for a month, click here. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

We're well into the 21st century, but Indian society seems stuck in ages past -- especially when it comes to the state of our women. Kavita Krishnan joins Amit Varma in episode 228 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss her evolution as a feminist, and what she has learned from her activism.  Also check out: 1. Fearless Freedom -- Kavita Krishnan. 2. Kavita Krishnan's speech in the anti-rape protests of 2012. 3. Kavita Krishnan on the Tarun Tejpal verdict. 4. Kavita Krishnan's Facebook posts on stalking and marital rape. 5. Gendered Discipline in Globalising India -- Kavita Krishnan. 6. Kavita Krishnan's Twitter thread on the Mahmood Farooqui case. 7. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 8. Women at Work -- Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 9. Metrics of Empowerment -- Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta and Hamsini Hariharan). 10. The #MeToo Movement -- Episode 90 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Supriya Nair & Nikita Saxena). 11. An Economist Looks at #MeToo -- Episode 92 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan). 12. Misogyny is the Oldest Indian Tradition -- Amit Varma. 13. Men Must Step Up Now -- Amit Varma. 14. Over 1600 Teachers Died of COVID-19 After Poll Duty for Panchayat Elections -- Manoj Singh. 15. Enid Blyton on Amazon. 16. Little Women -- Louisa May Alcott. 17. To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee. 18. The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories -- Kate Chopin. 19. Max Beerbohm and James Thurber on Amazon. 20. Crime and Punishment -- Fyodor Dostoevsky. 21. House of the Dead --  Fyodor Dostoevsky. 22. Leaves From the Jungle -- Verrier Elwin. 23. Private Truths, Public Lies -- Timur Kuran. 24. Ram Ke Naam -- Documentary by Anand Patwardhan. 25. The City & the City -- China Miéville. 26. Remembering Chandu, Friend and Comrade -- Kavita Krishnan. 27. Revolutionary Desires: Women, Communism, and Feminism in India -- Ania Loomba. 28. Song of Myself -- Walt Whitman. 29. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman -- Mary Wollstonecraft. 30. Amit Varma's episode of The Book Club on Wollstonecraft's book. 31. Who Stole Feminism? -- Chistina Hoff Sommers. 32. The Blank Slate -- Steven Pinker. 33. Feminism for the 99% -- Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya & Nancy Fraser. 34. Resisting State Injustice -- Episode 120 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jason Brennan). 35. Marxvaad Aur Ram Rajya -- Karpatri Maharaj. 36. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India -- Akshaya Mukul. 37. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism -- Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 38. A People's Constitution -- Rohit De. 39. Does India take its national symbols too seriously? -- Jan 2008 episode of We the People. 40. The Ideas of Our Constitution -- Episode 164 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhav Khosla). 41. Early Indians -- Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tony Joseph). 42. The History of Desire in India -- Episode 161 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhavi Menon). 43. Young India -- Episode 83 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Snigdha Poonam). 44. The First Assault on Our Constitution -- Episode 194 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tripurdaman Singh). 45. Love jihad laws are a backlash to India's own progress -- Shruti Rajagopalan. 46. The Jackson Katz quote on passive sentence constructions. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader, FutureStack and The Social Capital Compound. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! And check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

conversation with Poet, Voice Artiste, and Anchor PAROMITA, about her anthology of poems and experience as an anchor.

In this episode of CCYSC Awaaz, Paromita Vohra and Suchismita Chattophadyay discuss the journey of Agents of Ishq, the changing discourses around pleasure and sexuality among young people in the digital landscape. They explore the ideas of desire, consent, morality and the language surrounding these phenomena. Paromita is a film-maker, writer and founder of Agents of Ishq. It is a multimedia platform talking about desire, love and sex. As she says it, the Shah Rukh Khan of sex-ed. Her notable documentaries include Where's Sandra, Q2P and Girls Un-limited. Suchismita Chattopadhyay is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Her PhD is an ethnography of grooming schools in Delhi, where she looks at how aspirations of young people are realised through such institutes. Edited by Nipunika Sachdeva Music: Little Idea by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com) / CC BY-NC

Cancer is still a disease that impacts a large part of our population globally. An individual's journey from diagnosis to recovery is full of ups and downs. There is still a lot of stigma and taboo around this disease. My guest for this episode is someone who beat against the odds to recover and is here to share her story. Paromita Bhattacharjee Singh, an ex-HR professional talks to me on life beyond cancer. This episode covers : - Paromita's story - Mental Health and Coping with Diagnosis - Workplaces and their support for employees - Parenting - Taking Care of oneself If you have any feedback or want to be a part of the show, do drop a note at thegentleproject.kindness@gmail.com or visit our website for more information. Please do share and subscribe. It would lovely if you could leave a review for our show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegentleproject/message

In a world of viral videos, tweets , and social media beat downs that disconnect us from messy and necessary work of sustained discourse , we aim to create magical moments and sublime understanding . Talking to a tapestry of friends working in diverse and inspiring jobs in diverse and inspiring locations, we aim to connect your neural synapses and explore new worlds ..From understanding perspectives to human subconscious thinking to using marketing tool to bring down human walls this first episode was full of HEARTUnderstanding the recent capitol attack or changing political value system to recent increase in nationalism through a metaphorical lens. This episode explores the important question of human nature and how to bring down walls between people that we understand each other better .Discussing Dr. Paromita's book -Marketing Peace: Deconstructing Christian-Muslim Narratives of God, Salvation and Terrorismhttps://www.cambridgescholars.com/pro...

This week on She Slays, we have with us Paromita Gupta, who was only 10 years old when she was diagnosed with Alopecia, an autoimmune disease causing hair loss.  Alopecia Areata is a condition which has no known cure, and thus, there is a lot of misinformation surrounding the treatment for it. Although Paromita was bullied and mocked for being bald growing up, today she takes pride in her appearance and is inspiring others.  Come let's listen to this champs story.

The Internet can be a fascinating space, with the potential to explore our diverse identities and navigate different kinds of experiences. In this podcast, today we will explore how the Internet and social media shape expressions of sex, and the performance of sexuality, desire and pleasure online. Cyber Democracy host Radhika Radhakrishnan discusses with Paromita Vohra and Smita Vanniyar about taking risks to express desire online, and how people employ personal safeguards to seek pleasure in a safe manner on the Internet. You will also hear how social media platforms as well as the state employ practices that censor sexual expression and sanitise the Internet, and how people are creatively subverting these in their everyday lives. Paromita is a filmmaker and writer whose work spans themes of feminism, desire, urban life and popular culture. She is the founder and creative director of Agents of Ishq. Smita works at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and technology with a focus on digital rights, holistic digital security, and digital storytelling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whatever you say of India, an old cliche goes, the opposite is also true. India has always been homophobic -- but it also contains Queeristan. Parmesh Shahani joins Amit Varma in episode 190 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his long ongoing battle for LGBTQ inclusion in corporate India -- and much beyond. Also check out:  1. Queeristan -- Parmesh Shahani. 2. Gay Bombay -- Parmesh Shahani. 3. Godrej India Culture Lab. 4. Being Gay, Loving Books -- Episode 141 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Tejuja). 5. Being Gay in India -- Episode 84 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Navin Noronha). 6. Habiba -- Bappi Lahiri. 7. Blank Noise. 8. India’s Problem is Poverty, Not Inequality -- Amit Varma. 9. On Inequality -- Harry Frankfurt. 10. On Bullshit -- Harry Frankfurt. 11. An Empty Shell of a Gangster Film -- Amit Varma's review of Raees.12. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 13. Women at Work -- Episode 132 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Namita Bhandare). 14. A Life in Indian Politics -- Episode 149 of The Seen and the Unseen (w JP Narayan). 15. Project Bolo with Parmesh Shahani.

Tawaifs played a unique role in Indian society and culture in the 19th century, but have since been either vilified or romanticized. Filmmaker and author Saba Dewan joins Amit Varma in episode 174 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about the fascinating human stories behind this lost community.   Also check out: 1. Tawaifnama -- Saba Dewan 2. The Other Song -- Saba Dewan 3. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra) 4. The History of Desire in India -- Episode 161 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Madhavi Menon) 5. Women in Indian History -- Episode 144 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ira Mukhoty) 6. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism -- Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul) The Seen and the Unseen is a labour of love. Click here to support it.

“Movies where women's issues are discussed become referendums on the issue: should women work or not? Should women be attacked or not? They're never about women's lives.” In this episode of Women in Labour, filmmaker, Paromita Vohra talks about adopting a narrative that is independent of the patriarchy. And of deciding for ourselves who we are and who we want to be. With special guest Paromita Vohra: Paromita Vohra is a filmmaker, writer, and dedicated antakshari player, whose work explores urban life, popular culture, love, desire, and feminism. She is the founder and creative director of Agents of Ishq, India’s best-loved website about sex and desire. She has directed the path-making films Partners in Crime, Morality TV and the Loving Jehad, Q2P, Where’s Sandra, Cosmopolis: Two Tales of a City, Un-limited Girls, and The Consent Lavani among others, and the television series Connected Hum Tum, written the feature Khamosh Pani, the play Ishqiya Dharavi Ishtyle, and the comic Priya’s Mirror. Her fiction and non-fiction writing has been widely published and she writes a weekly opinion column Paronormal Activity in the Sunday Midday. MORE TO READ. This 2018 TARSHI interview (in two parts) with Paromita: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-paromita-vohra/ This ‘The Spool’ interview with Paromita: https://thespool.in/paromita-vohra/ Paromita’s column ‘Paronormal Activity’ in the Mid-day: https://www.mid-day.com/search/paromita-vohra-articles MORE TO LISTEN. Episode 155 of Amit Varma’s The Seen and The Unseen with Paromita: https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/1/13/episode-155-films-feminism-paromita/ Episode 133 of The Sandip Roy show podcast by Indian Express: https://indianexpress.com/audio/the-sandip-roy-show/sex-and-other-pleasures-a-chat-with-paromita-vohra/6016935/ MORE TO WATCH. ‘Unlimited Girls’: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/452/Unlimited-Girls Agents of Ishq’s ‘Aika to the Baika: Police Complaint Lavani’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9doWA12B_U A BIG THANKS Women In Labour is generously supported by a grant from the American Center, New Delhi. All opinions, findings, and conclusions are those of Women In Labour and its hosts only — and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.

From the Arab Spring to Shaheen Bagh, radically networked societies are rising up to express themselves. What do they have in common? How will a hierarchical state deal with a networked society? Pranay Kotasthane shares his insights with Amit Varma in episode 158 of The Seen and the Unseen.   Also check out: 1. Individual Liberty vs Public Security in a Radically Networked Society -- Nitin Pai and Pranay Kotasthane. 2. Networked Societies and Hierarchical States: The Emerging Challenge to Political Order -- Nitin Pai and Sneha Shankar 3. Twitter and Tear Gas -- Zeynep Tufekci 4. Serdar Akinan's picture of the procession of coffins 5. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen featuring Pranay Kotasthane 6. Protesters Are United by Something Other Than Politics -- Tyler Cowen 7. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra) 8. Fighting Fake News -- Episode 133 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pratik Sinha) 9. The Facts Do Not Matter -- Amit Varma 10. Pranay Kotasthane's newsletter.

Join Dr. Grady and Garrett, both Type 1 Diabetics, as they talk about blood sugar, overall health, and how to take control of your health to gain the freedom to live the life you deserve. In this episode, we discuss why it is important for us to maintain good blood sugar control. We talk about the immediate benefits of good blood sugar levels such as sleep, mental and physical performance, and brainpower. We also get into the long-term considerations of maintaining tight blood sugar control like circulation, eyes, and kidney health.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST For more Diabuddies content follow us on The Diabuddies Podcast Facebook page. Twitter: @TheDiabuddies Instagram: @thediabuddiespodcast You can email us at TheDiabuddiesPodcast@gmail.com   Resources/Links Discussed in the episode: “The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT): Design and Methodologic Considerations for the Feasibility Phase.” Diabetes, vol. 35, no. 5, 1986, pp. 530–545., doi:10.2337/diab.35.5.530. Gaete, Ximena, et al. “Menstrual Cycle Irregularities and Their Relationship with HbA1c and Insulin Dose in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.” Fertility and Sterility, vol. 94, no. 5, 2010, pp. 1822–1826., doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.039. Huang, Chun-Jen, et al. “Prevalence and Incidence of Diagnosed Depression Disorders in Patients with Diabetes: a National Population-Based Cohort Study.” General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 34, no. 3, 2012, pp. 242–248., doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.12.011. King, Paromita, et al. “The UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS): Clinical and Therapeutic Implications for Type 2 Diabetes.” British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 48, no. 5, 2001, pp. 643–648., doi:10.1046/j.1365-2125.1999.00092.x.

Immense changes have swept through our lives in the last three decades. Filmmaker and writer Paromita Vohra joins Amit Varma in episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen, and turns her unique gaze both inwards and outwards.   Also check out: 1. Agents of Ishq 1. Unlimited Girls (95 mins) 2. Cosmopolis: Two Tales of a City (13 mins) 3. Where's Sandra (18 mins) 4. Morality TV (32 mins) 5. Partners in Crime (95 mins) 6. A Love Latika (Trailer) 7. Interview of Paromita Vohra by Anuradha Sengupta 8. A Lover's Argument -- Talk by Paromita Vohra 9. Paromita Vohra on Shah Rukh Khan 10.My True North: All Renewal Starts With the Self -- Paromita Vohra 11. On My First Data, My True Love Gave To Me -- Paromita Vohra 12. The Mystery of The Half-Girlfriend and the Double Chetan -- Paromita Vohra 13. Automatic Bodies -- Paromita Vohra 14. Indian Society: The Last 30 years -- Episode 137 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Santosh Desai) 15. The Dialect of a Cricket Writer -- Amit Varma 16. Reading India Now -- Ulka Anjaria

Photo courtesy of NASA/Josh Valcarcel, and used with permission. NASA Human Interface Engineer Paromita Mitra knows what exciting results the NASA SUITS Design Challenge can produce.  That's because, as a student interning with NASA, her research ultimately led to the creation of this innovative educational program. (Photo courtesy of Chase Neal, MIssissippi State University, and used with permission.) Currently, the NASA SUITS Design Challenge is gearing up for rhe 2019-2020 school year.   Student teams, ages 16 and up, will use augmented reality to create an interface for astronauts.    The purpose: to facilitate astronaut communication during tasks which take them outside their main vehicle.  For this school year, the NASA SUITS Challenge will focus on creating technology for the Artemis mission. In other words, students get to design an interface for the astronauts returning to the moon. In Spring of 2020, selected teams will travel to Johnson Space Center, in Houston, to present their designs.  As NASA Suits Activity Manager and STEM Engagement Strategist Brandon Hargis explained in our previous interview, the goal is to facilitate astronaut communication while performing tasks in space.  However, the technology must be beneficial, without being distracting. Paromita talked about her journey, shared her experiences researching augmented reality for NASA and offered some advice to participatng students. And she also offered a unique perspective.  She is a beauty-pageant winner who learned a lot about engineering from her time as Miss Mississippi USA 2013! On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: What first inspired Paromita to become an aerospace engineer; Her educational journey from that point; The steps involved in getting her "dream job" at NASA; How Paromita first became involved with augmented-reality research; How the NASA SUITS Design Challenge developed as a result of Paromita's thesis; Paromita's advice for student participants in the 2020 NASA SUITS Design Challenge; Some good "learning mistakes" students have made in the past, from which current Challenge participants could learn; A technology-creation concern to keep in mind when creating a display to be used during spaceflight; The lessons, from Paromita's time as a beauty pageant winner, which she uses today as an aerospace engineer; Some of her favorite educational resources.  

Her research encompasses graphical displays, wearable technology, augmented reality, and developing a heads-up display helmet apparatus to aid in astronaut performance, cognitive workload, and user experience. She has held positions working as an engineer on F-35 jet engines, designing Earth science satellites, and analyzing human psycho-physiology and cognitive behavior for software development. A first-generation immigrant from Dhaka, Bangladesh, she represented the state of Mississippi at the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants as Miss Mississippi USA 2013 and Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2009, where she traveled to spread awareness on STEM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) literacy topics. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Mississippi State University. Her passions include diversity in tech and issues of femininity in engineering. Welcome Paromita Mitra!

कुछ लोगों से मिलने के बाद ये समझ में आता है कि भले ही उनके काम की चर्चा सारा ज़माना ना कर रहा हो लेकिन उनका काम अपने आप में कितना अहम है और कितने लोगों को छू रहा है. पारोमिता वोहरा से मिलकर शायद आपको भी ऐसा ही लगेगा. बॉलीवुड कहे जाने वाले सिनेमा ने उन्हें मजबूर किया कि वो अपनी एक नई भाषा गढ़ें और उसी के साथ आगे बढ़ें. पारोमिता की डाक्यूमेंट्री फ़िल्में शोध का विषय हैं और बहुत हैरानी की बात होगी अगर आने वाले दिनों में उनकी फ़िल्मी भाषा और ऐस्थेटिक पर गहन अकादमिक चर्चा ना हो. It is difficult to define film director Paromita Vohra as she is constantly redefining herself. She is a director with a difference who believes in raising questions and provoking the desire to look for answers. She is a creative practitioner of sexual politics who is empowering people by devising tools to understand and express themselves as sexual beings. Paromita joins Swati Bakshi to talk about her documentaries, her directorial decisions and the politics of Bollywood. You can check out Paromita's innovative website- Agents of Ishq(http://agentsofishq.com/)

Every week, Neha RT sits down to talk to some of India’s best creators and filmmakers about art, cinema, inspiration and pretty much anything but Bollywood!

Foodie time folks. The team from Sofia Restaurant Week join me to talk about food and restaurants. Be sure to subscribe to the show on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bulgaria-now-podcast/id889642431?mt=2 Is the once limited restaurant scene getting better? ... errr Yes. But how much further have things got to go? Why is their still so much crappy service in BG? What's holding back so many restaurants to improve their game? Training? Money? Skills shortage? I, Lance Nelson, attempt to answer these questions with Christine, Paromita, Nasko and Nikki and give you the low down on the 11th to 17th September restaurant week deal. "Prix Fixe est arrive´" !! Yay to that. Did you enjoy this show? If so, then follow and subscribe. Even better show your appreciation by tossing a few of your satoshi (Bitcoin) or Ethers (Etherium) in my direction. Your donation helps keep the show on the road. Bitcoin: 14p5UwavaPuTXRHPLcEuw192Zpe2sXRFxh Etherium: 0x37495dEBfB8cF961EF439664C0B3e1c10b3A05f3 Show notes at www.bulgarianow.bg Sponsors http://restaurantweek.bg - Sofia Restaurant Week 11th-17th September http://aidos.bg - accountancy services and legal services based in Sofia http://virtualassistants.bg - virtual assistants in BG, from aidos http://www.appfactory.bg - my company, mobile application development http://www.banskoblog.com - Bansko Blog, info https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bansko/id491461324?ls=1&mt=8 - Bansko App Links https://soundcloud.com/lancelot-nelson/70-summer-travel-tips-the-special-guests-episode - well it's summer. Enjoy it more with this podcast. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bulgaria-now/id889642431?mt=2 -- Bulgaria Now Podcast in iTunes https://www.facebook.com/groups/1752281848329730/ http://www.bulgarianow.bg http://www.banskoblog.com/mobile-apps https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bansko/id491461324?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bulgarian-history-podcast/id733259236?mt=2 -- The Bulgarian History Podcast (Eric Halsey) http://eatstaylovebulgaria.com - Rebecca's blog Help other people find the show by rating and commenting in iTunes, Soundcloud and Stitcher. iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bulgaria-now/id889642431?mt=2 Feed http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:95925292/sounds.rss http://www.BulgariaNowPodcast.tip.me -- Support Bulgaria Now Podcast, it's appreciated. Sponsor Bulgaria Now Podcast lance@appfactory.bg or call +359 892 348 600 for info. 1BTC = $577 at time of release. What's this BTC thingie? Listen to this BG Now episode: https://soundcloud.com/lancelot-nelson/63-i-am-bitcoin and go to www.bulgarianow.bg for more info.

Paromita Sanatani and Christine Milner from http://www.insidesofia.com talk to me about their friendship and successful business partnership with the publications of "Sofia The Insider's Guide" and "In Your Pocket" mini guides (to Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Veliko Tarnovo) Show notes: Paromita and Christine share with me how they formed their business publishing Sofia guides together. From smoking to restaurants to the top cultural experiences such as the Gold treasures in National History Museum and The Archaeological Museum, both located in Sofia, and a little known tip for a special time to visit Alexander Nevski Church. They pull no punches on their views of the world here in Bulgaria. They tell about some underhand tactics they encountered. We then consider the current issues in Bulgaria, the young, politics. There is an after show chat included recounting a scary flight, politics and general feelings on Bulgaria. More show notes at http://www.bulgarianow.bg Links: from http://www.insidesofia.com http://www.inyourpocket.com/bulgaria Sponsors: http://www.cleves.bg http://www.appfactory.bg http://www.banskoblog.com http://www.lyubatours.com Subscribe: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bulgaria-now/id889642431?mt=2 Your rating, reviewing and sharing help others find this weekly podcast. #BulgariaNow on twitter Podcasting tech used to make this show: http://www.banskoblog.com/mobile-apps https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bansko/id491461324?ls=1&mt=8 http://www.overcast.fm http://www.apogeedigital.com http://www.bossjockstudio.com http://www.editorskeys.com http://www.audacity.sourceforge.net http://www.soundcloud.com http://www.audiotechnicashop.com/ - Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones Chris's Dynamic Compressor Plugin for Audacity Subscribe iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bulgaria-now/id889642431?mt=2 or http://www.sounclound.com/lancelot-nelson or most podcast players and in Bansko App Share the love. Rate, Review and sharing Bulgaria Now's weekly podcast will help others find it.