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From Sydney's sparkling harbour to the snowy slopes of Thredbo, New South Wales packs in more than you'd expect. In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Neil and Sunila go beyond the usual to explore the stories, sights, and flavours of this vibrant Australian state.They kick things off with how New South Wales got its name, then dive into Sydney's lesser-known gems - like The Rocks, Vivid Sydney, and moonlit boat tours. And that's just the start.
From Sydney's sparkling harbour to the snowy slopes of Thredbo, New South Wales packs in more than you'd expect. In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Neil and Sunila go beyond the usual to explore the stories, sights, and flavours of this vibrant Australian state.They kick things off with how New South Wales got its name, then dive into Sydney's lesser-known gems - like The Rocks, Vivid Sydney, and moonlit boat tours. And that's just the start.
What if your next beach holiday was just a short ferry ride away from Singapore?In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Veena World's Sunila Patil is joined by Abdul Wahab from Bintan Resorts and Rakesh Khetrapal from Pacific Trails to uncover why Bintan Island is becoming a favourite among Indian travellers.From its seamless access via Singapore and visa-friendly policies to its mix of cultural charm, natural wonders, and luxurious resorts - Bintan has it all. Whether you're planning a family trip, corporate tour, or even a destination wedding, this episode is your guide to everything Bintan.
What if your next beach holiday was just a short ferry ride away from Singapore?In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Veena World's Sunila Patil is joined by Abdul Wahab from Bintan Resorts and Rakesh Khetrapal from Pacific Trails to uncover why Bintan Island is becoming a favourite among Indian travellers.From its seamless access via Singapore and visa-friendly policies to its mix of cultural charm, natural wonders, and luxurious resorts - Bintan has it all. Whether you're planning a family trip, corporate tour, or even a destination wedding, this episode is your guide to everything Bintan.
There's no one way to do the West Coast — and that's what makes it so exciting! From buzzing cities to jaw-dropping landscapes, this part of the USA has something for everyone. And honestly? Each place could have its own episode!
There's no one way to do the West Coast — and that's what makes it so exciting! From buzzing cities to jaw-dropping landscapes, this part of the USA has something for everyone. And honestly? Each place could have its own episode!
New Zealand is a dream destination for many travellers, but choosing between the North and South Islands can be a tough call! In this episode, Veena World's Neil Patil and Sunila Patil break down what makes each island unique and which one is the perfect fit for different types of travellers.
New Zealand is a dream destination for many travellers, but choosing between the North and South Islands can be a tough call! In this episode, Veena World's Neil Patil and Sunila Patil break down what makes each island unique and which one is the perfect fit for different types of travellers.
For many of us, trains bring back childhood travel memories. And when it comes to exploring Europe, they offer some of the most scenic, stress-free, and smart ways to get around! In this episode, Sunila Patil, Co-founder & CPO at Veena World, chats with Björn Bender, CEO & Executive Chairman at Rail Europe, to break down what makes European train travel so special.
For many of us, trains bring back childhood travel memories. And when it comes to exploring Europe, they offer some of the most scenic, stress-free, and smart ways to get around! In this episode, Sunila Patil, Co-founder & CPO at Veena World, chats with Björn Bender, CEO & Executive Chairman at Rail Europe, to break down what makes European train travel so special.
In Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. The Yoga of Power: Political Thought and Practice in India (Columbia UP, 2025) argues for a wider understanding, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice. The political idea of yoga names the tools of kings, poets, warriors, and revolutionaries. It encodes stratagems for going into battle and for the demands of governance. This idea suggests routes to self-rule even when faced with implacable obstacles, and it defines righteous action amid the grime and grief of politics and war. Surya Namaskar 1928 by Raja of Anundah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. The Yoga of Power: Political Thought and Practice in India (Columbia UP, 2025) argues for a wider understanding, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice. The political idea of yoga names the tools of kings, poets, warriors, and revolutionaries. It encodes stratagems for going into battle and for the demands of governance. This idea suggests routes to self-rule even when faced with implacable obstacles, and it defines righteous action amid the grime and grief of politics and war. Surya Namaskar 1928 by Raja of Anundah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
In Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. The Yoga of Power: Political Thought and Practice in India (Columbia UP, 2025) argues for a wider understanding, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice. The political idea of yoga names the tools of kings, poets, warriors, and revolutionaries. It encodes stratagems for going into battle and for the demands of governance. This idea suggests routes to self-rule even when faced with implacable obstacles, and it defines righteous action amid the grime and grief of politics and war. Surya Namaskar 1928 by Raja of Anundah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies
In Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. The Yoga of Power: Political Thought and Practice in India (Columbia UP, 2025) argues for a wider understanding, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice. The political idea of yoga names the tools of kings, poets, warriors, and revolutionaries. It encodes stratagems for going into battle and for the demands of governance. This idea suggests routes to self-rule even when faced with implacable obstacles, and it defines righteous action amid the grime and grief of politics and war. Surya Namaskar 1928 by Raja of Anundah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
In Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. The Yoga of Power: Political Thought and Practice in India (Columbia UP, 2025) argues for a wider understanding, demonstrating that yoga has long expressed political thought and practice. The political idea of yoga names the tools of kings, poets, warriors, and revolutionaries. It encodes stratagems for going into battle and for the demands of governance. This idea suggests routes to self-rule even when faced with implacable obstacles, and it defines righteous action amid the grime and grief of politics and war. Surya Namaskar 1928 by Raja of Anundah.
How closely connected are yoga and politics? Many people today try to keep them apart, but an ancient tradition sees yoga as politics. Although its theories might be distinct from yogic philosophies and mind-body disciplines, they're nonetheless part of a broader understanding of what yoga means.A new book called The Yoga of Power, by Sunila Kalé and Christian Lee Novetzke, unpacks the implications. Initially inspired by events such as a U.S. court case about whether yoga in schools was religious and the Hindu nationalist promotion of “yoga day”, their work studies texts from the Ṛg Veda onwards, showing how yoga describes the exertion of control. Together, we discuss (among other topics):* The use of yoga-kṣema to refer to people's welfare* What links good governance to personal self-discipline* How yogic ideas inspired anti-colonial resistance politics* Why texts tell haṭha yogis to find well-governed lands* Whether sun salutations are yogic or martial artsWe also talk about this film from 1928, in which the Raja of Aundh promotes sun salutations (as discussed in this article). You can find out more about Sunila's work here, and Christian's here – both are professors at the University of Washington.
On Australia Day 2025, Dr. Suneela Arvind Srivastava received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her work in the Indian community in Victoria. In her SBS Hindi podcast interview, she highlights her initiatives, including the "Hum Tum Task Force" aimed at addressing domestic violence.
▶️ Neil and Sunila begin the episode by diving into the average working professional's leave days and all the exciting Indian holidays in 2025. They reveal how you can use these holidays to your advantage for more travel opportunities!
▶️ Neil and Sunila begin the episode by diving into the average working professional's leave days and all the exciting Indian holidays in 2025. They reveal how you can use these holidays to your advantage for more travel opportunities!
➡️ ❄️ What's life like at the edge of the world? Neil and Sunila uncover the magic of Svalbard, the Arctic wonderland where icy landscapes meet fascinating traditions.➡️ ✈️ Travel tips and unique quirks! Learn why sitting on the right side of the plane is a must, the curious “no birth, no death” policy, and why locals always remove their shoes indoors.➡️
➡️ ❄️ What's life like at the edge of the world? Neil and Sunila uncover the magic of Svalbard, the Arctic wonderland where icy landscapes meet fascinating traditions.➡️ ✈️ Travel tips and unique quirks! Learn why sitting on the right side of the plane is a must, the curious “no birth, no death” policy, and why locals always remove their shoes indoors.➡️
➡️ What if a region could be explored through its colours? In this exciting episode, Neil and Sunila uncover the vibrant beauty of Western Australia in a creative and colourful way!
➡️ What if a region could be explored through its colours? In this exciting episode, Neil and Sunila uncover the vibrant beauty of Western Australia in a creative and colourful way!
“Switzerland is not just about snow, chocolate, or Bollywood—it's so much more!”
“Switzerland is not just about snow, chocolate, or Bollywood—it's so much more!”
➡️ Get ready for an exciting journey! In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Neil and Sunila take you through the cities that host the iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy. But it's not just about cricket—it's about experiencing the vibrant culture, landmarks, and adventures these five Australian cities have to offer.
➡️ Get ready for an exciting journey! In this episode of the Travel. Explore. Celebrate Life Podcast, Neil and Sunila take you through the cities that host the iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy. But it's not just about cricket—it's about experiencing the vibrant culture, landmarks, and adventures these five Australian cities have to offer.
➡️ It's true when people say festive times are the perfect opportunity to travel.
➡️ It's true when people say festive times are the perfect opportunity to travel.
“Just like a great sandwich, the best of Belgium is found in the middle of its rich culture and culinary delights!” says Pieter Callebaut, International Business Trade Representative - Visit Brussels, who has joined Sunila Patil, Co-founder and CPO at Veena World, to discuss All Things Belgium.➡️ From the rich history of Belgian chocolate to the crispy origins of fries and indulgent waffles, get ready to satisfy your cravings for culinary delights. Learn the secrets behind these iconic treats that have made Brussels a food lover's paradise.
“Just like a great sandwich, the best of Belgium is found in the middle of its rich culture and culinary delights!” says Pieter Callebaut, International Business Trade Representative - Visit Brussels, who has joined Sunila Patil, Co-founder and CPO at Veena World, to discuss All Things Belgium.➡️ From the rich history of Belgian chocolate to the crispy origins of fries and indulgent waffles, get ready to satisfy your cravings for culinary delights. Learn the secrets behind these iconic treats that have made Brussels a food lover's paradise.
In the three years since its return to power, the Taliban have excluded women and girls from almost every aspect of public life in Afghanistan, denying them access to education, employment, even speaking or showing their faces outside their homes. Published this August, My Dear Kabul: A Year in the Life of An Afghan Women's Writing Group (Coronet, August 2024) is the collective diary of 21 fiercely brilliant Afghan women writers, compiled using WhatsApp messages, offering courageous and intimate testimonies of the fall of Kabul in 2021 and its aftermath, of life under Taliban rule and far from home in exile. In August 2021 these women were in the process of publishing an anthology of short stories when their world was turned upside down. As they watched their cities fall, schools close, families and friends disperse and freedoms disappear, they stayed connected via WhatsApp messages, and established a space to keep their creativity alive, support each other and bear witness to the turmoil unfolding around them. My Dear Kabul is their story. My Dear Kabul is an Untold Narratives project, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and by The Bagri Foundation. Untold is a development programme for writers marginalised by community or conflict. It has been working with women writers in Afghanistan since 2020, where support for writers has been hampered by restrictions on freedom of expression and instability. Marie, among the 21 contributors to My Dear Kabul, was born in Afghanistan but her family lived in exile when she was a young child, returning home during the years of the Islamic republic. She studied for her first degree at Kabul University's Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences before completing a master's degree in India. In August 2021, Marie was in Afghanistan, working in the marketing department of a German aid agency while running her own women-led counselling service. In November 2021, she was evacuated from her family home to an apartment in Germany; she moved alone. Her story ‘The Café' was published in Moveable Type in 2023. Marie is also a contributor to My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird (MacLehose Press, 2021) and Rising After the Fall (Scholastic, 2023). Parwana Fayyaz, a translator and editor of My Dear Kabul, is a scholar and teacher of Persian literature at the University of Cambridge. She is also a poet and translator working with multiple languages. Her poetry collection, Forty Names (Carcanet Press, 2021), was a New Statesman book of the year and a White Review book of the year. Her translations promote the writings and culture of Afghan people around the world. Sunila Galappatti, an editor of My Dear Kabul, has worked with other people's stories as a dramaturg, theatre director, editor and writer: at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Live Theatre (Newcastle), Galle Literary Festival, Raking Leaves, Suriya Women's Development Centre, Commonwealth Writers, Himal Southasian and Untold Narratives. She spent five years working with a long-term prisoner of war in the Sri Lankan conflict, to retell his story in A Long Watch (Hurst, 2016). I should add I've had the privilege of working with Sunila at Himal - so I'm thrilled to be speaking with her today.
Dr Sunila Prasad was working as a paediatric doctor at Croydon University Hospital when I met her a couple of years ago in the A+E department. But little did I know she was studying Acupuncture behind the scenes to prepare herself to leave the medical profession and open a holistic clinic - which she is about to do! She comes onto the podcast to explain why she has made such a transition - and how she plans to combine her western and eastern medical training in her new practice. In this episode we cover:What kind of conditions lend themselves to the chinese approach? Lifestyle advice and mental health. Why does acupuncture work for some people and not others? The side effects of acupunctureThe impact of making the career transition to acupuncture.To contact Dr Sunila you can find her on instagram @sp.acupunture or on her website www.spacupuncture.org.
Sunila Abeysekera (1952-2013) fought relentlessly for human rights at home in Sri Lanka and abroad.Women's contributions to peacekeeping efforts are often overlooked, but no more. This month on Womanica we're highlighting women who have spearheaded peacekeeping initiatives all over the world — from India to South Africa to the United States. We cover women like Doria Shafik who led Egypt's female liberation movement, as well as Coretta Scott King who was a fierce advocate for equality for Black Americans and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Tune in to hear the stories of women who were integral to creating peace in their communities. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Ale Tejeda, Sara Schleede, Abbey Delk, and Alex Jhamb Burns. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter
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