Welcome to Clearing The Haze –Making the invisible visible, a podcast show that discusses topics that are usually invisible or just hazy. Hosted by Shachi Irde.

Shachi wears many hats and is passionate about inclusion. She is an industry recognized speaker on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and women in the workplace related topics. She has been recognized by numerous industry forums and has been recipient of “Iconic woman in leadership” award by All Women Economic Forum.

Our topic for this episode is - Changing perceptions - moving towards inclusivity.

To discuss this topic we have with us two eminent personalities Vaijayanti Bose and Ritika Sahni.

Vaijayanti is a life coach, blogger, podcaster, author and always a teacher. She also works with individuals and makes them discover their limited beliefs and identify their strengths. This in turn will help them to set measurable goals for themselves to achieve planned outcomes, that will make them happy in their relationships, at home and excel in their workplace. Graduating with History (Honours) and then B.ed from Loreto College, Calcutta University, she topped it up later with M.A in History from Jadavpur University. Her book, PIVOT IN CONFIDENCE Live Carefree on Kindle and Amazon.com emphasizes that accepting the need to change is vital, to acquire a growth mindset, for enhancing your self-image and relationships at home and in the workplace.

Ritika is a trainer and consultant in Disability Inclusion. She has been a special educator, communication therapist and for the last 30 years has been Teaching, giving Lectures and conducting sensitization workshops for numerous academic institutions in the country. A Gold Medalist with a Masters in Music and equipped with a Bachelor’s Degree in Deaf Education, Ritika Sahni feels fortunate to pursue both her passions, that of a Singer-Performer and a Disability Campaigner.

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Podcast Summary: Changing Perception - Moving Towards Inclusivity

Hosts: Shachi Irde

00:00: Introduction

01:34: [Viji] What are some of the barriers you come across?

05:32 [Ritika] What kind of barriers do you come across?

11:03: [Viji] In your experience who is more difficult to work with? Adolescents or parents?

13:37: [Ritika] Have you come across such difficult situation as in the movie “Black”?

19:27: [Viji] In your role as a coach tell us about a stereotype or a myth that surprised you?

24:37: [Ritika] In your role as a facilitator, what are some of the reasons given by people for not being inclusive of people with disabilities that has shocked your / surprised you?

30:26: [Both] How do you talk to adolescents / teenagers about being compassionate while being competitive?

34:40: [Both] Any words of advice.

39:06: Conclusion.

39:41: Outro.

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For this episode, we would like to thank:

- Our guests
-  The French Embassy, the French Institute and the Alliance Française Network in India for producing the show
and, special thanks to  Hemant Soreng and his team for their advice and technical support.

Please do subscribe and review the show in various podcasting platforms and in the website afindia.org/podcast. Listen in to the voices that are often invisible but powerful enough to clear the haze.

Disclaimer: The views, experiences and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal views of the participating speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the French Embassy or its cooperation network in India.

Welcome to Clearing The Haze –Making the invisible visible, a podcast show that discusses topics that are usually invisible or just hazy. Hosted by Shachi Irde.

Shachi wears many hats and is passionate about inclusion. She is an industry recognized speaker on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and women in the workplace related topics. She has been recognized by numerous industry forums and has been recipient of “Iconic woman in leadership” award by All Women Economic Forum.

Our topic for this episode is Humor! Hearing something funny or being amused can reduce stress, improve social relations, generate a positive mood, and increase motivation.

Humor seems to produce positive consequences for both the source and the audience.

Today, we will discuss with our guests, Nelly Quemener and Punya Arora, if benefits of humour extend to everyone in the same way.

Nelly is a lecturer in information and communication sciences at Sorbonne Nouvelle University. Her research in the field of cultural studies focuses on the articulation of class, race and gender relations in audiovisual representations - especially humorous ones - and media controversies. She is the author of several books.

Punya is a stand-up comedian, photographer and writer based in Bangalore. Her style of comedy is observational, light-hearted and may involve more than one accent. Punya has been featured on every major stand-up stage across India such as Canvas Laugh Club, That Comedy Club, The Habitat, NCPA etc. She was a co-writer on the show Masaba Masaba which premiered on Netflix in 2020.

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Podcast Summary: Women in Humor

Host: Shachi Irde

00:00: Introduction

01:01: About Nelly.

03:07: About Punya.

05:32:  Is humour when used by men is more accepted than when used by women?

10:41: As a female stand-up comedian do you see differences in the acceptance by the audience?

12:47: What would you advice someone who is doing their first public speaking?

19:24: Can you talk to us about the different kinds of humour?

24:51: Are there stereotypes around who can be funny and who cannot?

30:37: Comic timing is everything in humour to make an impact. How do you practice comic timing?

36:42: Closing comments advice to people who want to get into “humour industry”

39:13: Conclusion.

39:38: Outro.

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For this episode, we would like to thank:

- Our guests
-  The French Embassy, the French Institute and the Alliance Française Network in India for producing the show
and, special thanks to  Hemant Soreng and his team for their advice and technical support.

Please do subscribe and review the show in various podcasting platforms and in the website afindia.org/podcast. Listen in to the voices that are often invisible but powerful enough to clear the haze.

Disclaimer: The views, experiences and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal views of the participating speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the French Embassy or its cooperation network in India.

Welcome to Clearing The Haze –Making the invisible visible, a podcast show that discusses topics that are usually invisible or just hazy. Hosted by Shachi Irde.

Shachi wears many hats and is passionate about inclusion. She is an industry-recognized speaker on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and women in workplace-related topics. She has been recognized by numerous industry forums and has been a recipient of the “Iconic woman in leadership” award by the All Women Economic Forum.

This episode will focus on Language and Sexism.

Joining Shachi in this episode are Samanvita Shetty and Abhigyan Dua, who are having a conversation with Preethi Nagaraj.

Preethi is an independent journalist, political analyst deeply interested in theatre and psychology. She has a strong gender perspective and would like to see all genders hold up the skies, and claim their share too.

Samanvita, a double degree holder with a Bachelor of Arts in French and an LL.B. is currently a French teacher at Vidya Niketan School, Bangalore. She is also a lawyer by profession having practised in civil and corporate litigation. Apart from her passion for French, Samanvita is also passionate about the art of acting and has theatre performances, ad films, feature films and voiceover work to her credit.

Based in Bangalore, Abhigyan works at the French Trade Commission and facilitates the India market entry of French companies.

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Podcast Summary: Language and Sexism

00:00: Introduction

02:39: What are your views on the rampant prevalence of sexist and misogynistic undertones in our daily discourse?

08:18: Do you foresee a light at the end of the tunnel here for songs that denigrate women?

14:21:  Do you believe that the extensive use of certain terms in local languages is the root cause for Indian men today to suppress empathy towards others, to be embarrassed by fear or any other vulnerability?

20:29: Do you believe that positive and refreshing changes are a tell-tale sign that gender stereotypes are being broken and that change is here to stay?

28:14: In your opinion, how could language be used as a positive tool to eradicate sexism rather than as a vector that promotes it?

33:06: Can a gender binary language such as Hindi be used to explore non-binary usages or phrases?

35:19: Conclusion. Outro.

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For this episode, we would like to thank:

- Our guests
-  The French Embassy, the French Institute and the Alliance Française Network in India for producing the show
and, special thanks to  Hemant Soreng and his team for their advice and technical support.

Please do subscribe and review the show in various podcasting platforms and in the website afindia.org/podcast. Listen in to the voices that are often invisible but powerful enough to clear the haze.

Disclaimer: The views, experiences and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal views of the participating speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the French Embassy or its cooperation network in India.