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Project Spark
by Project Spark
Project Spark is a platform to converse with voices that have the desire to spark change. Change of any kind. What matters is the grit that the owner of that voice showcased and that’s the story we'd like to bring alive. All of our sparkables will be that of women. Sparkles of women from every walk of life. And we will find out what empowered them to find that voice to spark change. And somewhere along the way, inspire you to use your voice to spark change.
Episodes
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Passion, Perseverance, and Parenthood: Sneha Ramesh's Musical Sparkable
Discover Sneha's journey, from a fresh graduate to a trailblazing entrepreneur in India's music industry, in this latest sparkable. From how Score Magazine evolved from a coffee table publication to a pioneering digital platform, to how Sneha and her partner, Prakash, have always strived to be...
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Minakshi Dewan on how her book, 'Final Farewell', is beyond goodbyes, unraveling deeper realities of death tourism in India
Explore the fascinating world of death tourism with Dr. Minakshi Dewan as she delves into her enlightening book, "The Final Farewell". In this podcast, I unravel the intricate tapestry of death rituals in India, where tradition and spirituality intertwine with modern practices. Dr. Dewan…
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Mahitha Ravilla on "YOU" being the hero of "YOUR" story
If there was one takeaway for me from this conversation with Mahitha Ravilla, it was to take control of your narrative. How you own your story and stay rooted to where you come from, will determine your future, is how Mahitha ended this absolutely intriguing conversation while we broke down why…
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Anjali's Sparkable on Demystifying Motherhood, Banishing 'Wonder Woman' Syndrome, & Giving Fathers Due Credit
Unfiltered is certainly beautiful and that's what this episode stands for. Dr. Anjali Raj Westwood has been working with mothers at various stages of their journey for more than a decade in South Asia and now in the UK only to get a holistic view of how motherhood and parenthood are construed…
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How Aanchal's 4Ts approach is transforming spaces in people's lives
Wonder what the 4Ts are? Tools, Treasure, Toys & Trash - an approach that Aanchal Kejriwal and her team at Arrange It All conceptualised in order to help people navigate through their decluttering and organising needs. With the vision of creating happy zones for her clients and allowing them to...
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Why Janaki Sabesh believes stories are tools of change
Stories are all around us - you are either telling them, listening to them or you are simply part of one. And more often than not, they are indeed tools of change, as Janaki calls them. Janaki Sabesh believes that any story harnesses the power to help create that tiny spark that has the ability…
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Why Sudipta Dhruva believes stories are a way of life and the core of her life's purpose
"A little bit of magic" is how Sudipta describes the story of her life. Throughout her life, she has had various opportunities to pursue her passion for stories as a career and now at 62, she remains unstoppable where she wouldn't stop telling them stories but continues to harvest them as well....
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How Aishwarya constantly reminds herself of "why" she started illustrating at the first place
If something that you do gives you joy, you don't ever feel the pressure to actually "do" it. It just flows naturally and there is no stopping you from progressing in your own terms. This has been Aishwarya Vohra's way of life since she discovered her love illustrating a few years ago. From...
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How Dhwani tapped into the universal emotion of being fed by someone you love while penning down Paati's Rasam
Dhwani's passion for food, cooking and feeding people around her is deep rooted. Having grown up in a household where every single person was involved right from packing her dabba to school, to her dear maternal paati making her famous rasam every afternoon, food and therefore cooking became...
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How Anu uses art as therapy for people to discover and release how they feel
Has a piece of art ever stopped you on your tracks and have you stared at it for a while only to realize that it evokes something in you? Something that you may have forgotten about or have hidden away in a safe corner? This is exactly what Anu's painting did to me exactly a year ago. An…
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How Smriti Lamech tapped into her Ikigai to create feminist rag dolls for adults and children alike
Having grown in a household where the power balance was equal, becoming a feminist was pretty much the only way to go for Smriti Lamech and it continues till date. As a woman of her word, it was only fair that she decided to kick off a movement that came to life pretty much overnight, with her...
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Sara Bubber on raising a child's ecological awareness early on and why it matters now more than ever
Nature is at the very core of any living being's survival and the irony of human being ignoring this very component and instead thinking of various other ways to survive leaves Sara pretty perplexed. A certified early years educator and a professional nature and animal communicator, Sara's…
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Shivani Popat's sparkable on being a role model for her daughter by living the dream of an entrepreneur driven by purpose
Shivani decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge when her daughter was still an infant and close to two years on, Rashki is a brand with the vision towards building lifestyle products specifically for women. Catering to the women of the age-old multitasking era, the brand's purpose is to...
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Sudipta's mission towards making every Indian artisan rich and getting them the attention they rightfully deserve
As a graphic designer by qualification, Sudipta Basu, over the years has found her niche of how she can bring in her love for design and art to life with Due To Hue. Her spark to bring this to life on multiple surfaces while experimenting with different textures took over and thus, Due To Hue was...
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Amritha's journey as a third-gen entrepreneur is that of passion, reinvention and a whole lot of gumption
When Amritha's dad father decided it was time to have one of his daughters take on the reigns of Hindustan Trading Company, Amritha made sure it was important for her to learn on-the-job as she did when she first started counting cash at the age of 11. There's been no looking back ever since....
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Subadra's love for art goes beyond the canvas; it's a relationship that brings alive the magic of her own niche
Subadra discovered her love for art and colours about 8 years ago when she was actively looking for a hobby. Having found a niche in giving Indian art forms her own twist with a bit of her personality, Subadra today sees colours everywhere and is constantly wondering how that palette can…
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Chef Mathangi Kumar's undeniable self-confidence and calm demeanour are her secret sauce to living her dream every day
Mathangi Kumar was all of 7 years old when she started cooking in the kitchen with her mother. Fast forward to today, that's where she gets her energy from. Having graduated from Le Cordon Bleu at the age of 23 and starting That Madras Place less than a year later, this formidable chef was hardly...
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World Health Day Special: These two scientists are on a mission to make women's health mainstream
As two scientists by training, Gayatri and Sanjana felt it was important to provide the right kind of information to women--specifically about midlife health--in the light of COVID. Women have always been curious about their health but don't know where to look for this information and thus…
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Abirami Dusshyanth's guts coupled with her relentless mission towards destigmatizing periods is a force to reckon with
In this unfiltered conversation with Abirami Dusshyanth, Founder of HonestPad, we've dwelled deep into a subject that unfortunately still needs to be spoken about - period stigma. One one hand, HonestPad is all about being 100% safe and transparent about what goes in making each and every pad…
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Nikhat's sparkable is one of resilience, persistence and passion towards manifesting her art ideas to literally, reality
Hailing from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, Nikhat Sheikh decided it was important for her to respect her parents' wishes and decided to build her business from home. Seven years on (and counting), Nikhat is one of the few successful surface pattern designers in the country today. While she runs an...
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Jayashree Ratan on turning her passion for crocheting and knitting into a purpose for 400 volunteers around the world
Jayashree Ratan never imagined that she would be able to gather 400+ crocheting and knitting enthusiasts from different parts of the world to come together for one collective purpose - to help women who have been through mastectomies to regain a sense of self with the help of their huggable...
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Nirala's Sparkable on how she teaches babies and kids to swim even before they learn to walk and what keeps her going
Unless you learned swimming voluntarily, it is almost a fair assumption to make that you did not enjoy the experience. For an activity that results in a life skill, a good learning experience should be a bare minimum right? That is all Nirala wanted to bring to the pool. A way to get kids to love...
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Shivani Patel, Art Educator & Creative Entrepreneur, on how you can never wait to be in the "zone" to be inspired
After having founded Arture Designs back in 2015 which is now pretty much on auto pilot mode, Shivani decided it was time to pick up that brush again and paint because she enjoyed doing so. The pandemic was pretty much a turning point for her where she tapped into that natural instinct of wanting...
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Sukanya's sparkable on how she makes people fall in love with themselves through her window of happiness
Sukanya, a photographer from Chennai is a storyteller whose purpose is to make people fall in themselves all over again just by showing them what she sees through her window of happiness. As someone who believes that storytelling is possible only when you are being honest with yourself as the...
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In Conversation with Dhanya Srinath on keeping it all authentic while still being an 'Insta influencer'
What do you think of when you listen to the word 'Instagram Influencer'? Someone who has thousands of followers, who collaborates with the biggest brands and hardly responds to comments? 😅 Now, meet Dhanya Srinath, an Instagram Influencer who is very different from 'that definition' of an...
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In conversation with song-writer, singer, entrepreneur Nrithya Andrews on embracing motherhood by taking it one baby step at a time, and more
"Motherhood is tough." "You lose your sense of self and somewhere you're looking for your old self, ending up frustrated." "You got to do what you love because you have another person to inspire now." These are a few standouts for us amongst other things that Nrithya and I spoke about in this...
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In conversation with Heetal Dattani and Shweta Iyer of Nine Yards on bringing in the 'she' perspective to the fore, and more
With the sole purpose of bringing to the fore the 'she' perspective in how brands communicate to women consumers, Heetal and Shweta decided to leave behind their agency life and instead start Nine Yards Communications Consultancy back in 2020. Having seen how brands have evolved over the years…
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In conversation with travel enthusiast & entrepreneur Bhawana Rao on how passion can create careers & define success for you
With everyone's New Year Resolution including a travel segment for 2023, this episode is one that digs into behind-the-scenes of organizing travel plans from a professional lens. Bhawana Rao has started 4 travel companies focusing on different aspects of travel - Travel Mocha, Stratos Lifestyle,...
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In conversation with author and founder of Wonder Girls Academy, Varsha Adusumilli on why relatable role models are the need of the hour
Varsha Adusumilli was in for a surprise when she realised that she had never paid attention to the fact that she was part of a minority cohort of women who have had the chance to carve out their growth trajectory in their own terms. This reality check turned out to be a book called Wonder Girls,...
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Project Spark's co-hosts, Pooja and Smriti on how each sparkable has been an inspiration, what's in store for 2023, and more
As 2022 comes to an end, Project Spark's co-hosts, Pooja and Smriti reflect on the learnings they've encountered in the last four months. From showing up, to developing a routine that suits you best and setting yourself up for success by your own terms amongst many other nuggets, the journey so…
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In conversation with artist, educator and entrepreneur, Prasun Balasubramaniam, on how resilience combined with passion can take you places, and more
As a bio-tech graduate who was in the middle of her PG degree, Prasun decided one day that none of this was making any sense and headed back home to her parents to follow her passion for art. As a self-taught mandala artist, illustrator, educator and entrepreneur, Prasun has organically and...
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In conversation with serial entrepreneur and full-time mum, Lavanya Muralidhar on how you can be unstoppable when you follow your heart, and more
As the founder of her second venture, Gul Meripehchan, Lavanya has always listened to her heart when it's come to bringing her ideas to life. Having worked on building SkillMarathon from scratch to live her passion towards training, Lavanya has now embarked on this exciting journey on how…
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In conversation with Chaitali Pishay Roy of CPR Consultants on how nurturing relationships can take you a long way, and more
"On the days that I don't feel like it, I don't show up because I believe that as leaders, it is important for us to show up with the right frame of mind for our teams" was our biggest takeaway from our conversation with Chaitali Pishay Roy of CPR Consultants. Listen in to this sparkable on...
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In Conversation with preschool teacher, Soujanya Jain about starting a career 7 years after marriage with 2 kids.
Married young and into a joint family kept Soujanya busy for 7 years and she enjoyed all the challenges motherhood threw at her. At a time when many women sit back and tick all the boxes of life, she wanted to go out and still do something for herself. So she started her career from scratch. We...
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In conversation with Prasannavika Raghavan of Sundarakala on how art has the power to create a revolution, and more
The second part of Prasannavika's sparkable is all about how she managed to keep the ember that her art teacher from seventh grade alive and to have finally taken the plunge to make a business out of it. And to her, success is all about how she engages with her customers face-to-face at every...
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In conversation with Prasannavika Raghavan on how art can make a mundane life interesting, and more
In this two-part series with Prasannavika Raghavan, illustrator, Madhubani artist and founder of Sundarakala, we do a deep-dive on various aspects of art and how it serves as a medium of expression both, for the artist and the buyer. Having left a full-time job behind to start Sundarakala and...
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In conversation with Shraddha Iyer on how waking up to doing what you love every day can be life-changing and more
Sucré was started by Shraddha during the pandemic but the idea of wanting to become a pastry chef was seeded back in the day when she heard a chef at the pastry kitchen in Taj, Goa tell her that women did not have what it takes to stand long hours and endure long hours of labor in the kitchen....
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In conversation with Nestasia's Co-founder, Aditi Agarwal, on how your home is a reflection of you, and more
Your home is no more a utilitarian space; it's a place that makes the smallest and the biggest moments special, and that’s where Nestasia fits in like a glove. With the mission of bringing design and trends to one’s home, this three-year old startup was started as a side hustle that swiftly…
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In conversation with Carnatic Singer -Vidushi Anjali Sriram on her love for music and her story of practice, patience & perseverance
Anjali started learning music at the age of 6 and stayed focused by practicing at 5:30 AM every single day...when many of us are just finding our next favorite toy. This is a story of practice, patience and perseverance - the 3 P's that Anjali swears by. Tune in to listen to Vidushi Anjali Sriram...
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In conversation with Marketer & Home Cook, Sreya Vittaldev, on cooking for one, her experimentation with food and more
A full-time marketer and home cook whose love for food is palpable (and contagious), Sreya has kept this spark alive for over two decades now. From replicating recipes to experimenting with unusual combinations (read miso spaghetti) and now curating her own recipes, she is working towards her…
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In conversation with Shasvathi Siva on her #DivorceIsNormal Campaign, how support is all about hope and positivity and more
Enduring a divorce is one, but living through the stigma that the society puts you through is another. Destigmatizing divorce and the various labels that comes along is what Shasvathi has been working hard towards banishing for over 3 years now. Moreover, extending support that not just addresses...
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In conversation with Preethi Sriram, New Born Photography expert & founder of Pretty Pictures Photography whose patience and perseverance helped her find her ikigai
It takes patience and perseverance to be successful in a business even if you have all the talent. This episode of Project Spark digs into the story of Preethi Sriram who found her Ikigai in New Bord Photography. As a mother, a founder, a business woman and an artist, she tells our co-host and…
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In conversation with Illustrator (by day), Founder of Paper Planes Doodles (and agarbatti smeller by night), Rehna Abdul Kareem
From doodling on rough paper, to printing her first bunch of christmas cards and to now working on a 2023 calendar, Rehna Abdul Kareem, the founder of Paper Planes Doodles is working towards becoming a children’s book illustrator. As a former journalist, she’s always had a knack of putting some...
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In conversation with Anjali D'Souza and her accidental but passionate journey of becoming a home baker and founder of The Breadheads
Project Spark unearths interesting stories where people share a small snippet of their journey with us. In this episode, Anjali talks about her love for food and how she ended up becoming the co-founder of a Home bake Shop, The Breadheads even though she had never really stepped into a kitchen...
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Part 2 of our conversation with Kavita Arvind, Design Educator and Founder of Chidiya Udd on the power of showing up, and more!
This is the second part to our conversation with Kavita Arvind, where she delves deep into how she deals with emotional labour of being a mentor for a variety of cohorts. She also speaks about a specific routine that works well for her and gives her the energy to show up every single day. Most of...
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In conversation with Design Educator & Founder of Chidiya Udd, Kavita Arvind on why it is important to kindle the creative spark within you
This is the first part of our conversation with Kavita Arvind on her journey towards becoming a children's book illustrator, a design educator, an artist and so much more with that one common thread - her love for what she does and why she decided to share that with other people. Kavita goes on…
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In conversation with vegan chef and founder of Bergamot, Namita Satheesh, on why vegan & plant-based foods can be just as exciting!
This #WorldVeganDay, former vegan, Smriti, speaks to Namita Satheesh on her vegan journeys an animal lover and as a chef. Someone who has decided to share her love for plant-based and vegan food, Namita also dons the hat of a nutritionist and breaks down several myths about going vegan. No the...
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In conversation with Mynd's co-founder, Preet Bhatti, on why mental health should be simplified for people to be comfortable with it
This episode is Smriti's conversation with Preet Bhatti, co-founder at Mynd, and her sparkable on how she serves as the gatekeeper for suicide prevention on one hand, while working relentlessly towards creating basic awareness about mental health on the other hand via Mynd. Preet touches upon why...
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In conversation with mural artist Pratiksha Katti & her persistence to follow her passion
In this episode of Project Spark, Pratiksha talks about her love for art and how she went beyond odds to keep that spark alive within her and even made a business out of it. Listen in as Project Spark's co-host, Pooja unearths the challenges in Pratiksha's journey and celebrates her learnings…
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In conversation with Mynd's co-founder, Varnika Hathi, on how consumer personas are at the core of Mynd's marketing strategy
Defining a persona has been at the heart of every marketing and communications strategy. “Target and re-target till you get it right” is every marketer’s mantra but this needs to be backed by data as per Varnika Hathi. As the co-founder of Mynd, a two-year-old mental health startup, Varnika has...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Project Spark is a platform to converse with voices that have the desire to spark change. Change of any kind. What matters is the grit that the owner of that voice showcased and that’s the story we'd like to bring alive. All of our sparkables will be that of women. Sparkles of women from every walk of life. And we will find out what empowered them to find that voice to spark change. And somewhere along the way, inspire you to use your voice to spark change.
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Project Spark is a platform to converse with voices that have the desire to spark change. Change of any kind. What matters is the grit that the owner of that voice showcased and that’s the story we'd like to bring alive. All of our sparkables will be that of women. Sparkles of women from every walk...
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