Chai Break
by Shwetha Ravishankar
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Keeping Kalamkari Alive: Nikita Shah on Craft, Culture, and…
Keeping Kalamkari Alive: Nikita Shah on Craft, Culture, and…
About this podcast
Chai Break Podcast—because nothing pairs better with chai than a good Chai-versation. ☕️💬 From a cross-cultural lens, I, Shwetha Ravishankar, sit down with incredible South Asian women to spill the tea on everything from immigrant stories to sustainability, entrepreneurship to conscious living, and the hustle behind change-makers. Grab your chai and tune in!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 46 episodes
- Keeping Kalamkari Alive: Nikita Shah on Craft, Culture, and Conscious Creation · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 11After a brief pause, Chai Break returns with a conversation that feels like a deep exhale. In this episode, Shwetha is joined by Nikita Shah — a multidisciplinary artist, textile…
- Thrifting, Upcycling & the Future of Fashion, Meghana Khanna, Founder of The Bindi Project · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 10In this episode of the Chai Break Podcast, I sit down with Meghana Sharma—serial entrepreneur, style therapist, and founder of some of India’s most creative ventures, including…
- Rethinking Period Products: Sustainable, Compostable Pads with Rashmi Prakash of Aruna Revolution · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 9💡 In this episode, we talk about: • Rashmi's journey pre-Arun Revolution and what led her to leave the corporate world to build a climate solution rooted in equity • What most…
- Soil to Soil: The Chemistry of Conscious Fashion with Jiwya’s Aishwarya Lahariya · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 8In this episode of Chai Break, we dive into the world of regenerative fashion with Aishwarya Lahariya, textile scientist and founder of Jiwya, a 100% plant-based clothing brand…
- Bite-Sized Climate Action: Shivani Ramesh on Community & The Sustainability Mindset · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 7In this inspiring episode of the Chai Break Podcast, I'm joined by Shivani Ramesh—a Strategy & Implementation Analyst at ENGIE Impact, environmental engineer, and passionate…
- Everyday Sustainability: Zero Waste Living with Bare Necessities' CSO, Deepti Kharbanda · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 6Deepti Kharbanda’s Journey to Sustainable Living In this engaging episode of the Chai Break Podcast,I Shwetha Ravishanakr reconnects with longtime college friend Deepti…
- Samudra & the Seaweed Revolution: How Joyeeta Das is Cultivating a Sustainable Future from the Ocean Up! · 50 min · Season 4 Episode 5Samudra, Seaweed, and a Sustainable Future with Joyeeta Das 🌊🌱 Hello, hello! Welcome back to the Chai Break Podcast, where we sip chai and spill the tea on the world’s most…
- Macro Problem, Micro Solution — Breaking it Down with Dr. Sukanya Punthambaker · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 4Breaking Barriers with Sukanya Punthambekar, Co-Founder of Breaking In this episode of The Chai Break Podcast, we dive into one of the most pressing environmental issues of our…
- Educate Girls, Empower the Future: Sumana Setty's Vision for Change · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 3In this episode of the Chai Break Podcast, we dive into the transformative power of education with Sumana Shetty, co-founder of Commit2Change. Sumana shares her inspiring journey…
- Planet Positive Gifting with Prateeksha Uday, Founder of Greenr Gifts · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 1Welcome to Season 4 of the Chai Break Podcast. In this episode of the Chai Break Podcast, we dive into the world of climate-conscious gifting with Prateeksha Chandraghatgi…
- Holistic Mental Health with Ektha Aggarwal, Founder of Jiva Mental Health · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 10We're in #chaiversation with Ektha Aggarwal, a licensed clinical health worker, Ektha is a distinguished mental health leader, pioneering holistic therapies at Shakti Therapy and…
- Peri-Menopause & Mental Health · 1 h 17 min · Season 3 Episode 94 women, 4 unique experiences - this episode is unlike anything we've done in the past. To begin, Shwetha hadn't even heard of peri-menopause until Rema, who's actively in the…
- A Chaiversation with Seema, Founder of The Mindful Parent-Child Journal · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 8We're in #chaiversation with Seema of the Mindful Parent and Child Journals. Seema shares with us why she started this venture, her self-publishing journey, and how the journal…
- A Chaiversation with Mrinal Gokhale, Author of "Taboo" & "Saaya Unveiled" · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 7Meet, Mrinal Gokhale, an Indian-American writer who began her career as a freelance journalist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the most segregated city in the United States. She…
- A Chaiversation with Shruti Bharath, Founder of Beyond the Bump · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 6So far in this season, we have been talking about normalizing conversations around mental health and we’ve also talked about the fact that seeking professional help isn’t always…
- A Chaiversation with Dr. Monica Shah, Psychologist & Performing Artist · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 5Dr. Monica Shah is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist based in Manhattan. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior…
- Signs You Have "Good Girl Syndrome" & How to Overcome it? · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 4Chapter 1: What is Good Girl Syndrome? How the phrase "good girl" is ingrained in the vocabulary of our Indian culture and where it stems from? Shwetha & Rema share anecdotes…
- A Chaiversation with Kareena Mehta, Founder of Kare Counselling · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 3Our guest today is Kareena Mehta, a mental health professional with a B.A. in Psychology from Bryn Mawr College and further education from Teachers College, Columbia University…
- Normalizing Therapy(Part 2): SA Statistics, Barriers to Access, Books to Read & More · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 2We discuss the barriers we faced whilst trying to access mental health services in the US, and South Asian organizations that are doing the groundwork in creating databases of a…
- Normalizing Therapy(Part 1): Shwetha & Rema Share Their Personal Journey · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 1We, Shwetha & Rema, address the elephant in the room - mental health and well-being by sharing our own personal journey of how/why/what got us to seek professional help. It's…
