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Love Matters With Leeza Mangaldas

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  • Love Matters is a podcast produced by The Indian Express and DW, Germany's international broadcaster that explores love, sex, and relationships in India. Currently hosted by Leeza Mangaldas, India’s top sexuality educator, Love Matters features conversations with remarkable guests whose unique expertise and lived experiences are sure to strike a chord.
    Each episode will navigate a complex and often taboo topic, unravelling identity, social norms, desire, gender, pleasure, and most of all, the irrepressible force that is love.
    If you have a question, topic idea, guest suggestion, or feedback, you can email us at lovematters@dw.com
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Episodes
  • Being a Bisexual Woman in India ft. Saumyaa Vohra

    Being a Bisexual Woman in India ft. Saumyaa Vohra
    Feb 17 2024
    Being bisexual is often met with a whole lot of stereotypes, and there are a lot of misconceptions surrounding that topic, coming from both the heteronormative society and within the queer community. What are the unique challenges of coming out as a bisexual woman in India? What prejudices do bi people confront? And what is it like to navigate straight and queer spaces when you're bisexual?

    In this episode of Love Matters, Leeza Mangaldas talks to writer and editor Saumyaa Vohra about her personal experiences. From coming out to yourself and your family to differences in dating men and women, join their insightful and open conversation. They also delve deep into the story of Saumyaa Vohra's book "One Night Only" – one of the few Indian novels to feature a bisexual protagonist. Find out how she came up with the idea and why she portrayed her character deliberately flawed and "the least likeable." Tune in now!

    Leeza Mangaldas’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leezamangaldas/

    Saumyaa Vohra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saumyaavohra/

    Credits:

    Produced by: Patricia Szilagyi (DW), Charulata Biswas (IE)
    Research & Guest acquisition: Sana Rizvi (DW)
    Project Manager: Patricia Szilagyi (DW)
    Editorial Support: Shashank Bhargava (IE), Khyati Rajvanshi (IE)
    Executive Producer: Melanie von Marschalck (DW Life & Style), Anant Nath Sharma (IE)
    Sound Editor: Suresh Pawar (IE)

    Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas is a cooperation between The Indian Express and DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.

    Learn more about DW:https://www.facebook.com/dwasia
    https://www.dw.com/
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    39 mins
  • Women’s Sexuality in Modern India ft. Amrita Narayanan

    Women’s Sexuality in Modern India ft. Amrita Narayanan
    Feb 3 2024
    Female pleasure and sex positivity are not often talked about very openly. What does sexual agency look like for women in contemporary India? And how does it differ from the ubiquitous images we see in media coverage and pop culture of the sexually liberated western women? In this episode of Love Matters, host Leeza Mangaldas is in conversation with book author and psychologist Amrita Narayanan about the many nuances of women’s sexuality in the context of a patriarchal society. What can sexual empowerment look like within the Indian context? And how does female pleasure pivot between “rapture and distress”?

    Leeza Mangaldas’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leezamangaldas/
    Amrita Narayanan’s X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmritaShrink

    Credits:
    Produced by: Patricia Szilagyi (DW), Charulata Biswas (IE)
    Research & guest acquisition: Sana Rizvi (DW)
    Project Manager: Patricia Szilagyi (DW)
    Editorial Support: Shashank Bhargava (IE), Khyati Rajvanshi (IE)
    Executive Producer: Melanie von Marschalck (DW Life & Style), Anant Nath Sharma (IE)
    Sound Editor: Suresh Pawar (IE)

    Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas is a cooperation between The Indian Express and DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.

    Learn more about DW:https://www.facebook.com/dwasia
    https://www.dw.com/
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    28 mins
  • What is it like to love men? ft. Anish Gawande

    What is it like to love men? ft. Anish Gawande
    Jan 20 2024
    What’s it like dating as a gay man? And how does it compare to loving men as a cis-hetero woman? In this episode of Love Matters, host Leeza Mangaldas is comparing notes on “loving men” with writer, translator and co-founder of Pink List India, Anish Gawande. From meeting potential partners to power structures within relationships and their personal red flags when dating men. What are the differences and commonalities in relationships with current and previous lovers? And what can mainstream society learn from queer perspectives? Tune in to hear about these topics and many more.

    Leeza Mangaldas’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leezamangaldas/
    Anish Gawande’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anishgawande/?hl=en

    Credits:
    Produced by: Patricia Szilagyi (DW), Charulata Biswas (IE)
    Research & guest acquisition: Sana Rizvi (DW)
    Project Manager: Sonja Kaun-Trenkler (DW)
    Editorial Support: Shashank Bhargava (IE), Khyati Rajvanshi (IE)
    Executive Producer: Melanie von Marschalck (DW Life & Style), Anant Nath Sharma (IE)
    Sound Editor: Suresh Pawar (IE)

    Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas is a cooperation between The Indian Express and DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.

    Learn more about DW:
    https://www.facebook.com/dwasia
    https://www.dw.com/
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    37 mins
Social Sciences Relationships
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