In this episode, hosts Ketaki Sharma and Sanaya Chandar make sense of the building blocks of an independent life for women in India, from laundry baskets to bank accounts. They talk about how they negotiate desires for independence with the demands it places on them and how being financially independent affects their own perceptions and ambitions for themselves.

Hosts:⁠⁠ Ketaki Sharma⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Sanaya Chandar⁠⁠

Artwork: Sripradha Ganesh

Production: Yash Hirave (⁠Instagram⁠ |⁠ LinkedIn⁠)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka⁠ The Multiverse Concept⁠)

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Thinking People is a podcast that makes sense of how our everyday lives are responding to dynamic shifts in popular media and technology. In each episode, hosts Ketaki Sharma and Sanaya Chandar pause to think about how we live, who we are, and the patterns underlying our sociological and interpersonal relationships.

Life moves fast, tune in to think about it.

What do streaming content dumps, social media, and erratic attention spans mean for our ability, capacity, and desire to read? In this episode, we discuss how we read in the attention economy and the forms and stories that cut through the noise. Guest: Chirag Thakkar (Commissioning Editor, Penguin Random House India)

‘Spiralling Into’ is DIWTPod’s series in which hosts Ketaki Sharma and Sanaya Chandar spiral down the rabbit hole over emerging pop culture themes in music, TV and film, technology, and society.

**Thinking People Podcast was formerly known as 'Dude, I was thinking...'

Hosts: Ketaki Sharma, Sanaya Chandar

Production: Yash Hirave (Instagram | LinkedIn)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka The Multiverse Concept)

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Introducing ‘Spiralling Into,’ DIWTPod’s new series in which we spiral down the rabbit hole over emerging pop culture themes in music, TV and film, technology, and society.

This episode dives into all things Taylor Swift—the artist and the celebrity. We explore what it means to be a Swiftie, listening to Taylor Swift in India, and as we always like to ask: what does that say about ourselves?

**Thinking People Podcast was formerly known as 'Dude, I was thinking...'

Hosts: Ketaki Sharma, Sanaya Chandar

Production: Yash Hirave (Instagram | LinkedIn)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka The Multiverse Concept)

References:

1. Taylor Swift Tells Us How She Wrote 'Lover' | Diary of a Song
2. Taylor Swift review – pop’s hardest-working star gives Eras tour her all

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A transformed technological landscape has brought English language productions on streaming platforms and mobile applications into Indian pockets. In this episode of 'Dude, I was thinking...,' hosts Ketaki Sharma and Sanaya Chandar explore what it means to speak English in India with guest Tara Kapur (India Marketing Head, Duolingo English Test).

**Thinking People Podcast was formerly known as 'Dude, I was thinking...'

Production: Yash Hirave (Instagram | LinkedIn)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka The Multiverse Concept)

References:

Indo-Anglians: The newest and fastest-growing caste in India by Sajith Pai

Eternally Confused and Eager for Love (Netflix)

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Dating is not new in India, but the language of dating is. In the first episode of’ Dude, I was thinking…’ hosts Ketaki and Sanaya explore new dating norms, parents, marriage, and what a dating culture in India looks like after the arrival of dating apps. Guest: Vishnupriya Das

**Thinking People Podcast was formerly known as 'Dude, I was thinking...'

Production: Joshua Thomas (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @tig3rbabu)

Music: Aksheya Chandar (aka The Multiverse Concept)

References:

‘Dating Applications, Intimacy, and Cosmopolitan Desire in India by Vishnupriya Das’ in Global Digital Cultures: Perspectives from South Asia (2019)

Future Sex - Emily Witt (2016)

The Desi Guide to Dating - Ira Trivedi, Sachin Bhatia (2019)

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Ketaki and Sanaya are two curious over thinkers who love pop culture. In this podcast, they'll be dissecting pop culture and technology trends and how they are shaping everyday life. Ever watched a TV show or movie, read an article, or heard a song that made you stop and wonder what it reflects about us and the way we live our lives? Welcome to ‘Dude, I was thinking…,’ where no thought is too fleeting to dissect, analyse, and follow down the rabbit hole.

**Thinking People Podcast was formerly known as 'Dude, I was thinking...'

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