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Only 8% of key roles in the Indian film industry are held by women. Composing, sound engineering, and music production remain spaces where women struggle to be heard.

In this Women’s Day special, Shutapa Paul speaks to Alokananda Dasgupta, the music composer behind Sacred Games, Jubilee, and Trapped, about challenges, biases, change that has happened, and that which is still to come.

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Segmentation:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:01 - Women in film music

00:06:07 - Challenges & barriers for women in film music

00:19:22 - Equality vs actual implementation

00:22:56 - Experience working across industries

00:28:32 - Background scores vs songs

00:34:47 - Royalties & legal issues in music

00:39:39 - Alokananda’s journey & inspirations

00:52:43 - Upcoming projects & future work

00:55:43 - Outro

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15.8% of tested food samples in India were found to be substandard.

How safe is the food we consume every day? Can we really trust food
labels? What about street food?

In this episode, Shutapa Paul engages with Rinka Banerjee, Founder of
Thinking Forks, to explore India’s food safety challenges, the
innovations driven by startups, and the future of food.

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#FoodRegulations #WhatIndiaNeedsPodcast


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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:20 - How safe is our food?
00:05:41 - Gaps in food safety enforcement
00:12:08 - Challenges for MSME
00:16:16 - Street food safety concerns
00:22:20 - Quality mismatch in global and Indian products
00:25:06 - Front of pack labelling in India
00:27:42 - Misleading labels & food fraud
00:37:23 - The need for consumer awareness
00:38:20 - Genesis of Thinking Forks and learnings
00:48:35 - The future of food safety in India
00:56:00 - Myths
00:57:56 - Advice for young people
01:01:53 - Outro


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Menstruation is a biological process, not a taboo. So why are women still shamed for it?

In this episode of What India Needs, host Shutapa Paul talks with Vikas Bagaria, founder of Pee Safe. From his personal journey to sustainable solutions, Vikas shares facts about menstruation taboos, and sustainable solutions like menstrual cups and reusable pads.

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00:00 - Intro

01:58 - Social taboo and stigma

06:26 - Awareness and education

09:15 - Efforts and initiatives for improvement

11:03 - Sustainability and affordability

15:00 - Female personal hygiene market

16:40 - Men’s personal hygiene

19:28 - Personal journey and Pee Safe

22:47 - UTI and public loos

24:54 - Other business ventures

28:48 - Pee Safe Investors

30:04 - Future goals and challenges

37:33 - Advice for young entrepreneurs

40:30 - Failures and lessons learnt

46:10 - Perspectives on parenthood

48:50 - Balancing life as an entrepreneur

52:08 - Outro

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#hygienematters #healthforall #sanitation #personalhygiene #endperiodstigma #breakthetaboo #femininecare #menstrualcups #sanitarypads

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