Episode 72: Sangeeta Pillai Builds Her Own Feminist Platform
Today I catch up with activist, writer & speaker, Sangeeta Pillai, who is the the founder of Soul Sutras. Soul Sutras is the South Asian feminist platform that is all about tackling taboos in South Asian culture, creating safe spaces where South Asian women can explore everything from sexual wellness to mental health.
Their projects include the Masala Podcast, featuring interviews with fierce South Asian women about taboo topics and the Masala Monologues, a series of writing workshops and theatre shows in the UK and the US.
Starting life as a blog, Soul Sutras now boasts a range of projects from podcast, theatre shows, webinar to books & beyond.
She tells me about living life in the slums of Bombay, her complicated relationship with her father and the affect it's had on her throughout life, why the relationship between culture and identity can still be a struggle, and how it's so refreshing to see the younger generation of South Asian women speak up.
She has become a key voice in British South Asian feminism speaking at the Women of the World (WOW) 2020 and has been featured in the Huffington Post, BBC Asian Radio, Brown Girl Magazine and is the winner of British Podcast Awards 2020 & 2019.
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