Aanakaryam Chenakaryam

'When you say rebel without a cause.. Was, am and I will be!' Femina Ms India contestant, successful model and now an experienced yoga instructor. Hear Anugraha Unnikrishnan's interesting journey and experiences that has shaped the person she is today.

From being barely able to climb 2 feet to scaling 12,250 feet, Syama Sreekumari achieved this in four year by consciously making a choice to change her life for her own wellbeing.As a child Syama was obese but instead of helping her she was fat shamed and teased. Thanks to a friend who was concerned about her well being and Syama’s own determination she set herself a goal to

It takes courage to leave a stable job - specially if you have a young family to take care off - and follow your dreams and passion. Australian Indian Film maker Jay Janardhan a.k.a Jay J’dan started his career as an engineer, but he felt something was missing and then he discovered his passion for filmmaking. Hear his journey of life as a student in Australia to becoming an

"How do you change a system? When you are in a system and you get ahead, you change it!" Supermodel, Performance Artist and Farmer, Tinu Verghis uses her achievements and position to challenge and expose preconceived notions. "Create your individuality. Never be ashamed of who you are!" Hear Tinu's story in conversation with Aanakaryam Chenakaryam

Born as Nitin but identifying as Maya - The journey of a brave young woman to live out life as herself. In this episode we explore the support or lack of it, the stigma, ignorance and bullying a transgender person has to go through when they come out to society. Maya also explains what a cisgender person can do to support and help. 

"The reasons for my singing career's success is because I know how to dance. The joy I get from singing is incomparable!" - Benny Dayal Benny Dayal the versatile multi lingual Indian singer whose repertoire of music includes Jai jai Shivashankar, Badtameez Dil, Bang Bang, Omana Penne and Catherine Dayal dancer, actor and blogger talk to us about being Benny & Cathy.

Dhanya Menon is India's first female cyber crime investigator and an accomplished dancer. Her lifelong passion and goal was to become a professional dancer but a chance work event got Dhanya interested in the world of cyber crime. Thanks to a grandfather who was forward thinking, a mentor and Dhanya's biggest supporter she entered this field when there was no one to look to show th

Anita is a passionate Accessibility, Diversity & Inclusion and Disability Rights Advocate. A series of life events made Anita aware of the issues faced by people with temporary or permanent disabilities.    Anita has made it her life's work to advocate, educate and create a barrier free world, where any one can physically go anywhere and be contributing part of societ

As an 11 year old child Kanika met with an accident that changed her life for ever both physically and mentally. In this podcast Kanika tells us how she overcame this situation and went on to achieve several milestones and live a regular life. Currently Kanika works to connect underserved communities to the digital economy. She’s committed to driving inclusive and sustainable gro

A dear childhood friend Julie always brought a bright smile to the room. Even as a child she was a compassionate and considerate human being. Starting out in the software industry in the early 90's Julie was one of the few female programmers that pursued and sustained her career. She migrated to the US after a brief stint at a couple of startups in India and has an interesting stor