Mija on the Mike with: Sangeeta Pillai

Mija Podcast (English)

Published on Aug 2nd at 3:40pm

Welcome back to Mija on the Mike. This week our guest is a south asian daughter of immigrants: Sangeeta Pillai, an activist, writer and speaker. Sangeeta is the creator of the Spotify award-winning ‘Masala Podcast’, nominated for two British Podcast awards. The show for South Asian women deals with sex, sexuality, shame, periods & other taboos. Sangeeta is also the creator of  the Masala Monologues series of writing workshops & theatre shows in the UK & the US. She has been featured in the Evening Standard, Eastern Eye, Huffington Post, BBC Asian Radio, Brown Girl Magazine and has been a writer for over 20 years.

You can follow her on instagram @soulsutras

and listen to Masala Podcast on your favorite podacasts app. Check out video clips from this interview over at @mijapodcast on instagram.

Thanks for listening.Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be sharing stories like these, and inviting guests to share theirs. If you’re enjoying this season, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! We’ve been around for almost 4 years here at Mija and it’ll give us a boost to help new folks discover the show.

P.S. Don’t forget this season is also about you! if you have a story you’d like to share, I invite you to reach out on instagram @mijapodcast and leave us a message with a short story or memory of yours that warms your heart. We’ll read it out loud on the show.

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