The boy who fought back

Kalki Koechlin, Bollywood star and host of My Indian Life, joins the Dear Daughter podcast to read the letter she has written for her young daughter. She chooses to pass on advice for navigating beauty standards, after her daughter came to her admitting that she didn’t feel prett ...  Show more

“I’m in love with the mountains.” Savita was an inspirational climber, who had scaled Mount Everest. At the age of 26, she was tragically killed in an avalanche in the Himalayas. She was interviewed by Kalki Koechlin before she died. This special episode tells Savita Kanswal’s st ...  Show more

Mohamed Abd El-Hamid works in the advertising field. He shares with us his perspective on bullying and how the bullying he faced in his childhood has shaped him. 

Seif El-Din Mahmoud shares with us his story about bullying. He explains how it has shaped him, what he learnt and how he is working to grow out of the repercussions it has caused him. 

When Danilo Manzano came out to his family, they didn't accept his sexuality and asked him to hide it from the world. But a key friendship would inspire Danilo to not only embrace his identity publicly, but to become an outspoken activist for LGBTQ rights in Ecuador. A transcript ...  Show more

Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who are taking on the challenge of combating bullying in Pakistan and the US. Zainab Chughtai says the bullying she endured as a young girl inspired her to go into schools to try and stop other school children experiencing what she did. The emotiona ...  Show more