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Hope you guys had a happy Hallmark Day on the 14th! For our special February Feels episode Sweety & Pappu dive deep to bring you some truth nuggets about Radical Self Love. This episode has been a tough one for us because both of us have had an arduous journey towards self-love. Pappu gets down to the root of it, to deliver a definition of ‘love’ that all of us could use (with help from bell hooks). According to bell hooks the word ‘love’ is often described as a noun, but it should rather be used as a verb. Sweety is close at hand to offer her tried and tested 4-step radical self-love rituals that have helped her after years of therapy. Also, we give out our very first Show the Bhindi Award (Show the Ladyfinger) posthumously to the phenomenal activist Asma Jahangir. Wait up until the end coz Sweety will be sharing her Audio Tonic recommendation (or her tasteful February Feels music suggestion) – this one goes out to you suckers for Ed Sheeran and the likes. Sweety picks out her favourite Jeff Buckley trac

Welcome to the first AKK for 2018! As promised, for this edition of Aaj Ka Kabootar we are going to keep everything #posivibesonly! But before we jump to our top stories, Pappu & Sweety give an update on the #MeToo movement. We talk about Aziz Ansari & about the spectrum that is the prevalent rape culture. Our top stories: first up, its award season, we talk about The Grammys, Filmfare, the Golden Globes + the Fashun at the Black Panther premier. Sweety shares her #MCM Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, the first openly gay royal of the state of Rajpipla in Gujarat. He is pushing back against traditions, stereotypes and taboos to convert his palace into an LGBTQA sanctuary. We also talk about a new “breakthrough therapy” to treat victims of PTSD. And finally, stay tuned for a review of #Padmavat (SPOILERS!) with a surprise guest – Hriday Ranjan, the sarcastic voice behind heartranjan.com. Sweety asks him of what he thought of the much-politicized Sanjay Leela Bansali magnum opus. Enjoy! -- // Starrin

Happy 2018, you Poppers! (Wait, does that sound wrong? We’re trying out something new) We know its already the last week of January but technically we’re allowed to wish Happy New Year for the whole of this month. At Chuski Pop we’re are all about new challenges, and so we are kicking off our fourth season with some heavy lifting (not literal, but metaphysical). In this episode Sweety and Pappu talk about why millennials (Pappu included) find themselves drawn to astrology, horoscopes and forms of divination. Is this spike of interest in astrology stemming from a deeper need for introspection, which in turn is in response to a very chaotic 2017? We are living in a time in history when young people have a much diverse vocabulary to express their sexuality and gender – perhaps our views on spirituality could use that same broad scope of definition. So, allow us to take you on a little ride. And why not carry along some sage and rose quartz while you at it! --- Sound Clips from: - Chaand Kaa Tukdaa (1994)and Viva

December allows us the vantage point to sit and reflect on the tire-fire of a year that was 2017. As promised, this week Sweety and Pappu will run each other through a series of questions designed to reveal the inner workings of our tatti minds – we call it our #TMI, or Too Much Information round. But before that, we will share our personal best and worst moments from 2017. Finally, not to be missed - in true Chuski Pop tradition, Sweety and Pappu play a round of Kill, Marry, F*ck (or Maar, Byaah, Chodh)! Also, stay tuned till the end of the show for a special promo code you can use to get a discount on some bomb-ass Chuski Pop prints! Finally, finally a BIG Thank You and gheeli waali pappi to all our listeners – thank you being part of our 2017 journey, we cant wait to share with you all the exciting things we have planned for 2018! --- Sound Clips from Kasam(2001)and Honeymoon(1992) 10 sec song preview clips of "Tamma Tamma Again," "The Humma Song" and "Bodak Yellow" (Clean version). -- // Starring: • Sweet

It’s Sweet November, folks! So, best to enjoy this episode with some garma-garam aadrak-wali chai. We start off with the 10th annual Queer Pride march that just happened in New Delhi. 2017 is really turning out to be the year all our favourite celebrities let us down. Remember when we hated 2016 for killing all the famous people we loved? Ronan Farrow's New Yorker article has had a butterfly effect - reports are coming in of white men in power in business being called out for their behavior towards women, or for not doing enough. And while Hollywood is a festering puss, Bollywood is a septic tank when it comes to the toxic work environment women have to put up with. Priyanka Chopra’s mom talks of the sleazy directors her daughter had to put up with. Pappu & Sweety review the movies we watched – Mother! (ugh), Ingrid Goes West and the trailer for Basmati Blues (Hollywood, can we please stop with the fake Indian accents? It’s 2017 for God sakes!). Black excellence is having its moment now – we’re talking th

November brings in its wake cooler evenings that you can enjoy with chai and onion bhajis, but it also brings a wave of wedding invites. Weddings can stir up a special kind of social anxiety among single desi girls. Nothing, not even the promise of a smorgasbord of all-you-can-eat chaat counters and an open bar can quell the unease of navigating that aunty-minefield that is a desi wedding. For the next better part of an hour we are going to lay down some practical steps that will get you mentally prepared so that you can own this thing. We want you to shashay in there like Kareena in a Kevlar choli. You got this! Sound Clips from Love Love Love (1989)and Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989) -- // Starring: • Sweety & Pappu // See what’s next on Chuski Pop: • ChuskiPop.com // Buy Art Prints - ChuskiPop.com/Shop // Listen To Us: • SoundCloud - @chuskipop • iTunes - itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/chusk…d1021452101?mt=2 • Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/podcast/chuski-pop • GooglePlay - play.google.com/music/m/Itfvq2wpw…inei?t=