Meet intersectional feminist Sangeeta Pillai
Celebrating South Asian feminism with an award-winning podcast, writing workshops, theatre shows, books, live events & more…
I’m British. I’m Indian. I’m a South Asian feminist.
I grew up in Mumbai and grew into my own in London.
Starting life as a blog, Soul Sutras now boasts a range of projects from podcasts, theatre shows, webinars, and to books & beyond.
Today, Soul Sutras ® is a successful platform for tackling taboos in South Asian culture. Our projects include: ♀ Masala Podcast, featuring interviews with fierce South Asian womxn about taboo topics, is a multiple winner at the British Podcasts Awards as well as runner up at Asian Women of Achievement Awards. The podcast was also nominated for Visionary Awards, for making a change in society. ♀ Masala Monologues series of writing workshops in the UK & the US, as well as theatre, shows ♀ An anthology of essays and stories written by fabulous South Asian womxn ♀ Panel discussions and talks around South Asian feminism ♀ Interviews on BBC Asian Radio about female sexuality in South Asian culture.
I’ve been featured in the Guardian, the Observer, BBC Radio, Metro, Sunday Times, Stylist & international press like Deccan Herald India, Women’s Health Australia. See https://www.soulsutras.co.uk/press/
I’ve created Soul Sutras to be a feminist platform for all bad betis & besharam bibis. Where we as South Asian womxn can express ourselves openly, without shame or fear. Where we explore all sorts of cultural taboos from sex, sexuality, periods, menopause, mental health, shame, and sexual harassment to…nipple hair!
Soul Sutras is all about creating safe spaces for South Asian women to tell our stories, to express our pain and to connect with each other and explore our common cultural identity.
We open up. We share. We connect. That’s when pure magic happens. We realise that we’re all fighting similar battles. That we all feel alone but we’re really not. Once we start sharing our stories with each other, the sense of sisterhood and support we get from each other is…everything.
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