Introducing Keeping It Real With Smriti Notani

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Very happy to announce my new podcast show to you. It’s been 2 years in the making and it feels surreal that I finally get to talk about it. A JioSaavn Original, my new show is an extension of my brand and blog ‘Real Girl’. I have always wanted to encourage real, raw, authentic, and honest conversations and I’m happy to have gotten the perfect platform to explore that. I think that as women we are conditioned since the time we are little to either be silent or then be well behaved and ‘say the right thing’ I wanted to have a space on the internet where we can talk about whatever we want to talk about, without having to worry about how we come across! In this season, I have some amazing, empowered women joining me in my quest to keep it real. Presenting ‘Keeping It Real With Smriti Notani’, only on Jio Saavn. 🙂

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Author Prachi Gangwani Dishes On The Writer Life And ‘Keeping Zen’

Prachi Gangwani, Editor at Juggernaut and Fiction Writer has been killing it all through lockdown with some awesome new initiatives on her own platform ‘Keeping Zen‘ (a wellness-focused website) and also by writing lockdown themed short stories which are published on Amazon. Since we are always having off the record conversations about writing, wellness, and … Read more

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Real Talk: Sanchi Nasta Ray Dishes On Being A Parent In Lockdown

Sanchi Nasta Ray, an erstwhile blogger whose digital presence is still intact via Instagram showcases her life – the good, bad, and the ugly – with her adorable daughter Alaia and her Life and Business Coach Husband, Sanjeet Ray, through the medium. I spoke to her for this article because I wanted the perspective of … Read more

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#RealGirlsRock: In Conversation With National Swimming Champion Aditi Dhumatkar

This is a special, special post. Not only does Aditi happen to be someone I casually know IRL (she’s my close friend Om’s younger sister) but she’s also just casually a trailblazer – an accomplished athlete completely focused on bringing glory to the nation. I’ve seen her chill at home with no airs displaying a rather wacky sense of humour that she and her siblings are known for and I’ve also seen her athletic pursuits make national headlines (Big Deal Alert!) I’ve marvelled at her discipline and thought it quite apt to cover this international level swimmer, national gold medalist and national record holder on my blog under this wonderful section called #RealGirlsRock where I feature the brave and bold women who inspire me. She’s currently training for the trials of the Asian Games coming up in June, but she let me pick her beautiful mind for a little bit. Needless to say, the interview went swimmingly. Read on 🙂

Aditi Dhumatkar

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It’s Been Two Years?!

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All Photos Courtesy: Little Black Box Photography

 

It’s been two years exactly since I started ‘Real Girl’. For some reason this seems absurd and untrue. Firstly, because at some level I’ve ALWAYS been Real Girl; and secondly, because I dreamt of having a blog like this for a long, long time – way before it actually came into existence. I thought and overthought (overthunk?!) what I would like to put up on my two year anniversary for quite a while. Then, like a true millennial, I convinced myself that no one cares and berated myself till I felt weary and pushed the task to the last minute. Now as I sit here with my biggest motivator – last minute panic, I realize that I want to honour these two years by telling you exactly what I learnt in these two years. Not all the lessons have been pretty, but then what’s the point if I don’t keep it real? So here goes nothing, err…not nothing… but…I mean…(Oh hi anxiety, when did you get here?) 

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