Welcome to Clearing The Haze – Making the invisible visible, a podcast show that discusses topics that are usually invisible or just hazy. Hosted by Shachi Irde.

Shachi wears many hats and is passionate about inclusion. She is an industry recognized speaker on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and women in the workplace related topics. She has been recognized by numerous industry forums and has been recipient of “Iconic woman in leadership” award by All Women Economic Forum.

Our focus in this episode is Trials & Tribulations of Women in Media.

Our two guests today are Harvinder Khetal an award-winning journalist working with The Tribune as Assistant Editor and Amarjot Kaur, a Chandigarh-based journalist with nine years of experience in covering culture, sub-cultures, LGBTQ and gender issues, politics, protests, education, music and art.

Harvinder Khetal is an award-winning journalist working with The Tribune, Chandigarh, for over 29 years in progressively senior positions. At present, she is an Assistant Editor and part of the editorial team of the paper that looks after the edit and oped  pages. Her main duties include writing editorials on the burning issues of the day.

Amarjot Kaur is a Chandigarh-based journalist with nine years of experience in covering culture, sub-cultures, LGBTQ and gender issues, politics, protests, education, music and art. A part-time singer and full-time feminist, Amarjot has, during the course of her work as a journalist, come across several instances where women have faced discrimination in a patriarchal setup.

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Podcast Summary: Trial & Tribulations of Women in Media

Host: Shachi Irde

00:00: Introduction

01:33: All our careers have traversed interesting paths, share with us your career journey?

02:56: What made you chose journalism? Did you have a role model? Did you face any opposition?

05:13: What are your battles? How do you pushback when you hear lot of male opinions coming your way?

09:50: How do you keep yourself abreast of things happening in social media?How do you handle criticism or trolls?

19:03: Women often are subjected to benevolent sexism in the name of support. What has been your experience?

20:05: Is your experience any different?

23:20: What has been your most coveted moment in your career?

25:15: What have been your dreams?

29:21: How do you pay it forward w.r.t raising aspirations of young women?

30:57: Any last words?

32:36: Conclusion. Outro.

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For this episode, we would like to thank:

- Our 2 guests : Harvinder Khetal & Amarjot Kaur
- The Alliance Française of Chandigarh

- Ophélie Belin, Director Alliance Française of Chandigarh

-  the French Embassy, the French Institute and the Alliance Française network in India for producing the show
and, special thanks to Hemant Soreng and his team for their advice and technical support.

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Disclaimer: The views, experiences and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal views of the participating speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the French Embassy or its cooperation network in India.