The Woman Next Door

Anukrity

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The Woman Next Door is where Indian women talk about the things we don’t usually say out loud. Host Anukrity explores ambition, identity, money, family, and the messy middle of building a life on your own terms. Through candid solo episodes and conversations with everyday women doing extraordinary things, this podcast is for anyone navigating the gap between who they’re supposed to be and who they’re becoming.

Jul 17

Stress, Anxiety & Hormones - A Guide to Modern Women's Wellbeing

Stress. Anxiety. Hormonal imbalance. The mind that never switches off. Aparna is the founder of Pranah by Aparna — helping corporate women regulate their nervous systems through her Pranah Regulation Path Method. Not medication. Not traditional therapy. Not pushing through. In this conversation, Aparna breaks down why high achieving women struggle to switch off, the real link between hormones and chronic stress, how to actually live in the present, and practical daily tools any woman can use to start feeling better today. 🎙️ The Woman Next Door — real, honest conversations with remarkable Indian women.▶️ Watch on YouTube: @ThewomannextdoortalksInstagram: @thewomannextdoortalks
Jul 4

A 13 Year Career Break And A Comeback After 50 - Baani's Story

She started working at 21, spent 15 years in leading MNCs across India and the USA, navigated the pandemic across China and India, and then took a 13 year career break. At 50, she came back - as a Trauma Informed Certified Coach, author of The Khudi Trilogy, and a woman who has turned every season of her life into something meaningful. We talk about the Defence childhood that taught her to adapt anywhere, the career break nobody warns you about, the miracle daughter who arrived after 11 years of marriage, the comeback that became one of her proudest moments, and the book she wrote as a tribute to her late father. This is a story about resilience, reinvention and rediscovering yourself - at any age. 🎙️ The Woman Next Door - real, honest conversations with remarkable Indian women. ▶️ Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Thewomannextdoortalks 📸 @thewomannextdoortalks
Jun 20

She Turned Grief Into Purpose — Saakshi & The Original Travel Company

Saakshi left a corporate job that didn't fulfil her, took a solo trip to McLeodganj that changed everything, and became a digital nomad travelling the world. Then she lost her father — and built a travel company in his memory. Today she runs The Original Travel Company with her husband, curating trips for 50+ travellers — mother-daughter groups, solo seniors, couples — at a time when most travel brands build only for the young. We talk about grief, reinvention, building a business with your spouse, and her message to every married daughter trying to do right by her parents. 🎙️ The Woman Next Door — real, honest conversations with remarkable Indian women. ▶️ Watch on YouTube: @thewomannextdoortalks 📸 @thewomannextdoortalks
May 27

Nobody Was Building For Women — So She Did | Meenakshi's Story

She didn't set out to be a founder. She set out to solve a problem nobody else was solving. Meenakshi grew up in Mandsaur — small town- father who ran a tent business. She studied hard, got into a top MBA, spent 10 years learning the startup ecosystem from the inside — Myntra, PharmEasy, ShopClues, Reliance Retail. And then one dinner table conversation changed everything. Nobody was building bags for women. While women happen to be the primary consumer of bags. That gap became Nori — a bags to baggage brand built for women who have hard earned money and deserve something that is both fun and functional. In this episode we talk about: The Accidental Entrepreneur — zero plans, zero ideas and how it all came together anyway. The Insight — from Ladybird cycles to Scooty Peps to 40 million Indian women now flying and buying their own luggage. The Fundraise — 30-35 rejections, why each one kept her going for almost 6 months and how she finally closed $350,000 in pre-seed funding. Being Taken Seriously — how preparedness beats confidence every single time in any boardroom. The Questions Nobody Asks Men — family planning, managing a home, in-laws. Yes they asked. Here's how she answered. Two Founders Under One Roof — what it's really like when both partners are building something simultaneously. "Selling anything is a statistical inevitability. If you knock enough doors — one will open." — Meenakshi Instagram: Follow us: @thewomannextdoortalksFollow Meenakshi @meenakshi.v1790 & Nori @mynori.com_ 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week!
May 16

Wine, Vipassana & Everything In Between | Urvashi's Story

She was never scared of life itself. Just the small things. My ex-flatmate Urvashi and I go back to our Bombay days — Wai Wai noodles, cheese slices, green chillies, red wine and very questionable life decisions. 😄 Between then and now she has become one of the most multidimensional, self aware and unapologetically herself women I know. From a lonely childhood in Lucknow to NIFT to pivoting to PR, moving to Bombay at 21 with ₹25,000 and a lie on her resume — Urvashi has always figured it out herself. Today she manages three Instagram pages, practices Reiki and Vipassana, has scuba dived despite being terrified and chooses to spend time with her parents out of love — not obligation. We talk about courage, self discovery, inner work, travel, content creation and what it actually takes to become your own favourite person. "Travel shapes my curiosity. Pain pushes me inward. Meditation makes me self aware. Content creation communicates it all outward." If you want to pick up the ukulele instead of the promotion — this one's for you. 🌸
May 9

What Didn't Break Her, Built Her

She was born with two fingers on her right hand. She was loved, protected and celebrated — and somewhere along the way, that love became a cage she didn’t know she was in.In this episode I sit down with my literal neighbour Meenal — the woman next to my door — for one of the most honest and liberating conversations on The Woman Next Door so far.Meenal spent years seeking validation from the world around her — from relationships, from achievements, from anyone who would accept her as she was. A marriage that taught her everything about herself. A divorce that set her free. And two years of quiet, courageous self discovery that brought her home to who she always was.In this episode we talk about:Born Special — growing up with a visible difference and the overprotection that came with love.Seeking Validation — how years of external approval shaped her relationships and her choices.The Marriage — rushing in because someone accepted her, and what she learned from that.The Divorce — not as an ending but as the beginning of everything.Career & Identity — 14 years, 7 organisations, and never letting her special ability define her limits.The Shift — from “I don’t have 3 fingers” to “I have 2 extra fingers.”Baatcheet — building a community rooted in connection and self acceptance.Meenal’s closing words say it all — “I’m a very simple, loving, generous person who thrives on connection.”She always was. She just needed to find her way back to herself.What didn’t break her, built her.
May 3

Postpartum Depression - She Asked For Help And It Saved Her

The side of motherhood that doesn’t make it to Instagram. We sat down to talk about nutrition. What unfolded was something far more important.In this episode I sit down with my dear friend Sudarshana, a Product Manager turned Nutritionist — opens up about her high anxiety pregnancy, the invisible toll on a new mother’s body and mind, and the rage that nobody warned her about.It wasn’t the tearful sadness we associate with PPD. It was an intense, frightening rage — thoughts that scared her — that made her pick up the phone and call her therapist.We talk about the invisible mother, paternal PPD, the floating road to recovery and why even 0.5% of doubt is enough reason to reach out.Her words: “You owe it to yourself. Don’t wait.”And mine: Seek support shamelessly. Don’t let your ego come in the way. Because happy mothers raise happy children. Struggling with postpartum depression? Reach out to iCall India at 9152987821. You are not alone.
Apr 25

The Modern Traditional Indian Woman

What does it actually mean to be a modern Indian woman? Is it the clothes you wear? The rituals you skip? The traditions you follow?In this episode I want to challenge that conversation. Because modern doesn’t mean defiance. Modern means informed. And traditional doesn’t mean blind. Traditional means rooted.I share some of the most personal moments from my own life — a ritual at my wedding I laughed through, a ceremony I researched before agreeing to, a surname we chose that belongs to neither me nor my husband, a fast I don’t keep but a festival I never miss.And a mother who looked at the word Kanyadan — the giving away of a daughter — and said: why would I give you away? You are still mine.This one is for every Indian woman quietly navigating the space between who she was raised to be and who she is choosing to become.

The Woman Next Door is where Indian women talk about the things we don’t usually say out loud. Host Anukrity explores ambition, identity, money, family, and the messy middle of building a life on your own terms. Through candid solo episodes and conversations with everyday women doing extraordinary things, this podcast is for anyone navigating the gap between who they’re supposed to be and who they’re becoming.

Creator

Anukrity
Years Active

2026
Episodes

18
Rating

Explicit
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© Anukrity
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