Sariggaa Choodu

The Beyond Forum

Welcome to Sarigga Choodu, a Tenglish podcast about everything you don’t know about “they who cannot see!” We’re tired the way media, cinema and politics have used, misused and abused the visually impaired and blind community. And we, Raghu and Uma Shankar, two blind boys bought a couple of mics and started cutting loose. This is our journal of being a blind in this non-blind world. 2 monthly episodes by the way! Still unsure of the podcast topic? Come home this Sunday, will explain more. Note: This podcast is not family friendly. This is only for friendly families.

Episodes

  1. 7. Being a Blind in the Digital Jungle

    05/19/2024

    7. Being a Blind in the Digital Jungle

    Swiggy orders, Uber cabs, Netflix movies: the ordinary everyday things for sighted folks are perhaps the biggest liberations for blind and visually impaired people. Digital world is enabling, liberating and also, can you believe it? harshly excluding at times. Sounds like an overstretch? Then you must listen to this episode. Things we discussed in this episode: • How do blind people use phones? • What is accessibility for the blind? • How to make our Instagram accessible for the blind? • Can websites be accessible for the blind? • Using smartphones as a blind" Watch our reel on screen readers here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7B450Rvtuf/?igsh=dW84aDVicHE5ZWZq 🚀 Like, share, subscribe, and support us in every way you can if you like what we do. 💰You can buy us a samosa, coffee, or a condom to keep the podcast going. Our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi 🤯 Have some thoughts? Just vomit them in the comments below. Lekapothe lavaipotharu. Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/ Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar Graphic Design: Bhavana Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo!

    41 min
  2. When Blindness Becomes a Kabab Main Haddi| [I]dentity Pt 2 | #EP6 | Sariggaa Choodu

    05/12/2024

    When Blindness Becomes a Kabab Main Haddi| [I]dentity Pt 2 | #EP6 | Sariggaa Choodu

    It stops us, it blocks us, and trust me, it annoys us like that kabab main haddi at times. No, surely not all the time, thankfully. But when it does, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Here are the stories of those times when our blindness becomes a ‘Kabab Main Haddi’, ‘Panakamlo Pudaka’, and ‘Panti Kinda Raayi’. Did we tell ya? Sariggaa Choodu is now coming every week. Every Sunday, at 10AM, right on your favorite platform. 🚀 Like, share, subscribe, and support us in every way you can if you like what we do. 💰You can buy us a samosa, coffee, or a condom to keep the podcast going. Our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi 🤯 Have some thoughts? Just vomit them in the comments below. Lekapothe lavaipotharu. Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/ Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar Graphic Design: Bhavana Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo!

    24 min
  3. Do Blind People Miss Seeing the World? - [I]dentity Pt 1

    05/05/2024

    Do Blind People Miss Seeing the World? - [I]dentity Pt 1

    When you meet a disabled person, how hard or easy it is to see only the person and not the disability? Should we really overlook something that fundamentally shapes who we are? We sat down and tried to break down this among ourselves. Find what we feel about our disability and if we miss seeing this world like lot of people ask. Check everything out in the 5th episode of Sariggaa Choodu and pour your thoughts in the comments below! Article Raghu was talking about: Freedom for the Blind: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/word/book_freedomfortheblind_lbf28.doc Did we tell ya? Sariggaa Choodu is now coming every week. Every Sunday, at 10AM, right on your favorite platform. 🚀 Like, share, subscribe, and support us in every way you can if you like what we do. 💰You can buy us a samosa, coffee, or a condom to keep the podcast going. Our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi 🤯 Have some thoughts? Just vomit them in the comments below. Lekapothe lavaipotharu. Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/ Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar Graphic Design: Bhavana Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo! #Podcast #TeluguPodcast #SariggaaChoodu #BlindPeople #DoBlindsMissSeeing #DisabilityAwareness #TBFMedia Chapters: 00:00 - Preamble 04:19 – Do We Miss Seeing? 09:20 – Is Disability Our Identity? 14:42 – Ashamed of One’s Disability 18:00 – Raghu Met a Jali Reddy 20:04 – It Begins with the Family 22:46 – Screenplay Main Ek Lock Hain?

    24 min
  4. When a Blind Hits the Road - Some Strange & Funny Travel Stories

    04/28/2024

    When a Blind Hits the Road - Some Strange & Funny Travel Stories

    👀 We meet sensitive folks, sympathetic blokes, and the strangest yolks on the roads every single day. Trust me, not a single day fails to be wild when you hit the road as a blind person. 🛣️ We're here, 4th episode is here! And our funny, insightful, unfiltered conversations about traveling as a blind person continue. Close your 👀 and open your 👂 to a whole new world right away! Did we tell ya? Sariggaa Choodu is now coming every week. Every Sunday, at 10AM, right on your favorite platform. 🚀 Like, share, subscribe, and support us in every way you can if you like what we do. 💰You can buy us a samosa, coffee, or a condom to keep the podcast going. Our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi 🤯 Have some thoughts? Just vomit them in the comments below. Lekapothe lavaipotharu. Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/ Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar Graphic Design: Bhavana Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo!

    35 min
  5. Stories of White Canes & Crossing the Roads | Nadipinchu Naa Nava Pt 1

    04/21/2024

    Stories of White Canes & Crossing the Roads | Nadipinchu Naa Nava Pt 1

    "Moving around on a busy road with traffic is an achievement for even those who can see. For a blind person to come onto the road hoping to move unharmed is just impossible," -- says so the world... How true or false is it, though? Welcome! Welcome! The third episode of Sariggaa Choodu brings to you some of the candid, honest, and authentic stories of traveling as a blind person. This is the first part of a two-part episode which focuses on our journey—literal and figurative—with the White Cane, busy traffic roads, people who do not know how not to help, and more. Did we tell ya? Sariggaa Choodu is now coming every week. Every Sunday, at 10AM, right on your favorite platform. 🚀 Like, share, subscribe, and support us in every way you can if you like what we do. 💰You can buy us a samosa, coffee, or a condom to keep the podcast going. Our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi 🤯 Have some thoughts? Just vomit them in the comments below. Lekapothe lavaipotharu. Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/ Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar Graphic Design: Bhavana Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo!

    28 min
  6. How Does a Blind See Nature? And the Day We've Become Sons of Beaches

    04/07/2024

    How Does a Blind See Nature? And the Day We've Become Sons of Beaches

    They say the splendor of nature is so mesmerizing that merely two eyes cannot do justice to its magnificence. Sorry, I can’t see a point there.👀   🎉 Boys, girls, and friends beyond the binary, the second episode of Sariggaa Choodu is here! This time, we’re talking about our experiences of enjoying "Nature" as blind and visually impaired.⛲ 🌿   🎧 Listen to our banter about favorite #Seasons, losing our #BeachVerginity, our #GoaTrip, and our ways of enjoying this #Nature being #Blind.   💰You can buy us a samosa, coffee, or a condom to keep the podcast going. Our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi       Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/   Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar  Graphic Design: Bhavana Intro Music: Uma gadu Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media   Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo!

    27 min
  7. How Do Blinds Celebrate Holi? & Can Blinds Be Racists

    03/25/2024

    How Do Blinds Celebrate Holi? & Can Blinds Be Racists

    When you cannot see any color at all, what do things like Holi and Racism mean to you anyway? Boom! The first episode of Sariggaa Choodu is here. And we’re getting in right away with our stories of some colorful and colorless moments of our blind lives. How do blinds celebrate Holi? What are the challenges they navigate through to be part of this massive festival? And can blinds be racists? How do racist remarks affect blind folk’s confidence? Pretty intense, ay? No, the boys banter makes it anything but that. So, get ready to laugh, cringe and more importantly to listen to a side of this colorful world that you might not have experienced before. You can buy us a Samosa / Coffee / Condom to keep the podcast going. our UPI ID is: sankarv2408@oksbi -------- Follow us on: IG: @thebeyondforum https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=v8xudrtufj2m&utm_content=tgt2csw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555151291066&mibextid=ZbWKwL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-beyond-forum/ Podcast Credits: Hosts: Uma Shankar [@soulless_shoe] & Raghu [@raghuvengala] Editors: Bhavana [@bhavana.mp4] & Uma Shankar Graphic Design: Bhavana Logo: Naren [@okaikonkai] Creative Director: Uma Shankar Creative Consultant: Bharath Kumar [@thedarkhumourist] Executive Producer: Bhavana Produced by: The Beyond Forum Media Special Thanks to: Nagaraj mowa, Sai Krishna anna and Oreo! #Podcast #TeluguPodcast #SariggaaChoodu #TheBeyondForum #Blinds #Blindlife #DisabilityAwareness

    23 min

  8. Trailer

    Pulling Up the Blinds - Sariggaa Choodu Begins!

    Disclaimer: No mosquitos were harmed in making this promo… They were simply killed.   It’s time for the show, show down, and show off! People who are busy, you please continue doing your work. People who are free, please drop everything you’re not doing and check out the teaser for the #Season1 of #SariggaaChoodu,a tenglish podcast presented by The Beyond Forum. First episode lands on Holi [25th]!   Follow us on: IG at thebeyondforum YT at The Beyond Forum   CREDITS Hosts: @soulless_shoe & @raghuvengala Audio Edit by Uma Shankar Design and Video Edit by Bhavana Payarda [@bhavana_payarda] Logo by Naren [@okaikonkai] Executive Producer: Bhavana Payarda Produced by The Beyond Forum Presented by Mayadari Santha

    2 min

Trailer

About

Welcome to Sarigga Choodu, a Tenglish podcast about everything you don’t know about “they who cannot see!” We’re tired the way media, cinema and politics have used, misused and abused the visually impaired and blind community. And we, Raghu and Uma Shankar, two blind boys bought a couple of mics and started cutting loose. This is our journal of being a blind in this non-blind world. 2 monthly episodes by the way! Still unsure of the podcast topic? Come home this Sunday, will explain more. Note: This podcast is not family friendly. This is only for friendly families.

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  • Creator
    The Beyond Forum
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
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