findingHOME: Recent Episodes
Harish
Putting this simply, this is a space I want to create together with you all to show the world that “our” stories of “finding HOME” matter too. This is to all who came thousands of km away from “HOME” & struggling here to figure out what that HOME matters to them now? & What a “HOME” is meant to us? Let’s talk all about it here at “finding HOME”.
In this episode, I am conversing with his dignity - Dr. Murali Kirshna Sarmaji Bhuvanagiri Garu, a head priest in the greater Charlotte area, NC, USA. Sarmaji, candidly shared his humble beginnings, the way he fought through social norms and family fears to become a Vedic scholar and always tried to be better and bigger at what he chose to do.
Later in the episode, Sarmaji shared his valuable understanding of Hindu culture what a temple and priest at the temple signifies, and how the Vedic teachings paved the path to being a better human. Please listen to this invaluable conversation.
Thank you,
Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 2: This episode presents the journey of Natalia who is from Ukraine, with a strong habit of grabbing opportunities all her life has stumbled upon a chance to move to Canada - The decision that changed her life and more......
Please do tune into this amazing and moving conversation, where Natalia openly discusses her life back in Ukraine, her adjusting and adopting time in Canada and also the effect of the ongoing war in her home country on her mental state, and how she found help from near and dear ones to face the uncertainty and do the right things to support her family.
Thank you,
Hello Everyone. I missed doing this, so I am back with a new season and episode.
The guest of this episode is none other than my very first guest for the show - you guessed it right, it's my dear friend Rahul. Thank you to Rahul for helping me again to restart this journey by agreeing to do this.
Please do listen to this yet another amazing conversation with the man himself who has been on the journey of transforming his mind, body, and soul for the past three years. There are so many takeaways from this talk, I hope you all find it engaging and useful.
Thank you.
findingHOME Podcast, Episode 15: Today, I am conversing with Dr. Jagadish Chennupati, an Indian-Australian physicist who is the Australian Academy of Science President and a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University Research School of Physics. He is head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group which he established in 1990.
In today's conversation, Dr. Chennupati discusses his childhood during his early years in independent India, his interest in the field of electronics, his first international travel back in the 90s, his current passion for giving back to society, and many more.
Do listen to this inspiring and amazing conversation.
findingHOME Podcast, Episode 14: Today, I am in conversation with Dr. Karthiga Santhana Kumar, CEO of Invasight AG, a biotech company based in Zurich. Karthiga aspired to be a medical doctor and then pivoted to be an Oncology-oriented researcher with a keen interest in functional assay-based personalized therapy, precision medicine, and drug designing.
In today's conversation, Karthiga discussed her journey to the UK for higher studies and then moving to Zurich, handling cultural differences, founding a company from her graduate research project, being a female CEO, and many more.
Do listen to this inspiring and amazing conversation.
findingHOME Podcast, Episode 13: Today, I am in conversation with Surbhi Gupta, an experienced product manager in Silicon Valley. Surbhi talked to me about her journey to the US, her experiences, and the ambitions that she wants to pursue with the experience she gained in the country. Importantly during this range of tech layoffs happing all around the valley and the world, Surbhi is lending her voice to the tech immigrants community to do her part of helping them out.
Please listen to this engaging conversation.
Hi Everyone. Today I am in conversation with Zablon Faith. Faith was born and raised in Kenya and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Nanoengineering at NCAT, US.
Faith talks about her journey to India from Kenya for her Master's degree, her experiences back in Kenya during the pandemic, and her journey to the US to pursue her doctorate degree. This conversation is moving, which makes you all believe in yourself and have faith no matter how the external situations treat you.
Please listen to the episode.
Today I am in conversation with Mr. Theo Noussi, a graduate student at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, UNCG. Theo is from Cameroon and came to the US for his higher education. In this episode, Theo shares his journey to the US, how being a Francophone, his choice of coming to the US happened, how he navigated his early days of loneliness in the country and how slowly but definitely he wants to make sure he grabs every opportunity that touches his door for growth and may more......
Please listen to our amazing conversation.
Hi All. Welcome back. In this episode, I am conversing with Dr. Lakmini Premadesa, who is a research scientist at Texas Biomedical Research with the key focus of her work on HIV.
Dr. Lakmini dedicated her research career to working on infectious diseases and recently started to put her efforts into improving the field of "science diplomacy." Dr. Lakmini originated from Sri Lanka - In this episode, we discuss her journey from Sri Lanka to the US and her experiences as an immigrant working in infectious diseases.
Please listen to this short and crip conversation.
Today, I am in conversation with my friend Kishan, who is an experimental physicist working at University of Exeter, UK.
Kishan, is from Sindhi origin, the community that lost its HOME due to unfortunate situations. Knowing the importance of HOME from his childhood - Kishan speaks to me candidly about his journey of how he cultivated the habit of grabbing opportunities to fulfill the need of adoption.
Please do listen to our full, fulfilling conversation in this episode.
Credits:
1. Intro music - a sonifications map of near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope, to a symphony of sounds.
2. Background of the episode cover image - NASA Chandra telescope image of the galaxy at large.
Today's conversation is with Rashmi, a mechanical engineer by profession and an active volunteer in bringing more women of color and young girls into work in manufacturing field and making STEM as their career path respectively.
Please listen to this engaging conversation on the needed topic of the moment.
Thank you.
In this episode, I am in conversation with Dr. Anandavalli -Counselor and Educator at Southern Oregon University. The key theme of the episode is on immigrants mental health, we discussed on an range of topics related to the same. I am grateful to Valli for accepting to talk to me on this topic. Please do listen to the amazing conversation.
To reach out to Dr.Valli, Please visit - https://soulfulnesscounseling.com/
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In this episode, I am grateful to have Komal Garde as a guest to talk and discuss the ongoing movement on #savesoil. We discussed how social media campaigning could have a long-lasting impact on the cause, the importance of coming out of your comfort zone for what you believe in and want to see change, and many more.
Thank you for tuning in. Please enjoy the episode.
This episode is with my dear friend - Aparna. I this episode, through a fun-filled conversation, I tried to explore Aparna's free-spirited life choices and her perspectives towards making those choices.
I hope you all enjoy listening to this conversation, as much as I enjoyed recording it.
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It is my pleasure to bring you my conversation today with the amazing person in the Greensboro community - Jyothsna Garu.
So, let me as you a question. What is the value of human life? Why do we need to spend it in the right way to make a difference in society? My conversation with Jyothsna Garu today beautifully answers this question through her story that shaped her to be “The JOyous One” she is today.
Please do listen to the episode.
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Hi everyone, welcome back. Today's episode is with Dr. Bhanu Chandra, a long term friend of mine. Please do listen to our conversation ranging from winemaking to air sterilization for covid to how life turns out to be all good at the end.
Thank you all for the support all through. See you all in the next episode.
I am Priyanka, Harish's wife hosting this episode with the man himself, Chevva Harish. This episode explores his journey and speaks about his "Two Lives" and much more, which is quite fascinating to hear. So please listen to all through for this amazing conversation.
Today’s episode is titled “One more mile,” which is all about inspiration & endurance. Today, our guest Rahul, who made himself what he is now, is the right fit for these two words. Rahul was super candid and genuine about his opinions. I enjoyed the conversation. I hope you all shall have a good time listening to it.