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Have you watched Double Trouble with Smirti and Jemi yet? It's a talk series on YouTube that had its first episode in April 2020, and is worth checking out!
Have you watched Double Trouble with Smirti and Jemi yet? It’s a talk series on YouTube that had its first episode in April 2020, and is worth checking out!
For those who don’t know, Double Trouble with Smriti and Jemi is a series on YouTube where Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues talk to sportspersons.
Being born and brought up in an Indian household, cricket is an inherent part of my phone updates, newspaper, TV, conversations and discussions. We don’t just watch cricket – we watch the highlights, the analysis, the interviews of cricketers, the talkshows, the training sessions and what not.
As an ardent cricket lover, I binge watched many talkshows and interviews of cricketers. (Contact me for suggestions). I was randomly scrolling through YouTube when I found this conversation between Smriti, Jemimah and Rohit Sharma.
I won’t lie – I wasn’t watching women’s cricket until two years back. Lately I realised that a sport is a sport, no matter who plays it.
At home, we watch everything related to cricket. We watch IPL, Big Bash, Ashes, women’s cricket and also highlights of matches we’ve already watched. So when I saw two women cricketers doing something exciting and enjoyable, I knew my weekend is booked.
Watch Episode 1 here.
Smriti and Jemi are so full of frolic and zeal. They talk about many aspects of their cricketing journey, like, their foreign tours, their best matches, their fun moments in the room, their learnings, etc. I find it very insightful, for anyone who wants to know about cricket.
It is endearing to listen to young women’s experiences in sports. Because we have lately made tremendous progress in our outlook towards women in sports and have a long way to go yet.
I love the show for many reasons; I’ll list out a few here.
The young ladies are very expressive and free. You feel like you are listening to a conversation of your friends. It doesn’t look like a set of questions framed to get certain answers. They ask all relevant, sensible and reasonable questions. No drama, no unnecessary topics, no craving for attention.
They have complete respect for whoever they talk to. While having fun, we can’t afford to forget who the other person is, right? Starting from the way they address their guests, everything is so decent and respectful. No dirty jokes and comments.
Their own experiences are so pleasant and feel-good. I love how they speak about their experiences in a way that it helps young sportspersons. So if you are an aspiring cricketer, I’d totally recommend it to you.
They have spoken to sportspersons other than cricketers as well! While we are finally learning to watch women’s cricket, should we not encourage people in other sports too? They’ve spoken to Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal among other women. Also, they’ve spoken to Sardar Singh, Pankaj Advani and Sreejesh PR.
Ab aap convince hogaye ki mai aur bolu? (Are you convinced yet?)
I wholeheartedly wish these young, beautiful and successful ladies all the success in their future. They deserve all the applause and recognition for making the best of the quarantine period.
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A nature lover, Usha Rajagopalan set up a trust called the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) in June 2010.
While there is a glint of adventure in her eyes and a chuckle in her voice, there is also an unshakeable determination to achieve her goals which, she says, she has had from her college days. That’s Usha Rajagopalan, well-known Bengaluru-based author.
But these days her writing has taken a backseat as lake conservation has become her passion. The 67-year-old spirited senior citizen has made it her life’s mission to save the Puttenahalli Puttakare lake near her home.
Usha Rajagopalan likes calling herself a “lakeika” – a lake activist and a writer (‘lekhika’ in Hindi). “I am a writer by choice and lake conservationist by chance,” she says with a smile. Creative writing has always been a passion and she has published several books.
How come a man working 9 to 5 "comes home tired" but a woman coming back home after work is expected to do the household chores, manage the children and other stuff too?
I came across this line recently in a Tanishq advertisement (ad) and it immediately caught my attention. The ad basically demonstrates a woman as “superwoman” as she does all the professional and personal work simultaneously, she manages the social circles along with the family, she manages everything with a smile. The actual twist comes at the end when the same superwoman says that before a superwoman, I am a human first; I get tired also, I fail also and at times I am helpless too.
I feel all working women will relate to the subject line. We women are expected to be superwomen, but we are normal humans. How come a man working 9 to 5 comes home tired but a woman coming back home after work is expected to do the household chores, manage the children and other stuff too?
There is a beautiful video shared by Jaya Kishori Ji, a motivational and spiritual speaker, wherein she says, “ki hum chahte hain hamari betiyan chaand par jayein par jaane se pehle 4 paranthe or 2 cup chai banakar jaaye (we wish for our daughters to go to moon, but before going we want them to cook 4 paranthas and 2 cups of chai),” why this is so? Why are the expectations so different?
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