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🎙️ Love Matters – India's #1 podcast on love, sex, and relationships Dating, desire, identity, marriage – nothing’s off-limits. Hosted by Leeza Mangaldas, India’s boldest voice on pleasure and relationships, Love Matters dives into the stuff we all think about but rarely say out loud. Honest convos. No shame. Just real stories about love and sexuality in today’s India. 🎧 New episodes every two weeks! 📩 Got a story, question, or feedback? Reach us at lovematters@dw.com A co-production by The Indian Express & DW.
Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas🎙️ Love Matters – India's #1 podcast on love, sex, and relationships
Dating, desire, identity, marriage – nothing’s off-limits. Hosted by Leeza Mangaldas, India’s boldest voice on pleasure and relationships, Love Matters dives into the stuff we all think about but rarely say out loud. Honest convos. No shame. Just real stories about love and sexuality in today’s India.
🎧 New episodes every two weeks!
📩 Got a story, question, or feedback? Reach us at lovematters@dw.com
A co-production by The Indian Express & DW.
Episode
10
December 1, 2021
Love, Dating and Disability ft. Virali Modi
Dating, relationships and finding love can be tough. But people with disabilities (PWDs) have their own set of challenges when trying to couple up. A lack of accessible spaces, as well as judgement and stereotyping from potential partners, strangers...
Episode
09
November 24, 2021
Body positivity: Every body is beautiful ft. Natasha Noel
Slim, hairless, flawlessly fair-skinned, cellulite and blemish-free — beauty standards upheld in the media are downright unrealistic. And harmful. Three in four women find the way the media portrays beauty promotes body shaming. At the...
Episode
08
November 17, 2021
Status single: Defying society’s conventions ft. Sreemoyee Piu Kundu
More single women are living independently in India today than ever before. Many are choosing to be alone not because they cannot find a partner, but because they have found fulfillment outside a romantic partnership...
Episode
07
November 10, 2021
Balancing a career and motherhood ft. Yasmin Karachiwala
Women face enormous pressure to not only raise their children to be the best and run their homes smoothly, but also to stay on top of their careers as if they have no other priorities....
Episode
06
November 3, 2021
Bonus Episode: The Making of Love Matters With Evelyn Sharma
In this episode, the Love Matters team tell you all about the making of this podcast series on love and relationships. From how the DW and Indian Express collaboration came to be and how we...
Episode
05
October 27, 2021
Celebrating love beyond religion
Although, the right to practice any religion is enshrined in the Indian constitution and the Special Marriage Act allows it, marriages between people of different faiths are rare and often shunned. In fact, less than...
Episode
04
October 20, 2021
Divorce isn’t a dirty word
In this episode, we hear from listener Kheyali, who is struggling with wearing the “divorcee” label as a young woman in India. The divorce rate may have doubled in the country over the past two...
Episode
03
October 13, 2021
Living an Authentic Life: LGBTQ+ in India
This week we hear from a listener struggling with feelings of shame about his sexuality because of society’s narrow and degrading views on homosexuality. While India overturned the colonial-era law that made same-sex relations illegal...
Episode
02
October 6, 2021
Can we talk about sex openly, please?
Our listener has an awkward moment after her mom finds the morning after pill in her bag. She also wonders how to reassure her boyfriend she‘s having a good time in bed. In this episode,...
Episode
01
September 29, 2021
How can you keep your relationship going when you’re thousands of miles apart?
From long distance to long-lasting
Episode
1
September 15, 2021
Trailer – Love Matters with Evelyn Sharma
Want to talk about sex openly? Are you figuring out how to be happily single? Or are you at odds with your family over your partner choice? Love Matters is here to help you navigate...