Sangeeta Pillai
Sangeeta Pillai is a feminist activist and writer, the creator of the multi-award-winning Masala Podcast as well as the founder of South Asian feminist network Soul Sutras. Sangeeta grew up in a Mumbai slum fighting for her rights - and found her feminism early on. Today, she is recognised as a leading voice for South Asian feminism globally. Sangeeta’s work challenges many cultural taboos: from sex, sexuality, periods, shame, mental health, menopause and more. While celebrating many life-enhancing aspects of her South Asian culture: from Kamasutra, Tantra, Ayurveda, Bollywood and beyond. Sangeeta’s Masala Podcast has won 6 British Podcast Awards, 1 Audio Production Award & the Spotify SoundUp 2018 award. Most recently, Sangeeta and Masala Podcast have been on giant billboards in New York, London, Dublin, Cardiff & Glasgow.
Sangeeta has been featured extensively in the press from BBC Radio, Guardian, Metro, Cosmopolitan, Evening Standard, Stylist, Eastern Eye to Huffington Post.
She is also the creator of the Masala Monologues series of writing workshops & theatre shows in the UK & the US.
Sangeeta is a regular speaker at WOW Festival, Shameless Festival, Primadonna Festival well as being a regular speaker on innumerable panels and podcasts.
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