Author and journalist Purva Grover’s tiny attempt to keep stories and storytelling alive. She feels stories are aching to be shared. Tales of people, who inhabit the world we live in. Tales of people, who inhabit the world we create for them to live in. Tune in to Saving Stories With Purva Grover and listen to the stories; sometimes narrated as vignettes, almost poetic; at other times as entries from Dear Diary, and on a few other occasions as anecdotes overheard at parties, over coffee and beyond. These stories speak of the truth and untruth. They speak of loving and unloving too. They speak of love, loss and life. They speak of you and me, her and him, them and us, before and after.(June 2023: After one year of entertaining you, we&#39;ve decided to move on to a new address, new name; we hope to see you there)

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A simple routine, a ritual. None of us ever spoke on the worth of its existence or the consequences if it were to be discontinued. There was no need to discuss the ‘usual’. However, it was the one ritual that summed up the meaning of the words togetherness, family and patience for me.

#storieswithpg (Narration): A Summer Ritual

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Author Purva Grover reviews More Than Just Biryani by Andaleeb WajidWhen I began to write, I thought all I’d have to do is write. Somewhere, in between I forgot the part, which said I’d also have to remind myself and the others to read. Now, I read 52 books a year. I find myself reading at libraries, cafes, in bed, while commuting, while waiting for a meeting to start, at parties even, and more. In short, I read whenever I can. When I am not running between narrating stories and writing a few of mine, I review the books I read. Every few weeks, I release a new episode, featuring a book that is on my nightstand. I hope this segment of the podcast encourages you to find your story. After all, we are all stories, aren’t we?— Keep reading, P

We're all stories: Book Review, More Than Just Biryani  by Andaleeb Wajid

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The leaves swayed slowly, without disturbing the stillness of the hour. Then we kissed, under the tree in a narrow lane.

#storieswithpg (Narration): The First Kiss

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My fingers are stained with red: a rusty, dirty red. Not the kind of red that bleeds but the one that lingers. If you were to judge me by my hands you’d probably never talk to me.

#storieswithpg (Narration): The Darkness of Red

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Author Purva Grover reviews The Blind Matriarch by Namita GokhaleWhen I began to write, I thought all I’d have to do is write. Somewhere, in between I forgot the part, which said I’d also have to remind myself and the others to read. Now, I read 52 books a year. I find myself reading at libraries, cafes, in the bed, while commuting, while waiting for a meeting to start, at parties even, and more. In short, I read whenever I can. When I am not running between narrating stories and writing a few of mine, I review the books I read. Every few weeks, I release a new episode, featuring a book that is on my night stand. I hope this segment of the podcast encourages you to find your story. After all, we are all stories, aren’t we?— Keep reading, P

We're all stories: Book Review, The Blind Matriarch by Namita Gokhale

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Author Purva Grover reviews Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma﻿When I began to write, I thought all I’d have to do is write. Somewhere, in between I forgot the part, which said I’d also have to remind myself and the others to read. Now, I read 52 books a year. I find myself reading at libraries, cafes, in the bed, while commuting, while waiting for a meeting to start, at parties even, and more. In short, I read whenever I can. When I am not running between narrating stories and writing a few of mine, I review the books I read. Every few weeks, I release a new episode, featuring a book that is on my night stand. I hope this segment of the podcast encourages you to find your story. After all, we are all stories, aren’t we?— Keep reading, P

We're all stories: Book Review,  Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma

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Perhaps, we&#39;ll meet again. We’d talk for a while and then we’ll just say goodbye. Perhaps, one day, we’d know why our chapters didn’t end on the same page. Until then, we’d let our love grow.

#storieswithpg (Narration): We'd let our love grow

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Saving Stories with Purva Grover presents a podcast that steers away from male-bashing and feminism, and simply celebrates what it means to be a woman. For amongst the many things that author Purva Grover doesn&#39;t understand — most are feminine. Each episode features conversations with a She, who shares her story of ambition and anxiety, love and loss, strength and weakness, bad hair days and failures at work too. Join us as we figure out what&#39;s crucial — love, laundry or lessons. As we&#39;re asked to explain our secrets of work vs. family balance. As we are fed articles on how to step up the career ladder as fast as men and yet raise perfect kids. As we look for solutions for smudged kohl, mastering how to apply BB creams and concealers. We speak of unwanted advice, as we offer some too. We sigh, smile and scorn. We observe, absorb, judge and compare. We own our space. With Rashmi Kotriwala, Founder/Mentor, EnAct Rashmi Kotriwala is the Founder /Mentor of EnAct, an institute that caters to everything around theatre and spoken word events. She is a director, producer, actor, writer and teacher of drama. She recently published her poetry book in Hindi called ख़यालों के दरमियान.

#shecelebratesshe With Rashmi Kotriwala, Founder/Mentor, EnAct

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Why don’t we ever rest? Being busy is not a badge of honour. A cursory glance on social media timelines, WhatsApp groups, and conversations exchanged with colleagues, families, friends, etc. is enough to feel the pressure on how everyone has too much on their plates and how we are drowning in obligations, commitments, deadlines, et al. Sadly, the world we have built up only adds to the glorification of being busy.

#storieswithpg (Narration): We're All Busy

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Author Purva Grover reviews The Universe is Expanding and So Am I by Carolyn MacklerWhen I began to write, I thought all I’d have to do is write. Somewhere, in between I forgot the part, which said I’d also have to remind myself and the others to read. Now, I read 52 books a year. I find myself reading at libraries, cafes, in the bed, while commuting, while waiting for a meeting to start, at parties even, and more. In short, I read whenever I can. When I am not running between narrating stories and writing a few of mine, I review the books I read. Every few weeks, I release a new episode, featuring a book that is on my night stand. I hope this segment of the podcast encourages you to find your story. After all, we are all stories, aren’t we?— Keep reading, P

We're all stories: Book Review, The Universe is Expanding and So Am I by Carolyn Mackler

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Author Purva Grover reviews Today Will Be Different by Maria SempleWhen I began to write, I thought all I’d have to do is write. Somewhere, in between I forgot the part, which said I’d also have to remind myself and the others to read. Now, I read 52 books a year. I find myself reading at libraries, cafes, in the bed, while commuting, while waiting for a meeting to start, at parties even, and more. In short, I read whenever I can. When I am not running between narrating stories and writing a few of mine, I review the books I read. Every few weeks, I release a new episode, featuring a book that is on my night stand. I hope this segment of the podcast encourages you to find your story. After all, we are all stories, aren’t we?— Keep reading, P

We are all stories: Book review, Today Will Be Different  by Maria Semple

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Saving Stories with Purva Grover presents a podcast that steers away from male-bashing and feminism, and simply celebrates what it means to be a woman. For amongst the many things that author Purva Grover doesn&#39;t understand — most are feminine. Each episode features conversations with a She, who shares her story of ambition and anxiety, love and loss, strength and weakness, bad hair days and failures at work too. Join us as we figure out what&#39;s crucial — love, laundry or lessons. As we&#39;re asked to explain our secrets of work vs. family balance. As we are fed articles on how to step up the career ladder as fast as men and yet raise perfect kids. As we look for solutions for smudged kohl, mastering how to apply BB creams and concealers. We speak of unwanted advice, as we offer some too. We sigh, smile and scorn. We observe, absorb, judge and compare. We own our space. With Mukta Purain, Founder, MissPalettable Mukta has built a platform for smaller, niche brands to cater to a global community of mindful consumers. She decided to build MissPalettable shortly after she knew she couldn’t be the only one struggling with lack of choices in the UAE market. Fast forward to her 30’s, having developed sensitive skin during her pregnancy, it became the perfect opportunity to create and build a strong community of persons looking for brands that are unique and safe for troubled skin.

#shecelebratesshe With Mukta Purain, Founder, MissPalettable

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The party may be clichéd, the four-letter word is now commonplace, but the story needs to be re-told for more reasons than one.

The four-letter word, overheard at parties (Once more)

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Everything has a sound, even silence; even the pandemic. What then were the initial sounds of the pandemic?

Sounds of the pandemic (Once more)

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There’s a word for every emotion, occasion, and situation. What then is the word for 2020? We know not.

It was the year 2020 (II) (Once more)

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It was the year 2020 (Once more)

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In a world, where it’s important to get the gist of emotions in the most fashionable, snackable manner, do we have it in us to explore a feeling?

Kahani Abhi Adhuri Hai (Dobara Sune)

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The birthdays of the pandemic will be remembered for a long time. When standing around the table gave way to appearing in squares on a Zoom birthday call.

Birthdays Kuch Badal Se Gaye Hai (Dobara Sune)

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My bum leeks and I am going to talk about it. This is going to be uncomfortable, not for me but for you. For, I am going to talk about periods, crack lame PMS jokes, et al.

Sshh...log kya kahenge (Dobara Sune)

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I grew up listening to the whistle of the pressure cooker, and would instantly feel happy if I knew it was rajma (kidney beans) cooking in ours or neighbour&#39;s home.

The Whoosh Of A Pressure Cooker (Once more)

Author and journalist Purva Grover’s tiny attempt to keep stories and storytelling alive. She feels stories are aching to be shared. Tales of people, who inhabit the world we live in. Tales of people, who inhabit the world we create for them to live in. Tune in to Saving Stories With Purva Grover and listen to the stories; sometimes narrated as vignettes, almost poetic; at other times as entries from Dear Diary, and on a few other occasions as anecdotes overheard at parties, over coffee and beyond. These stories speak of the truth and untruth. They speak of loving and unloving too. They speak of love, loss and life. They speak of you and me, her and him, them and us, before and after.

(June 2023: After one year of entertaining you, we've decided to move on to a new address, new name; we hope to see you there)