Eisha has been bombarded with ads about hair creams, gels and masks for curly hair. Blessed with an untamed mop, she decided to try out Arata's curly hair gel and cream. Her love for chemistry means she reads and interprets each ingredient listed there in between giggles and smirks. Does she like these vegan hair products? Listen to this Footloose Review #arata #footloosebyshreandeish #productreview #footloosereview #veganproducts #haircare #curlyhair #aratahair #haircream #hairgel...

As they close the first season of Footloose by Shre and Eish, they both chat about their favourites of the season and what worked for different age groups and audiences. After producing and editing 65 episodes of #TidyBytes and #Footloose over the last three months, Eisha deserves her two-month break from podcasting. It will be good to sit back and analyse and see what direction to go forward in, Shreyasi tells her. There are many stories to be told with loads of fun and laughter. We'll be...

In the final episode of this season of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Sarada Raghavan takes us through her journey from a student of life sciences and biochemistry at St Xavier's College, Mumbai, to working on biomarkers in Germany and then gradually starting her entrepreneurial journey in Singapore with her holistic beauty and wellness brand, Iryasa. The conversation meanders through what's organic and what's not, responsible sourcing, the tedious process of getting certified, quality control,...

Shre has achieved a new milestone in her life. She has watched over 150 episodes of K-dramas. No mean feat, says Eish, who cannot sit through a series longer than ten episodes. In this penultimate episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, they talk about Korean entertainment and the Korean influences in their lives.  #kdrama #empresski #netflix #korean #koreanlanguage #koreandramas #koreanfilms #film #movies #tv #americantv #seoul #soccerworldcup #fifa #japanandkorea #japaneseoccupationofkorea...

Shre is just back from a trip to the far north of New Zealand where she has been talking to avocado farmers for research. The conversation moves from avocados in New Zealand to durians, the intense-smelling fruit in Singapore, to the Gujarati delicacy, handvo, Eisha made for Shreyasi's parents in Mumbai, to veganism and monoculture soya farms in the USA.  #avocado #durian #singapore #newzealand #travel #food #culture #bengali #bong #america #handvo #gujaratidelicacy #gujaratifood #vegetarian...

Eisha's three-year-old son has just started preschool and so she has now entered a new group of toddler moms on WhatsApp. Here, she and Shre talk about the things they discuss on the group and the fact that Eisha has to teach her son The Crow And The Pitcher story but her son has never seen a crow. An episode of laughs! #comedy #school #preschool #toddlermom #preschooler #onlineschooling #covid19 #pandemicstories #whatsapp #momgroups #crows #birds #biodiversity #vadodara #mumbai...

Shre loves her butterflies and has studied them through her undergrad and graduation years. In this episode, she has a conversation with her husband Sushil about the beautiful monarch butterflies in their garden in New Zealand.   #gardens #gardentalk #monarchbutterflies #caterpillars #swanplants #gardening #hobbies #insects #nature #naturelovers #ecology #environment #travel #newzealand  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/footloosebytidybytes/message

In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, Mumbai-based journalist Waleed Hussain walks the audience through his journey from Agra to Fatehpur Sikri. He followed the footsteps of the 16th-century Mughal Emperor Akbar to the home of the renowned Sufi saint, Salim Chishti. The heirless emperor sought the saint's blessings and then went on to have three sons. Waleed did not have any particular goals when he embarked on the journey. At one point, he almost gave up. He persisted and managed to...

In New Zealand, Shreyasi steps out with her dog, Koru, for some fresh air at the beach and sees a spectacular sunset. While most of us find shells, seaweed, driftwood and coconut shells on beaches, Shre has managed to find some unusual creatures in the sand. #beach #beachbaby #newzealand #travel #pandemic #pufferfish #blowfish #stingray #snakes #manofwar #portuguesemanofwar #indopacificmanofwar #bluebottlejellywish #pacificocean #ocean #underwater #wildlife #japan #delicacy #sashimi #food...

The Pavagadh-Champaner complex near Vadodara in Gujarat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, on a visit to Pavagadh with her cousin, Julian, Eisha took a ride in a rickety cable car. Julian was worried that they might fall and asked Eisha if there had been an accident and Eisha, the journalist that she was said, "2004, six people died." The other three passengers in the car were shocked and terrified. Julian burst out laughing. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, Eisha talks...

Shre talks about the time she jumped out of a kayak in the middle of the ocean near Singapore. A figure waved to her from the beach. She waved back. When he started running into the water towards her, she discovered it was the lifeguard who thought she was drowning.  Lesson learnt: If you jump into the water in the middle of the sea, DO NOT wave towards people on the beach if you are not drowning.  Shre then goes on to talk about how sea turtles have their own grooming salons. How cool is...

Shreyasi recites one of her childhood favourites from memory.  Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast  By Charles Causely Colonel Fazackerley Butterworth-Toast Bought an old castle complete with a ghost, But someone or other forgot to declare To Colonel Fazak that the spectre was there. On the very first evening, while waiting to dine, The Colonel was taking a fine sherry wine, When the ghost, with a furious flash and a flare, Shot out of the chimney and shivered, 'Beware!' Colonel...

Eisha's friend from Bombay, Waleed Hussain, is a writer, editor, photographer, teacher and mentor. He has spent a good part of the last 20 years as a print and digital journalist and headed the newsrooms of two national dailies in Mumbai and New Delhi. A passionate journalist who has worked with The Times of India, The New Indian Express, MidDay, The Morning Standard and CricInfo, he remains a sufi at heart. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, Mumbai-based journalist, Waleed...

In this episode of Footloose with Shre and Eish, Shreyasi and her husband Sushil talk about their garden in New Zealand in which Sushil has planted pretty much all the fruits and vegetables you will see in a supermarket. Sprinkled with giggles and anecdotes, there's a lot to learn about patience and tenacity from Sushil and resilience from Nature. Enjoy! #pollination #corn #cauliflowers #vegetables #fruits #growyourfood #growyourvegetables #homeandgarden #newzealand #hobbies #passions...

In this micropod, Shre talks about her trip to Tioman, an island off the coast of Malaysia, where she accidentally stepped onto a sea urchin. Ouch! Obviously, that one wasn't wearing a hat! #seaurchins #oceans #tioman #malaysia #singapore #beach #beachvacation #travel #vacation #podcast #footloose #explorer #seas #waterbaby #naturelover #wildlife #porcupinesofthesea #southeastasia #indianocean #footloosebyshreandeish #footloosewithshreandeish #shreyasimajumdar --- Send in a voice...

Shreyasi's husband, Sushil Shirke, is a passionate gardener and has grown all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers in their garden at home in New Zealand. In this episode of Footloose By Shre and Eish, he talks about bees and how he welcomes them into their garden by growing stuff they love and once, when the bees failed to do their job, he decided to step in to pollinate eggplants using Q-tips or earbuds.  #gardening #homes #homeandgardens #pollination #bees #honeybees #savebees...

In this episode about love and loss, Eisha takes us back to 2016, when a rare type of miscarriage dashed her and her husband's hopes of becoming a first-time parent. Conditioned to move on like many South Asian women, she did the same until a holiday in the Andamans and a casual remark from a friend triggered a depression that lasted through another pregnancy and even after the birth of her child for several months. Among the many coincidences they share, 2016, was also the year, Reagan...

Shre and Eish guffaw through an episode where they discuss some of the weird health fads. Shreyasi talks about how her friend gifted her a coupon for sensory deprivation floatation tank experience at a spa, while Eisha talks about how she gifted her friend an experience at Le Noir Restaurant in Singapore where he and his wife had dinner in pitch darkness. They then talk about oxygen bars and blue pea teas amidst giggles. Enjoy! #singapore #newzealand #spa #healthfads #health #oxygentherapy...

Kashif Mashaikh's first book, The Mortuary Tales, released on June 14 and within a week shot up to #13 in the horror genre on Amazon India. In this episode of Footloose by Shre and  Eish, he talks about writing, literary agents, characterization and how he was inspired by Stephen King, Aahat and Woh.  #mortuarytales #author #debutbook #novel #shortstories #hussainzaidi #goldenpen #footloosebyshreandeish #literaryagents #publishing #stephenking #horror #aahat #sony #zee #OTT #scripttoscreen...

In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about love for brekkies and how she mixes up all kinds of ingredients to serve a colourful plate of food with a very fine balance of taste, texture and flavour.  #caprese #seekhkebab #pasta #momo #brekkie #breakfast #sattu #fish #chicken #protein #basa #tilapia #noodlesforbreakfast #sobanoodles #hakkanoodles #shanghainoodles #eggs #proteinbrekkies #nocarbbrekkie Cover pic: Chicken seekh kebab with cherry tomatoes, pimento stuffed...

Shreyasi's best friend, Sagar, was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 19 and his chances of survival were only 11%. Eighteen years since he fought the battle with cancer, Sagar, takes us through his darkest days and how he has managed to maintain a positive attitude throughout life. This recording was 1 h 3 m long, which Eisha cut down to under 29 minutes. Initially, she and Shre had decided they'd make two episodes out of it. But then Eish told Shre, "If I remove baldness, it's too sad." To...

In this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about her travels to Sarawak, Malaysia, where she failed to see a wild orangutan because of deforestation while Shreyasi talks about Ah Meng, a rescued Sumatran orangutan who became the poster-girl for Singapore Tourism.  #orangutan #borneo #forests #sarawak #kuching #malaysia #palmoil #deforestation #ecologicaldisaster #habitatloss #environment #singapore #ahmeng #singaporetourism #singaporestories #southeastasia #apes #primates...

During the course of this pandemic, one term has cropped up again and again. Empathy i.e. putting ourselves in another's position and feeling what they feel. It is what sustains humankind. It is what drives us to help, support and care for others and make the world a better place. But in this episode of Footloose by Shre and Eish, Eisha talks about the darker side of empathy and it's use as a tool of manipulation and data-gathering.  #empathy #footloose #footloosebyshreandeish #darkempaths...

Waleed Hussain is a journalist with over 25 years of experience in the media and communications industry. In Footloose's first episode in Hindi, Waleed narrates his short story, Khidki. It's a story that was never written. He picked up his phone, switched on the recorder and the words flowed to form this piece. We will bring you more such stories in this season.  #hindi #hindistorytelling #storytelling #khidki #window #womensstories #narration #footloose #footloosebyshreandeish #podcasting...