City of Women

Vaaka Media

In City of Women, we explore the calculated strategies, backdoor negotiations, and often absurd lengths women go to have fun and feel free in their city. Every Indian woman knows that being out in the city comes with rules - rules that determine who gets to be where and what you can and can’t do. But this show is not about those rules. It’s about how they get broken, bent, and jumped over when women decide to do things just for themselves. City of Women is fun, complex, and a bit of a joyride into the minds of women and the streets of Bangalore.

Nov 17, 2023

Personal Best

Menaka always wanted to be one of the cool, sporty girls in her school. As a child she’d play for hours on the street, but as she got older she found herself retreating indoors, a place she was told was ‘safer’...

27 mins

Oct 10, 2023

Escape

Sometimes we all want to escape for a little bit: from our homes, our lives, and even our selves. On a solo trip to Jaipur, a woman tries on a new skin and tells the story of what happened. This episode was...

15 mins

Sep 04, 2023

School of Love

Love is a many splendored thing. And so are booty calls. One intrepid woman shares her journey from not wanting a boyfriend, to falling in love to getting on dating apps in search of love. And while she doesn’t...

22 mins

Aug 17, 2023

Aanchal Malhotra

Welcome back to a new season of City of Women. As India celebrates her 77th Independence Day this month, we thought it only fitting to begin this season with an interview with oral historian and author Aanchal...

16 mins

Nov 11, 2022

Salma

Salma is a Tamil author, poet, politician and activist. Her novel மனாமியங்கள் published in 2017 was translated to English by Meena Kandasamy and published as Women, Dreaming. The book takes you into the inner...

14 mins

Oct 27, 2022

Mishti

Where do you find those moments of sweet solitude? Adrija shares some of hers. Thanks to Adrija for sharing her story with us! Thank you to Adrijia recording this conversation. This episode was edited an...

3 mins

Sep 22, 2022

Unfurling

From hostel gates to Chamanlal: two women talk about their night outs in college. A weekly ritual that begins with deciding where to go and that ends with an unfurling on the dance floor. Thanks to Yashaswin...

8 mins

Sep 08, 2022

Maradona

For some women, their world is confined to what lies inside the four walls of their home and their dreams to what others tell them they can and cannot do. A son looks back on his mother’s love for sport and the...

14 mins

Aug 23, 2022

Shrayana

Literature has always been a source of joy and inspiration for us at City of Women and we wanted to find a way to express that love. We bring to you a new kind of episode in which we talk to and hear from autho...

13 mins

Aug 02, 2022

Cadets

Freezing water, bathrooms from hell and bras designed to torture. Being a part of the National Cadet Corps isn’t fun and games. But there’s also camaraderie, exploration and certain kind of freedom. Two former...

12 mins

Suno India