Book 15 // Malavika Varadan and “In Search of Words”

Chapters Of My Life Podcast

„Find a dictionary full of experiences that you can use to tell your story in the future” - Malavika Varadan Every person has a story worth sharing - truly an inspiring guest on the Chapters Of My Life Podcast. I had Malavika Varadan on the Podcast mic. She is radio presenter of the morning show breakfast No.1 at City 1016 in Dubai. Her energy she brings into the room is addictive. In fact that Podcast talk is more than just sharing her life story, it’s about inspiring others to create a dictionary full of words which express adventures and experiences in life to share with others. She chooses 3 Chapters. Each decade of her life is one chapter. „Finding Words“ Chapter 1 is about her childhood in Bangladore, India. Already at age 3 on stage, she loved to emerge herself into role plays and creating stories. In fact, it was all about storytelling which continued at age 7 when she joined a theatre class. Despite facing a difficult family situation with her father's health, she started to create this mindset of turning any negativity into a positive outcome. Yes, it’s all about the mindset. Chapter 2 „Listening to Stories“ is all about finding the magic, as she once said while being on stage. Art was definitely an area she was very interested but also performing, which she eventually let her join a theatre. At age 19 invited for an audition for the radio channel in Bangladore, she got unexpectedly accepted and started as youngest radio moderator the night slots. Covering international music during the show back in Bangladore, she got an unexpected call from Dubai together with a job offer as a radio presenter. Chapter 3 “Telling Stories” start’s in her early 20’s in Dubai. Open minded as she is, she stepped into the unknown, and started in a city she barely knew anyone. Over the last 10 years, she became radio presenter at City 1016 Dubai Bollywood's Radio Show covering evening and now morning shows. She loves fitness and challenges. As she mentioned in her 100day fitness challenge which she started publicly in 2014 she needs to be accountable for her challenges to others, but also to be able to inspire others and to believe in them. In 2016 she highlighted an important topic not just for introverts but also for society in general, the lack of interest in other peoples life story. Throughout her TEDx talk “7 ways to make a conversation with anyone” she emphasizes the fact of the lack of knowing each other, the initial barrier of how to start basic conversations with people we cross our path on a daily basis. She said, the time when you forgot to check your phone is the time she wants to be in more often. Saying this, let’s start this truly inspiring talk with Malavika Varadan, a time you not gonna check your phone. Enjoy. Never give up ?, always look up? —————————————————- CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE BOOK TITLE: In Search of Words Cover: handshake of two people (like Nokia logo) CHAPTERS: 1 Finding Words 2 Listening to Stories 3 Telling Stories ——————————————————