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I'm Smita Tharoor and I ask guests from around the world to share their seldom told stories and to reflect on their life experiences.We are defined by our narrative, our personal story, our experiences. These have an impact on how we make judgements and form opinions.
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Pause and Play: Choosing Life Every Day (opens the original)
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What do you do when life forces you to press pause?In this moving episode of Stories Seldom Told, Smita Tharoor speaks with former French teacher Sarbari Sen, whose life has been shaped not only by two primary cancer diagnoses but by an unwavering belief in the joy of living.For more than three decades, Sarbari inspired generations of students with her love of French, literature and learning. Today, while undergoing chemotherapy every two weeks for pancreatic cancer, she lives by a simple philos
Learning to See Through Another's Eyes: A Father's Journey Beyond Autism (opens the original)
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What does it really mean to understand someone whose mind experiences the world differently? In this episode of Stories Seldom Told, Smita Tharoor speaks with advertising executive and author Debasish Paul, whose greatest education came not in the boardroom, but through raising his autistic son, Noel. Drawing on deeply personal stories from his book I Have Autism and I Like to Play Bad Tennis, Debasish shares the lessons that transformed him as a father. From recognising the importance of emotio
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