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

“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 Bangalore, she got unexpectedly accepted and started as the youngest radio moderator the night slots. Covering international music during the show back in Bangalore, 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 100 day fitness challenge that she started publicly in 2014, she needs to be accountable for her challenges to others and inspire others and 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 people’s life stories. Throughout her TEDx talk “7 ways to make a conversation with anyone” she emphasizes the lack of knowing each other, the initial barrier of how to start necessary conversations with people we cross our path daily.

She said that when you forgot to check your phone, she wants to be in more often. Let’s start this truly inspiring talk with Malavika Varadan, a time you are not going to check your phone.

Enjoy.
Never give up 💪, always look-up👆

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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
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