S3E156: Weight Wars, Wit, and the Woman in the Boardroom | Rrashima Swaarup Verma on Writing, Power, and Finding Your Voice
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Sangeeta Relan interviews Rrashima Swaarup Verma about her novel 'Weight Wars' and the intersection of creativity and corporate life.
In the Season 3 finale of The AboutHer Show, Sangeeta sits down with Rrashima Swaarup Verma—a senior director at a leading US-based consulting organisation, the author of five books, and a widely published columnist whose short fiction won the Orange Flower Award 2023. Together, they talk about her latest novel, Weight Wars, the role humour plays in telling difficult truths, and what it takes to nurture a creative life alongside a demanding corporate career. This episode explores Voice and Visibility, Power and Leadership, and Care and Choices. The AboutHer Show is ranked among the top Indian women's leadership podcasts by Feedspot 2026. For more detailed insights, read the full article on our website: https://aboutherbysangeeta.com/rrashima-swaarup-verma-2/ Chapters: 🎬 (0:00) Welcome to the Conversation Sangeeta introduces Rrashima Swaarup Verma, author, corporate leader, and literary voice. 📖 (1:56) The Book That Started It All Rrashima on Weight Wars and what drove her to write it. 😂 (3:52) Why She Chose Laughter On using humour to tell a story about body image and midlife reckoning. ✍️ (6:47) The Poet in the Boardroom What poetry gives her that prose cannot. 🌍 (8:52)…
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