E1: Anannya Parekh - Championing financial feminism
"We don't institutionalise the teaching of finance. I can barely think of people who have learnt personal finance in school." - Anannya Parekh, founder and CEO of Inner Goddess, a social startup that is working on building women’s financial literacy. You can learn more about her company on Instagram @innergoddess.in and @bigsisterprogram and reach her @anyahkutty. You can check us out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maharanitalks/ and on Twitter @mahathisays. MUSIC:Lights by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Highlights: • How're you holding up? [01:40] • Dropping out of college [04:45] • Difficulty in starting a social enterprise [07:25] . Current situation of women that IG has helped during COVID crisis [11:37] . Lack of financial literacy among many women across economic strata [14.20] . Importance of saving [18:28] . Plans moving forward [20:00] . Big Sister Program [21:50] . Dealing with her mental health [25:20]