Chai with Manju

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Chai with Manju
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Also known asSips of Chai
GenreTalk show
Created byDr. Manju Sheth
Presented byDr. Manju Sheth
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
Original release
Release2012 (2012)

Chai with Manju: Every Life Has a Story is a 2012 Indian-American talk show created and hosted by Dr Manju Sheth [1] and produced by Upendra Mishra and Dr Manju Sheth. [2] The show made its debut on 23 October 2012 and has aired ten seasons over a span of ten years. [3]

Contents

Chai with Manju featured celebrity guests such as spiritual leaders Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sadhguru; Leader Bank, President, Sushil Tuli; philanthropists Desh Deshpande, Sudha Murthy, Jaishree Deshpande; academics Harvard Business School dean Nitin Nohria, [4] Anant Agarwal; former chairman & CEO, Pepsi, Indra Nooyi; and politicians and officials Massachusetts Treasurer Deb Goldberg, [5] Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Kennedy. [6]

Background

Dr Sheth began her journey in the media industry with a column titled 'Movers and Shakers in Medicine,' which focused on interviewing prominent medical professionals in the Boston area. She is the former president of Indian Medical Association of New England. [7] The success of the series led her to create Chai with Manju. The show was announced on 13 September 2012 and debuted the same year. The show became popular and was compared to other American interview shows from CNN and National Public Radio. It concluded its tenth season in 2022 and expanded to include podcasts. [8] It is created and hosted by Dr. Manju Sheth, [9] a Boston-based doctor at Beth Israel Lahey Health and Atrius Health [10] [11] She is also the CEO and Co-Founder of Women Who Win, a nonprofit media platform. [12] Guests who appeared on the show include Shreya Ghoshal, Sanjeev Kapoor, and politicians such as senator Elizabeth Warren and Joe Kennedy. She has also interviewed spiritual leaders such as Sadhguru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sister Shivani, as well as academic Sudha Murthy and entrepreneur Desh Deshpande. [13] [14]

Reviews

Sushil Tuli, founder and CEO of Massachusetts-based Leader Bank, praised the work of the Chai with Manju team. He highlighted the importance of the information they share with viewers and readers, especially given today's focus on social, business, and cultural developments in the media. [15]

Renowned knee surgeon Dr. Dinesh Patel, MD, noted that "despite 10 years passing, Chai with Manju remains fresh and highly inspiring." [15]

Brian Pereira, President, CEO and Board Member of Visterra Inc, and a member of the Board at American India Foundation, remarked, "Chai with Manju joins the pantheon of radio/TV programs such as Larry King Live and Fresh Air by Terry Gross." [15]

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11330 January 2017 (2017-01-30)22 October 2018 (2018-10-22)
294 February 2019 (2019-02-04)16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)
3131 May 2020 (2020-05-01)30 November 2020 (2020-11-30)
4921 February 2021 (2021-02-21)22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)
51110 April 2022 (2022-04-10)12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)

Season 6 (2017-18)

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air date
11Mukesh Chatter30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)
22 Kerry Healey [16] 28 February 2017 (2017-02-28)
33 Sandeep Das 9 March 2017 (2017-03-09)
44Raj Sisodia20 March 2017 (2017-03-20)
55Clint Valladares4 April 2017 (2017-04-04)
66Dr. Shashikala Dwarkanath24 April 2017 (2017-04-24)
77 Sanjeev Kapoor 30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
88Brahma Kumari Sister Shivani11 July 2017 (2017-07-11)
99Vandana Tilak8 March 2018 (2018-03-08)
1010 Bombay Jayashri 1 April 2018 (2018-04-01)
1111 S. P. Kothari 16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)
1212Nilanjana Bhowmik17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)
1313 Subir Sachdev 22 October 2018 (2018-10-22)

Season 7 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air date
141Nishant Pandey, Venkat Srinivasan and Raj Sharma4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)
152 Tanushree Dutta 18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)
163 Jayantilal Gada 20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)
174 Shobhu Yarlagadda 28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)
185 Brian J. G. Pereira 12 March 2019 (2019-03-12)
196 Sonu Nigam 11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)
207 Neha Kakkar 11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)
218Tara Anand30 April 2019 (2019-04-30)
229Revathy Ramakrishna16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)

Season 8 (2020)

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air date
231Desh Deshpande and Vadana Tilak1 May 2020 (2020-05-01)
242Sushil Tuli4 May 2020 (2020-05-04)
253Raj Sharma7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)
264 Sandeep Das 15 May 2020 (2020-05-15)
275Dr. Pandya, Dr. Sandhu, and Dr. Shivanjappa [17] 19 May 2020 (2020-05-19)
286 Kumble R. Subbaswamy 16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)
297Sandeep Chakravorty1 June 2020 (2020-06-01)
308 Monica Bharel 7 June 2020 (2020-06-07)
319Shobha Shastry, Yogi Rana, Dyuti Majumdar, and Pervez Taufiq10 June 2020 (2020-06-10)
3210Anu Chitrapu29 June 2020 (2020-06-29)
3311 Joe Kennedy III 8 July 2020 (2020-07-08)
3412 Reshma Kewalramani 29 October 2020 (2020-10-29)
3513 Swaroop Sampat 30 November 2020 (2020-11-30)

Season 9 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air date
361Sridevi Ajai Thirumalai21 February 2021 (2021-02-21)
372Neil Sherring10 February 2021 (2021-02-10)
383 Zoya Agarwal 16 April 2021 (2021-04-16)
394 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 4 May 2021 (2021-05-04)
405Niren Chaudhary23 May 2021 (2021-05-23)
416 Sumbul Siddiqui 16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)
427 Masaba Gupta [18] 12 July 2021 (2021-07-12)
438Beth Chandler31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
449Dr. George Abraham22 August 2021 (2021-08-22)

Season 10 (2022-23)

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air date
451Durga Krishnan10 April 2022 (2022-04-10)
462Rinpoche Shyalpa Tenzin18 April 2022 (2022-04-18)
473 Shahid Parvez 6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)
484 Indra Nooyi 2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)
495Niren Chaudhary, Aditi Chaudhary, Nilesh Maniyar24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)
506 Sudha Ragunathan 30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)
517 Nayan Ghosh, Ishaan Ghosh 6 April 2023 (2023-04-06)
528Ishaan Ghosh10 April 2023 (2023-04-10)
539 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 16 May 2023 (2023-05-16)
5410 Zakir Hussain 11 August 2023 (2023-08-11)
5511 Srikant Datar 12 September 2023 (2023-09-12)

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