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]
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]
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]
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 | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | 30 January 2017 | 22 October 2018 | |
2 | 9 | 4 February 2019 | 16 July 2019 | |
3 | 13 | 1 May 2020 | 30 November 2020 | |
4 | 9 | 21 February 2021 | 22 August 2021 | |
5 | 11 | 10 April 2022 | 12 September 2023 |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | Mukesh Chatter | 30 January 2017 |
2 | 2 | Kerry Healey [16] | 28 February 2017 |
3 | 3 | Sandeep Das | 9 March 2017 |
4 | 4 | Raj Sisodia | 20 March 2017 |
5 | 5 | Clint Valladares | 4 April 2017 |
6 | 6 | Dr. Shashikala Dwarkanath | 24 April 2017 |
7 | 7 | Sanjeev Kapoor | 30 April 2017 |
8 | 8 | Brahma Kumari Sister Shivani | 11 July 2017 |
9 | 9 | Vandana Tilak | 8 March 2018 |
10 | 10 | Bombay Jayashri | 1 April 2018 |
11 | 11 | S. P. Kothari | 16 August 2018 |
12 | 12 | Nilanjana Bhowmik | 17 September 2018 |
13 | 13 | Subir Sachdev | 22 October 2018 |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date |
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14 | 1 | Nishant Pandey, Venkat Srinivasan and Raj Sharma | 4 February 2019 |
15 | 2 | Tanushree Dutta | 18 February 2019 |
16 | 3 | Jayantilal Gada | 20 February 2019 |
17 | 4 | Shobhu Yarlagadda | 28 February 2019 |
18 | 5 | Brian J. G. Pereira | 12 March 2019 |
19 | 6 | Sonu Nigam | 11 April 2019 |
20 | 7 | Neha Kakkar | 11 April 2019 |
21 | 8 | Tara Anand | 30 April 2019 |
22 | 9 | Revathy Ramakrishna | 16 July 2019 |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date |
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23 | 1 | Desh Deshpande and Vadana Tilak | 1 May 2020 |
24 | 2 | Sushil Tuli | 4 May 2020 |
25 | 3 | Raj Sharma | 7 July 2020 |
26 | 4 | Sandeep Das | 15 May 2020 |
27 | 5 | Dr. Pandya, Dr. Sandhu, and Dr. Shivanjappa [17] | 19 May 2020 |
28 | 6 | Kumble R. Subbaswamy | 16 June 2021 |
29 | 7 | Sandeep Chakravorty | 1 June 2020 |
30 | 8 | Monica Bharel | 7 June 2020 |
31 | 9 | Shobha Shastry, Yogi Rana, Dyuti Majumdar, and Pervez Taufiq | 10 June 2020 |
32 | 10 | Anu Chitrapu | 29 June 2020 |
33 | 11 | Joe Kennedy III | 8 July 2020 |
34 | 12 | Reshma Kewalramani | 29 October 2020 |
35 | 13 | Swaroop Sampat | 30 November 2020 |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date |
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36 | 1 | Sridevi Ajai Thirumalai | 21 February 2021 |
37 | 2 | Neil Sherring | 10 February 2021 |
38 | 3 | Zoya Agarwal | 16 April 2021 |
39 | 4 | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | 4 May 2021 |
40 | 5 | Niren Chaudhary | 23 May 2021 |
41 | 6 | Sumbul Siddiqui | 16 June 2021 |
42 | 7 | Masaba Gupta [18] | 12 July 2021 |
43 | 8 | Beth Chandler | 31 July 2021 |
44 | 9 | Dr. George Abraham | 22 August 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date |
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45 | 1 | Durga Krishnan | 10 April 2022 |
46 | 2 | Rinpoche Shyalpa Tenzin | 18 April 2022 |
47 | 3 | Shahid Parvez | 6 May 2022 |
48 | 4 | Indra Nooyi | 2 October 2022 |
49 | 5 | Niren Chaudhary, Aditi Chaudhary, Nilesh Maniyar | 24 January 2023 |
50 | 6 | Sudha Ragunathan | 30 March 2023 |
51 | 7 | Nayan Ghosh, Ishaan Ghosh | 6 April 2023 |
52 | 8 | Ishaan Ghosh | 10 April 2023 |
53 | 9 | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | 16 May 2023 |
54 | 10 | Zakir Hussain | 11 August 2023 |
55 | 11 | Srikant Datar | 12 September 2023 |
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