Ruchika

doubleroti

A Documentary , Society & Culture and Personal Journals podcast

About the show

we all have a story we have never fully told. @doublerotipodcast deep conversations at the intersection of where we are from and who we have become.

Newest episodes

Episode 1: The Stories We Carry with Dr. Manjula Bhushan Waldron

Nov 7, 2026 1 hr 28 min

Grab your headphones and settle in. Our very first episode is here, and it’s all about stories worth sharing! A quick confession: I am a lawyer by training and a story-lover at heart, and I’m teaching myself to podcast as I go. My gear: two mics, a Zoom H6, a MacBook, GarageBand, and an AI tech guide who has been very patient with me. I planned for this to take two weeks. It took two months. (Whoops.) So if the volume wanders up and down from segment to segment, please be kind and patient with me. That’s my beginner’s learning curve showing, and it’ll get smoother with every episode. Thanks for being here at the very start! Stories, songs and books mentioned: Love, Partitioned by Manjula Waldron: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Partitioned-historical-Manjula-Waldron/dp/B09RLXVQ3QManjula Waldron: https://web.stanford.edu/~mwaldron/Kenneth Waldron: https://cap.stanford.edu/profiles/frdActionServlet?choiceId=printerprofile&profileversion=full&profileId=8085Late Shri Arya Bhushan: https://www.boloji.com/writers/261/arya“Catch a Falling Star”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VJlHWESyLI“My Way” by Frank Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPgThe Hunchback of Notre Dame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame

coming soon - episode 1

Sep 14, 2026 1 min

Born in British India. Came of age through partition. Chose a path nobody expected. My first guest on Doubleroti did things her way — not because she was told she could, but because nobody told her she couldn't. She'll tell you the stars aligned. That her past and her present connected in ways she couldn't have planned. That looking back — it all makes sense. Looking forward? Episode 1 is coming.

episode 0 - introducing doubleroti

Sep 5, 2026 1 min

Doubleroti. That's what we called western bread growing up in India. Two layers pressed together — different, but inseparable. That's what this podcast is. Conversations that press on the places where worlds meet. Where we're from and who we've become. The stories we carry but don't always get asked to tell. That's why I made Doubleroti. To ask the second question. The one that comes after the one-layer deep answer everyone generally gives. To double-click on a passing comment that sometimes gets missed. We all have a story we’ve never fully told. This is where those stories get asked for. This is Doubleroti with Ruchika Kumar. Let's break bread together.