Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas
🎙️ Love Matters – India's #1 podcast on love, sex, and relationships Dating, desire, identity, marriage – nothing’s off-limits. Hosted by Leeza Mangaldas, India’s boldest voice on pleasure and relationships, Love Matters dives into the stuff we all think about but rarely say out loud. Honest convos. No shame. Just real stories about love and sexuality in today’s India. 🎧 New episodes every two weeks! 📩 Got a story, question, or feedback? Reach us at lovematters@dw.com A co-production by The Indian Express & DW.
Navigating Mental Health & Relationships ft. Ira Khan
How does your mental health affect your relationships? What’s it like to have a partner who suffers from a mental illness? And how can we support each other, balancing mental health issues and personal needs? In this candid episode of Love Matters, Leeza Mangaldas and Ira Khan, founder of the Agatsu Foundation, explore emotional resilience, self-awareness, and navigating vulnerability. Ira also talks about her personal experience navigating her clinical depression with her partner and what steps one can take to ensure healthy communication. Listen now on your favourite podcast platform! #LoveMatters
HELP IS A CALL AWAY
MENTAL HEALTH HELPLINE NUMBERS
AASRA
Contact: 9820466726
Email: aasrahelpline@yahoo.com
Timings: 24×7
Languages: English, Hindi
Snehi
Contact: 9582208181
Email: snehi.india@gmail.com
Timings: 10am – 10pm, all days
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi
Fortis MentalHealth
Contact: 8376804102
Timings: 24×7; All days
Languages: Achiku, Assamese, Bengali, Dogri, English, Gujarati,
Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi,
Rajasthani, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Connecting NGO
Contact: 9922004305, 9922001122
Email: distressmailsconnecting@gmail.com
Timings: 12pm – 8pm; All days
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi
Vandrevala Foundation
Contact: 18602662345
Email: help@vandrevalafoundation.com
Timings: 24×7
Languages: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English
Find the resources mentioned in our episode at: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/
Credits:
Leeza Mangaldas’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leezamangaldas/reels/?hl=en
Ira Khan’s Instagram:
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/khan.ira/?hl=en
Agastu Foundation Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/agatsufoundation/?hl=en
Produced by:
Patricia Szilagyi (DW)
Khyati Rajvanshi (IE)
Charulata Biswas (IE)
Researcher & Editor
Sana Rizvi (DW)
Video Editor:
Meetesh Dixit (IE)
Audio Editor
Suresh Pawar (IE)
Project Manager:
Patricia Szilagyi (DW)
Executive Producer:
Melanie von Marschalck (DW Life & Style)
Anant Nath Sharma (IE)
Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas is a cooperation between The Indian Express and DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.
Learn more about DW:
https://www.dw.com
Get in touch: lovematters@dw.com
