Made to Order

By: Suno India
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  • Summary

  • From Suno India productions, Made to Order is a new podcast that explores finishing schools, personality development courses and makeovers classes in India. Antiquated ideas about women being taught etiquette and social graces have been reinvented for the modern times. How have things changed? Have they really changed? Where does the personal desire to better yourself begin, and the social pressure to fit in end? As we shine a light on finishing schools, they too hold a mirror back to the society we live in.

    Join host Kavitha Devadas in this limited series to listen to the stories of the people who know this world the best.
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Episodes
  • Through The Eyes Of Another

    Through The Eyes Of Another
    Dec 16 2022

    Suchismita Chattopadhyay has been researching grooming institutions in Delhi for the last 5 years. In an industry that seems to be widespread and competitive but not much has been written about, it wasn’t easy to gain access to those spaces. She discusses the process and some of her key findings with host Kavitha Devadas, who looks at the ways how these schools serve a purpose to bring together people as an unexplored space for community and camaraderie.

    Mind Your Manners Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2ggzY6lyo

    Extraordinary Communication Skills by Sandeep Maheshwari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczVqHJW0gg

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    29 mins
  • Modern Values

    Modern Values
    Oct 31 2022

    The stakes are high as traditional ways of thinking about gender roles, relationships, marriage, clash with modern values. What is the identity of a person outside of these social roles, relations and obligations they have?

    In this episode, the host Kavitha Devadas talks to Mohd. Ilyaz Shamshi from the Family Institute, Pria Warrick, and Neha Gupta to understand what kind of a home and a society are brides and grooms being trained for in finishing schools.

    Shownotes:

    Pria Warrick Finishing School
    Neha Gupta - Image Coach and Stylist
    The Finishing School

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    21 mins
  • What about men?

    What about men?
    Oct 26 2022

    Episode 3 of Made to Order looks at some of the changes finishing schools have undergone, particularly with how they now have male clients and students. While the reasons for women attending or being sent to finishing schools seems more obvious, why are men attending these schools? What is their experience and how does that align with societal expectations? Host Kavitha Devadas finds out by speaking to Sugandha Mittal of Confianza school, as well Dhruv Sharma and Akshay Mashenka, two male students who have completed these courses but for different reasons.

    Times of India: Finishing schools in Chennai evolve to enrol young men
    A Finishing School for Men
    British Butler Institute: Finishing school for men
    GroomX: Bangalore’s first finishing school for men
    Confianza finishing school

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    23 mins

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