89 #TNRE : Plague of Pedestals

The Naina Redhu Experience | Digital Marketing, Social Media, Online Brand Building in India

Plague of Pedestals. Podcast episode no. 89 Examples of pedestals : Soldiers are martyrs. ( They choose to die for their beliefs : no. They want to come back home to their families like all the rest of us. Stop forcing them to prove their patriotism by dying. ) Women are mothers. ( No. Women have a biologically evolved flesh contraption that can be conducive to producing babies. Doesn’t mean that women are not allowed to be assholes. ) Men are strong. ( Men are human beings. They get hurt. They cry. Doesn’t make them less of a “man”. Men are allowed to be weak if they want. No one is strong ALL the time. If they try to be, they are going to suffer from severe mental health issues. ) Women are supposed to be nice and understanding. No. Fuck that. I’m not nice. I’m not understanding. I am not going to be a martyr for anyone’s bullshit. I refuse to allow anyone to put women on a pedestal. Goddesses. Mothers. Daughters. As if I’ve signed a contract with all of humankind to always take everyone’s bullshit and be ok with it.

Naina Redhu is a professional photographer. Her career, spanning 16 years, started with an MBA in IT & Systems, to a job as an Innovation Management Consultant, to branding & graphic design work for international clients, to a full-time solo-entrepreneurship as an Experience Collector. Naina has her own podcast called The Naina Redhu Experience, where she talks about the business & professional aspects of photography, blogging & influencer marketing in India. She started her blog 16 years ago & it has evolved from writing about Creativity & Innovation, to sharing case studies about Branding & Graphic Design to, finally, a destination for some of the leading Luxury & Lifestyle brands as Naina writes features for these brands & photographs them.

Her abstract art, under the KhaosPhilos label can be shopped on the Naina.co online store & she is available for bespoke commissions as well.

“The New Rules of Online Brand Building”, Naina’s on-ground workshop, recently wrapped up its 7th Edition. Launched in 2018, “Workshops By Naina” is going to be seeing more editions across the country & online.

Having traveled all over India as a child ( the advantage of having a father serving in the Indian Army ), she is also well-traveled across Europe ( Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy & France ), Asia ( Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, & Vietnam ), America ( New York, Los Angeles & San Francisco ), Canada & the Middle East.

For those who are not located in / around NCR & are hence unable to attend Naina’s workshops, she is available for online video consultation sessions.

Naina is also available for hire as a Speaker. She has been invited as a Keynote Speaker at a blogging conference & also speaks about the business of photography in India. Always learning & evolving online, she has presence across several online platforms.

I started working in the Influencer Marketing space in 2009 both as an Influencer myself & as someone who provides advice & consultations to Brands on this subject. I focus specifically on this industry in the Indian context.

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