A Moment of Silence for Zomato, Zara & Zero Savings

This week’s episode is a tiny bit of a financial intervention… because for many of us, money talk is deeply uncomfortable. As your Internet besties, sometimes we have to hold you accountable and push you to make decisions that honour that best version of you. Saving money, investing money, filing taxes — yup it makes us sweat behind the knees too.

But instead of letting your dad, brother or boyfriend handle your finances or WORSE not deal with your money at all— 2026 the mossies get financially literate.

Join us as we ask the dumbest finance questions so you don’t have to. And welcome finance girlie and fairy god sister Sonia Shenoy to guide us along this journey. Sonia started her career as a TV presenter but somehow took a very unplanned detour into the world of content and turned out pretty successful. Safe to say you’re in good hands!

Chaptering:

00:00- Let’s talk finances this week

00:32- Introducing Sonia Shenoy, former CNBC TV18 executive editor & anchor turned Independent business journalist and financial content creator

02:32- Rating our dumb purchases

06:18- Rent vs Buy

08:44- Elder vs younger sibling and value of money

11:46- How to start investing with minimum salary

15:57- Father, brother & husband- Being our financial advisors?

22:17- Genz spending habits

25:00- Beauty tax

29:24- Mimetic desire

35:57- Wedding- Lavish vs budgeted

45:05- Merging accounts with your partner

50:00- Demonetization and its side effect on women

51:18- Audience questions

54:41- Sonia Shenoy’s early days in the newsroom

59:15- Investing in start up barely after their investment in FD

01:00:38- People invested in silver and it crashed

01:03:26- Dividing salary for smart investments

01:04:56- Choosing a financially stable partner

01:08:40- Financial tips for women aged between 18-50

01:12:39- Like, Share, Comment, Hype and Don’t Forget to Subscribe help us reach 100k

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Credits:Naina Bhan - Co-host and certified overthinker

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Sakshi Shivdasani - Co-host, balancing out Naina’s overthinking with a healthy dose of not thinking

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Senior Producer- Amruta P. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amruta-bandivdekar-01879925

Produced by "Vertical by Handmade" - Our personal cheering squad

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Creative direction by Tinkre, Keeper of MoS' signature “Pookie” energy Natascha Mehra

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Researched by our very own curiosity engineer - Aashna Sharma

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