TARANG CHAWLA. HUMAN COGS.
During the dark days of the pandemic not everyone was baking sourdough. Many women were locked in their homes with people they feared, and psychological, physical, financial and fatal abuse played out behind closed doors with domestic violence continuing to devastate too many lives.
Tarang Chawla is a writer, speaker, anti-violence campaigner and mental health advocate, whose beloved 23-year-old sister Niki was tragically murdered by her partner.
Niki’s horrific death and inspiring life has become the catalyst for Tarang’s powerful change-making. Named as Young Australian of the Year Finalist, AFL Community Champion Award Winner, India-Australia Young Community Achiever of the Year, and Pro Bono Top 25 Most Influential Australians, Tarang founded the ‘Not One More Niki’ movement, Australia’s largest campaign to end violence against women in culturally diverse communities.
Tarang continues to use his voice to serve the community and champion human rights, and has just released a ground-breaking new podcast in collaboration with Future Women and supported by CommBank called There’s No Place Like Home, which features the stories of 10 extraordinary people who have survived family violence and domestic abuse.
In this difficult, inspirational and hope-filled conversation on Human Cogs, Tarang emphasizes the importance of victim-survivors stories, explores how we move to solutions, and shares how keeping his sister’s spirit alive in his everyday has given him the fuel to keep fighting for social change.
It might be hard to listen and front up to the truth of the abuse and violence that is perpetrated behind closed doors. But as Tarang says: “It’s vital that we do. We have to listen. Because we need to learn.”
SHOW CREDITS
Hosts: Sabina Read and Madeleine Grummet
Guests: Tarang Chawla
Links: There's No Place Like Home, Future Women, Instagram
Technical Producer: Daryl Missen at Purple Wax
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