SAVLAFAIRE: PRESS & MEDIA
As well as sharing restaurant reviews and Spotlight on Chefs interviews on SavlaFaire, I have also written features and contributed to various articles, podcasts and campaigns for numerous publications, content creators and companies on food and IVF. You can find links to these projects below.
Freelance Writing (bylines)
Women’s Health UK
Why I’m Breaking the Social Media Silence on Infertility in the South Asian Community
Glamour UK
Everything You Need to Know about IVF
Stylist Magazine
Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting IVF
Huffington Post
When You’re a Woman of Colour, Infertility Comes with Extra Stigma
Metro UK
Where Are All the South Asian Egg Donors?
This Is My First Christmas Since My Traumatic Miscarriage
Hopeful dads going through IVF need support, too (by Neil Savla)
Netmums
Netmums Voices: “Why It’s Time We Bust The Myth That IVF Is Just For Middle-class White People”
myLotus
Why Infertility Can Be a Cultural Stigma
Fertility Help Hub
Destigmatising IVF among the Indian Community
TV Interviews
BBC London News
Coronavirus: The Impact of IVF delays on patients’ mental health
5News
Coronavirus: Indefinite delays on fertility treatment
Press Interviews
BBC News
Coronavirus: “I’m scared that my dreams of becoming a mother are gone”
BBC 100 Women
Coronavirus: ‘I’m scared my dreams of becoming a mother are gone’
iNews
Heartbreak for Thousands as Coronavirus Halts IVF
The Guardian
“Time is Precious in IVF”: The Women Who Fear They Have Lost Their Chance To Have Children
Femail
Couples whose IVF has been on hold reveal their heartache
Eastern Eye
How to Cope with Fertility Treatment
Infano Care
A Journey Through Infertility and IVF
PODCASTS
Redefining Parenthood
Episode 3: Hope, expectation and cultural challenges
The Worst Girl Gang Ever
S4, Episode 12: Miscarriage and donor conception in the South Asian community
HuffPost: Am I Making You Uncomfortable?
Episode 10 on IVF, NHS access and addressing cultural stigmas
Big Fat Negative
Episode 3.13 on IVF and destigmatising infertility amoung South Asians
To Baby or Not To Baby?
Cheftimony
Episode 10: Transatlantic (discussing food writing)
Cheftimony Snack: Put It In Writing (feature)
RADIO INTERVIEWS
Magic FM: The F Word Special Show
BBC Woman’s Hour: Fertility Clinics and Covid-19 (12:23)
BBC Asian Network: Coronavirus & IVF (episode no longer available)
BBC Radio 5 Live: Up All Night (episode no longer available)
BBC Radio Leicester: Ben Jackson (episode no longer available)