Mini also advised men to stop commenting on women’s bodies once and for all. (Also read: Mini Mathur reveals she lost Indian Idol season 5 hosting gig after she revealed her pregnancy: ‘I felt very let down’ ) Mini Mathur emerged as the winner of the reality show Alliance , which aired on Amazon Prime Video. An Indian television host and actor and wife to director Kabir Khan, Mini has been working in the industry for decades. In an episode on The Male Feminist podcast for Hauterrfly, Mini opened up about her experience with menopause, and also shared the stigma around how women perceive their bodies based on fertility.
Oh you lost weight? During the chat, Mini was asked what should men stop telling to women. Are you feeling tired? Did you not get sleep? Did you put on weight? What happened? From both sides, men and women… it is bad to comment like that. When did I give you permission to shorten this distance between you and me? That you are seeing my body and commenting about it?”
In response, Mini said, “Commenting on physicality.
About Mini Mathur’s career
She also announced her own Instagram community Pauseitive, to guide women in their 40s and beyond for a smooth transition. Mini Mathur began her television career with Tol Mol Ke Bol with R Madhavan , before becoming an MTV VJ for many years. She became a household name with her stint in the singing reality show Indian Idol. She has since worked across television, streaming and films, including the series Mind the Malhotras. She also became a certified women’s health coach specializing in menopause after completing a rigorous certification course. The idea for the health advocacy platform began with her own experiences. “My own health journey started when I started feeling symptoms that didn’t feel like the old me. I started getting hot flashes, I was sweating at night, I couldn’t sleep very well, my joints ached, I had brain fog, I had a little bit of memory loss which you can understand for a television presenter can be very debilitating. Every doctor I went to treated my symptoms and not the root cause.
I knew there was a deeper answer lying beneath and that’s when I started asking questions,” Mini says in a video posted to her Instagram page.
