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Firstpost’s 9 months season 2 serves as the go-to guide for new parents
MUMBAI: Firstpost’s first ever web-series and India’s first and only comprehensive show on pregnancy and parenting – 9 Months, in its 2nd Season continues to serve as a go-to digital guide for new parents navigating their journey in their new roles, with their babies. The Season 2 of the digital series arrived with host Meghna Pant and experts in tow, and is being widely appreciated by the audience. In the first three episodes, the viewers have been introduced to leading pediatricians, lactations consultants, dieticians, and psychologists amongst other experts.
The show has welcomed experts who have shared in-depth information and knowledge, do’s and don’ts, essential advice and more on the show. Some guests include Dr. Barkha Chawla (Paediatrician), Sonali Shivlani (Lactation Consultant), Dr. Vinit Samdani (Paediatrician), Dr. Nihar Parekh (Pediatrician), Dr. Nirmala Rao (Child Psychologist) and Bina Chheda (Child Dietician). The experts covered a number of topics right from a baby’s moisturizing needs, maintenance of oral health, weaning, baby’s feeding needs, breast-feeding, hygiene, vaccinations and impact of colour psychology on the baby, amidst a host of other invaluable details. The episodes are strategically divided to cover bringing the baby’s transition to coming home, to the baby’s journey in the 3rd – 6th month period, followed by 6 month onwards until the baby turns a year old. The approach has been taken with the intention to make the knowledge easy to consume for the audience.
The upcoming episodes of 9 Months Season 2 will put a mother’s health front and centre; with experts gracing the show to guide new mothers with weight management, tackling emotions and new challenges and reclaiming their life, post-pregnancy. The series will then invite upon single parents who faced the odds and learnt excellent lessons to successfully serve in their new roles. The web-show will invite upon popular actor Tusshar Kapoor to share his journey as a single father who used surrogacy to give birth to a child, as well as Aditya Tiwari, India’s youngest single man to adopt a child, and Firstpost’s VP Content & Strategy, Priyanka Sehgal, who narrates her inspiring tale as a single mother.
In an episode on the show, actor Tusshar Kapoor will be seen in a candid conversation where he opens up about the insecurities and challenges he faced as a single father. He said, “I was expecting a lot of different reactions and expected people to judge me when I took the decision of having a child.” He said, “I wanted to be a father and I wanted to start a family, so I did it. People then messaged me that I am inspiring them.”
Priyanka Sehgal spoke about the challenges of being a single mother when you have separated from your partner. She said, “When you separate or uncouple it is extremely important to resolve your own emotions first, many single parents miss this crucial step as one is dealing with not just broken dreams but also the pain a child undergoes. One needs to accept that the relationship hasn’t worked out and let not that negativity impact your parenting.”
Viewers can dabble into such effective pieces of wisdom and a whole lot more, in the upcoming episodes of 9 Months Season 2.
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Tips Music CEO Hari Nair to step down
Girish Taurani and Sushant Dalmia to jointly steer the company as the hunt for a new chief begins
MUMBAI: A leadership shuffle is under way at Tips Music. Hari Nair, the company’s chief executive, will step down on April 30 as the music label begins the search for a successor.
The company said Girish Taurani, executive director, and Sushant Dalmia, chief financial officer, will jointly oversee operations during the transition while the board identifies a permanent replacement.
Nair joined Tips Music in 2023 and set about reshaping the veteran music label into a more digital, data-led enterprise. During his tenure, the company secured licensing and partnership deals with global platforms including Sony Music Publishing and TikTok, while renewing agreements with Warner Music Group.
Drawing on earlier experience in technology and entertainment, including a stint at ByteDance, Nair pushed the organisation towards a performance-driven culture. He built a brand partnerships division and introduced proprietary software systems aimed at strengthening digital distribution and data capabilities.
Kumar Taurani, chairman and managing director, credited Nair with embedding a data-led culture within the company and driving revenue growth in line with shareholder commitments.
In his resignation note, Nair said that after helping transition the label into a modern, digitally focused and process-driven organisation, the time had come to pursue his next leadership challenge.
The leadership change comes as the broader Tips Films group shows signs of financial stabilisation. In the third quarter of FY26 the company reported a net loss of Rs 2.86 crore, narrowing sharply from Rs 14.2 crore in the previous quarter. For the nine months ended December, losses stood at Rs 12.37 crore.
Yet revenue told a more volatile story. Income from operations slid to Rs 4 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 56 crore in the preceding quarter, taking total operating income to Rs 4.56 crore.
For a company built on a catalogue of more than 34,000 tracks and decades of Bollywood hits, the next chief will inherit both a digital engine and a volatile music market. The playlist may be familiar, but the next act at Tips Music is only just beginning.
