How It All Began

In 2022, Sarosh was living in Lahore, in her early twenties, freshly done with an MPhil in English Literature, and unemployed. She did not have a clear professional roadmap. What she knew, very clearly, was that she wanted to write. Research had already shaped the way she thought; her thesis work around female mobility, private and public spaces, and women’s negotiations with visibility stayed with her long after the degree ended.

At the same time, Sarosh had always been comfortable on camera. Not performatively, but attentively.

Dear Body emerged from that in-between moment. It began as an audio-only, educational podcast, not as a platform, not as a brand, but as a place to think out loud with structure. The podcast became a way to translate academic inquiry into something accessible, without diluting its seriousness.

There was no long-term plan. There was no strategy for growth.

Instagram became a space to continue the same inquiry visually and culturally, through Pakistani television, popular media, audience reactions, and public discourse.

Who is Sarosh?

Sarosh Ibrahim is a researcher, and media practitioner based in Lahore, originally from Peshawar.

With an academic background in English literature, she approaches storytelling through research, drawing from feminist theory, cultural studies, and visualanalysis to examine how women occupy space, both on screen and in everyday life.

Sarosh is the creator and host of Dear Body, an audio podcast launched in 2022 as an educational project rooted in her research on female mobility and embodiment.

Alongside independent work, Sarosh has built a career in media and communications, working across video production, digital storytelling, and research-driven content. She continues to write, analyse, and produce with a focus on representation, power, and the costs of visibility for women in South Asia.