THIRTEEN - a podcast for Being & Creating

This week we choose to sway away into a different topic. We touch on the topic of art and enquire what is its fundamental role. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visiting www.13podcast.com You may follow us on Twitter:         www.twitter.com/_13podcast In...

If we were to run a scam, a racket, a cartel and so we were ruthless is understandable - at least watching television content, we can assume so. But in the professional world, why do we talk about cut-throat competition, being aggressive and pitiless, and cold-hearted? Is that the norm that we have come to accept? What about qualities like empathy, does it have any space left? Is there decency lef...

Continuing from last week's conversation on aging, we continue this week's conversation on "Mental Aging". But, we're young then why (and how) are we conversing on mental aging? One must, therefore, question that does the idea of mental aging become applicable to someone after becoming "old" or can it, in fact, affect regardless of one's physical age? What does mental aging mean - in today's day a...

This is part 1 of the 2 part conversation about aging. Aging is an integral part of our lives and yet there is a negative-ish connotation associated with it. Why is it so? How should one bring an acceptance to their aging? And many more questions conversed in this episode. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcas...

Nostalgia and memory are like bookmarks of life. They're the important lines that we've underlined and like to read and re-read them every once in a while. Why do we do that? What do these bookmarks offer? Let us look at that in this conversation. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visiting...

"It's a new day, a new light..." - what does this phrase mean? Does it have value if we're trapped in our routine and enslaved to circumstances? Let's look at that in this conversation. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visiting www.creating13.com You may follow us on Twitter:   &...

Steve Jobs's famous lecture at Stanford Graduation Ceremony talks about connecting the dots. This concept has been iterated and reiterated several times by many. But what about the collection of dots? How does that fair in the medium of finding our own path? Let's look at that in this week's conversation. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subs...

What is the correct translation of " mere jigar ke tukde " or " mere kaleje ke tukde "? Is it "my piece of the liver" or is it "Ah! you're a part of my heart"? Both are the correct translations. However, one encapsulates the matter the other its essence. What should be translated?  In this episode "Lost in Translation" we highlight the different kinds of losses that are incurred in translatio...

What does it mean in today's day and age to build a personal brand? Why is it important to have your personal brand? And, how does one build their personal brand? Is that even what it seems it is? Let's find out that and more in this conversation... _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visitin...

Some artists and creators avoid consuming content from other creators to remain untouched by the influence of others. Does that help come up with original ideas? If so, what is the input for that creation? The origin of creation is difficult to trace. That is why many creators give credit to nature, the universe, or the god. We look at this topic and how a collection of dots from different sources...

Can there be two rights in an argument? When that happens, even a 2+2 equals 5! In this podcast episode, we converse about the way how our thoughts, opinions, and our ideas get constructed. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visiting www.creating13.com You may follow us on Twitter:  &nb...

What's your USP or Unique Selling Proposition? We have been living in a capitalist world. That world is now transitioning through the age of information, and content and creation, more than ever before, have become seamless. In this age, therefore, it has become a norm to find one's USP. But what is that? How can one find their USP and their true creativity? All of this and more in this week's epi...

We often confuse our situations and circumstances to be our context, and we find ourselves helpless. However, once we become aware that the context is different from our circumstances, we have a choice, we become free - life becomes beautiful. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visiting www....

Through the folklore of a feeble man lifting a fully grown buffalo in the court of the Peshwas, we look about the power of compounding. It is perhaps, seeking joy in little steps rather than validation from peers or friends is what allows us to lift our buffalo. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform...

Alexander was enthroned at a meager age of 19, and he started conquering ever since. He was at war, constantly, nonstop for over twelve years, and eventually realised that he still had a lot left to achieve. Was he able to let go of his arrogance (or his ignorance)? Or, did his arrogance overpower to cross that fine line transforming into stupidity? What is this story of Alexander's Arrogance? Let...

About 400,000 years ago, Homo erectus discovered how fire is caused, learned its benefits, and learned to control it for the advantage of shelter, protection and cooking. But before the first fire was ignited, the fire within the Homo erectus was ignited to discover and control fire. Fire has been an integral part of human evolution. This conversation is about igniting that fire within, and above...

Whenever an animal lands into new territory and is thirsty, it starts looking for water intuitively. It tries to find cues as to smell the mold or listen to a stream, but when nothing works the animal simply starts taking a step towards the lower elevation. Eventually, it reaches a creek, a valley, or a holding of water where it quenches its thirst. But, what interests us is that while taking the...

Raju, a civil engineer from a small town with big dreams lands in a city, along the way he gets confused, struggles to find his way (and identity) in the city and is constantly falling short of meeting the modalities of a city. I'm referring to Raju from the 1992 blockbuster film Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman played by Shah Rukh Khan. It is not just a story of this man but of all those who have migrated...

The Litmus Test: As the new year begins, many of us want to set goals. Some want to reduce weight; some want to stop smoking, but the most interesting ones want to go on a digital detox.  In this first episode of the year, we discuss screen addiction, the impact of social media, and how we can stay away from the side effects of the digital world.  If there is a solution, then what is it?...

Creation 2022 is a podcast setting a foundation for our podcasting trajectory. In doing so, we also bring forth a new direction to our conversations. This is a simple conversation summarising the points we’ve discussed and thought of in the past few weeks. If you have any further thoughts and comments, kindly do reach out to us. Wish you a happy new year! _ If you like this episode, share this wit...

This episode of our podcast is a candid conversation. In this episode, we reflect upon our journey of podcasting so far. The conversation allows us for a clearing for the coming year - 2022, and it allows our listeners to get a glimpse in our journey so far, the challenges we have faced, the methods we follow, the platforms we use etc. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For...

We all have an intent, a purpose to our life. But, at some level, we are aware that this intent, this purpose is a big lie! And, that is why, perhaps, many fall into an existential crisis. How do we get up and continue our stride despite knowing that our intent, our purpose is nothing but a story? In this episode of our podcast, we're conversing towards seeing the same age-old question differently...

In an interview with David Letterman, Shar Rukh Khan said, and we paraphrase, that sometimes his true nature feels like an alien to himself and that he is an employee of a myth of "Shah Rukh Khan". Extending that beyond the celebrity circle, this podcast is an enquiry on if we all are a myth to our identity. _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please s...

The weather is cold outside, one sibling says "ah, so nice... let's have some chai!", the other one thinks, "how the hell can one get out of bed?"... We experience the world around us, or do we experience what we make meaning of what our senses sense?   _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or b...

As the third episode on the series of the enquiry on truth, this episode looks at the nature of "The Fifth Truth" _ If you like this episode, share this with your friends. For more such podcasts, please subscribe us on your favourite podcast platform or by visiting www.creating13.com You may follow us on Twitter:         www.twitter.com/creating_13 Instagram: &nb...