CONVERSATIONS WITH ATUL

In the final episode of this three-part series, South Korean business icon, Yong Lee converses about the kindness of strangers, his foray into the Recreational vehicle business, his only business failure and how he once made a million dollars in a single day. So please welcome Business icon, Yong Lee, a man who has spent most of the last two decades trying to fulfil the dreams his mother had for h...

In the second episode of this three-part series, South Korean business icon, Yong Lee converses about how his brother was paralysed in a freak accident, and he took on the role of his brother’s hands and legs for the next ten years. His brother was his first patient and that one life changing sad event was what eventually led him to his hugely successful home care business. So please welcome Busin...

In the first part of this three-episode series, South Korean business icon, Yong Lee converses about the war torn history of South Korea, the countries running feud with Japan, the personal trauma of losing his father in the mid-air bombing of a flight by North Korean terrorists, the meaning of the words ‘Gangnam Style’ in the blockbuster hit song and the beginning of his entrepreneurial days wher...

AN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT HIS TRAVELS IN ANTARCTICA, ARGENTINA AND IRAN, HIS PENCHANT FOR BRAKE FAILS AND HIS MEMORABLE BIKE TRIP WITH HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER In the final episode with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about his experiences in Antarctica, Argentina and Iran, his penchant for brake fails and his memorable bike trip with his...

AN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT THE BACKSTORY OF THE KUMBH MELA, HIS EXPERIENCES WITH ESTABLISHED PUBLISHERS, HIS FAITH IN SELF-PUBLISHING AND FINALLY, A PROFILE OF ALL HIS BOOKS WITH THE INTERESTING TALE OF HOW HE BECAME A FULL-TIME WRITER AND TRAVELLER In the third of this four-part episode with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about the b...

AN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT THE ORIGINAL TAKEOVER KING MR. VITHAL MALLYA, THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE LIQUOR INDUSTRY, THE FASCINATING BACKSTORY OF THE CORPORATE MARICO, FOLLOWED BY KETAN’S PROCESS AS A WRITER AND WHY HE BELIEVES WRITERS SHOULD HAVE BOTH, A THIN SKIN AND A THICK SKIN In the second of this four-part episode with prolific travel writer Ket...

AN INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION WITH PROLIFIC TRAVEL WRITER KETAN JOSHI ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FORTS IN MUMBAI, HOW THE BRITISH MAPPED THE WHOLE OF INDIA AND WHY DEOLALI IS INDEED CALLED DEOLALI In the first episode of this four-part series with prolific travel writer Ketan Joshi, we converse about his early years and the history of the Mumbai suburb of Chembur, the history of the forts in Mumbai, how t...

AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON AUTISM FROM A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DEEPTI DESHPANDE, A MOTHER WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH HER OWN JOURNEY OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM AND WORKING ON HER FIRST BORN IN THE LAST DECADE. IN THE THIRD AND FINAL EPISODE, WE CONVERSED ABOUT HOW THE PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY THERAPIST, THE PROGRESS BY HER SON IN THE LAST DECADE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE CHILD AWARE OF HIS/H...

EPISODE 37 : PART 2 (OF 3) AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON AUTISM FROM A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DEEPTI DESHPANDE, A MOTHER WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH HER OWN JOURNEY OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM AND WORKING ON HER FIRST BORN OVER THE LAST DECADE. IN THE SECOND OF THE THREE PART EPISODE, WE CONVERSED ABOUT IDENTIFYING BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIAGNOSIS AND INTERVENTION I...

AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON AUTISM FROM A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITH DEEPTI DESHPANDE, A MOTHER WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH HER OWN JOURNEY OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM AND WORKING ON HER FIRST BORN OVER THE LAST DECADE. IN THE FIRST OF THE THREE PART EPISODE, WE CONVERSE ABOUT DEEPTI’S CAREFREE LIFE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, A CAREER MINDSET IN DELHI, A FAIRY TALE MARRIAGE AND DISCOVERING THE AUTISM MARKERS IN H...

PROFESSIONAL WHISTLER NAGESH SURVE CONVERSES ABOUT OWNING KISHORE KUMAR’S HARMONIUM, THE 200 ODD TAPES OF NARGIS’S VOICE AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, ABOUT NOT GETTING CREDIT ON DOZENS OF FILMS AND FINALLY, THE REGRET OF NOT HAVING TRIED HARDER AT BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC DIRECTOR (This episode is in Hindi) In the third and final part of our conversation with professional whistler Nages...

(This episode is in Hindi) PROFESSIONAL WHISTLER NAGESH SURVE CONVERSES ABOUT COMPOSING MUSIC WHEN HE WAS MERELY 13, WRITING THE NAMES OF MUSIC DIRECTORS SHANKAR-JAIKISHEN AND FINALLY NARRATING ANECDOTES OF HIS INTERACTIONS WITH CELEBRATED MUSIC DIRECTORS MADAN MOHAN, OP NAYYAR, RAJESH ROSHAN, ANU MALIK AND JAIDEV He had to schedule a recording after school because he composed background music for...

(This episode is in Hindi) PROFESSIONAL WHISTLER NAGESH SURVE CONVERSES ABOUT EARLY YEARS IN THE COMPANY OF LUMINARIES LIKE VASANT DESAI, BAL THACKERAY AND MUSICIAN DUO LAXMIKANT-PYARELAL, HOW AN INNOCUOUS PRANK INTRODUCED HIM TO SERIOUS WHISTLING AND HOW HE WAS A KEY WITNESS TO A HUGE PILE OF CASH IN PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR’S SWIMMING POOL LOCKER In the first of this three part episode, professional wh...

BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR QUOTES FROM ‘THE GITA’ & CONVERSES ABOUT EGO IN BUSINESS, HIS STRUGGLE WITH LONELINESS & FULFILLING THE LAST WISHES OF HIS LATE WIFE  How harmful is it to have an ego in business? To what lengths should one be willing to go to, to succeed in business? At what point should one do a stop loss? and what is the difference between small and big business aspiration...

BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT HIS TIME WITH BNHS (BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY), SHARING DRINKS IN A TRAIN WITH MAESTRO KUMAR GANDHARVA & A CON-CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI One of my all-time favourite quotes is that it takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. In the fourth of my five-part conversation with Business Icon Mr. Hari Divekar, we...

EPISODE 30 : PART 3 (OF 5) BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT HOW HE FUNDED HIS RESORT BUSINESS AND HIS MULTIPLE BUSINESS FAILURES WHICH INCLUDED SELLING WATERMELONS AND REARING GOATS   It is said that we learn from our failures far more than what we learn from our successes. In the third of my five-part conversation with Business icon Mr. Hari Divekar, we conversed about how a trip to...

EPISODE 29 : PART 2 (OF 5) BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT HIS FIRST BUSINESS FAILURE, HIS FIRST ROARING SUCCESS & FUNNY TALES OF ESCAPING FROM WOMEN HELLBENT ON MARRYING HIM After finishing his engineering, he had a letter for a job at Kirloskars in Pune. He boarded the train, but instead of getting down at Pune, he tore the letter and continued onwards, in search of his destin...

EPISODE 28 : PART 1 (OF 5) BORN ENTREPRENEUR HARI DIVEKAR CONVERSES ABOUT EARLY YEARS IN A SMALL VILLAGE, LANDING IN BOMBAY WITH JUST FIVE RUPEES IN HIS POCKET & HIS HILARIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH GHOSTS He came from a family of postmasters, always on the lookout for jobs within the government, and yet, his only interest lay in creating something of his own. In the first of my five-part conversatio...

EPISODE 27 : PART 2 (OF 2) LITHUANIAN PAINTER & ART THERAPIST AUDRONE BRAZAUSKAITE CONVERSES ABOUT LEAVING HER COUNTRY FOR LOVE & THE SCIENCE OF ART THERAPY. SHE ALSO SINGS TWO LOVELY LITHUANIAN SONGS In the second and final part of my conversation with Audrone Brazauskaite, we conversed about how she was named after a boat her parents dated in, how her father surprised her by flying down...

EPISODE 26 : PART 1 (OF 2) LITHUANIAN PAINTER & ART THERAPIST AUDRONE BRAZAUSKAITE CONVERSES ABOUT A GRANDFATHER SENT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP, SPIES IN ART SCHOOL & THE CULTURE & HISTORY OF LITHUANIA Did you know that the country of Lithuania restored it’s independence as late as 1990? Are you aware that Lithuanian is one of the oldest living languages in the world? Have you ever heard...

EPISODE 25 : PART 2 (OF 2) DR. STANNY PINTO CONVERSES ABOUT HOW HE ALMOST GOT KILLED IN A GANG WAR, HOW HE SUCCEEDED IN BUSINESS & THE UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE OF HIS LIFE TO THE BACHCHAN FILM ‘TRISHUL’ In the second and final part of our conversation with Dr. Stanny Pinto, we conversed about wise words from an encouraging father, how Stanny’s life as a political gangster almost got him killed in a...

EPISODE 24 : PART 1 (OF 2) FROM AN IMPOVERISHED CHILDHOOD IN A 100 SQUARE FEET TIN-WALLED HOUSE IN INDIA’S LARGEST SLUM, TO OWNING MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, STANNY PINTO CONVERSES ABOUT HIS INSPIRING JOURNEY As I have grown older and understood the world a little better, I have realised that a lot of success in life is driven by our starting points. As a child, the better starting points we have in terms...

EPISODE 23 : PART 3 (OF 3) ACTOR ERROL PETER MARKS TALKS ABOUT HEARTBREAK ON THE HOLLYWOOD SERIES ‘SHANTARAM’, FUN TALES ABOUT SALMAN KHAN & A FUNNY YARN INVOLVING A SNAKE, A RED SHIRT & A GREEN SHIRT He almost hit international fame when he was cast and even shot for the iconic series ‘Shantaram’, In the third and final part of our conversation with actor Errol Peter Marks, we seamlessly...

EPISODE 22 : PART 2 (OF 3) WITH ACTOR ERROL PETER MARKS WHO CONVERSES ABOUT A SILENT RELATIONSHIP WITH GRIEF, THE ROUGH PATH TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL ACTOR AND HOW TO IDENTIFY RICH FOLKS IN ANY PARTY In the second of my three part conversation with Actor Errol Peter Marks, we flew in diverse directions like his initial school years, his silent relationship with grief, his messy bond with his stepf...

EPISODE 21 : PART 1 (OF 3) BROUGHT UP BY STRONG, INDEPENDENT AND BROKEN WOMEN, ACTOR ERROL PETER MARKS CONVERSES ABOUT KEEPING PROMISES MADE TO A DYING MOTHER, FORGIVING WHEN ALIVE, HEALING & CLOSURE He calls his life a comedy of tragedies as his parents separated very early in life and growing up, he never really had a father to look up to. Instead he was brought up by a set of very strong, i...