Cyrus Says

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the brilliant Devdutt Pattanaik, mythologist, speaker, illustrator, columnist & author. Cyrus and Devdutt talk about Devdutt working in the healthcare and pharma industries before becoming an author and mythologist, how he knew he could do all these other things as well, gods with six pack abs, how he started writing columns for Economic Times, drawing compa...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Jehaan, a 13 year old singer, songwriter, composer and award winning pianist. Jehaan just launched his debut single 'Lettin' You Go'. Cyrus and Jehaan talk about how Jehaan staryes composing music at such a young age, how Devraj Sanyal (CEO & MD of Universal Music, South Asia & India) has been mentoring him and encouraging him to be an all-round artist w...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by singer and musician Wajiha Naqvi, who recently had a new song out on Coke Studio Pakistan called 'Yaqeen', and has also been a backing vocalist for Coke Studio season 11 in Pakistan. Cyrus and Wajiha talk about COVID lockdowns in Karachi, Imran Khan as PM of Pakistan, bringing India and Pakistan together, Wajiha's work with Szabist and Indus Valley School of Art...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Urmin Vijayakar, Radio Jockey, Vlogger & Improviser, aka Mumbaichi Mulgi, to talk about what it's like working in radio and being an RJ, when she knew she wanted to pursue a career as an RJ, sharing her surname Vijayakar with someone Cyrus knows, seeing a pamphlet outside her college that said 'learn how to be an RJ in 10 days', applying for an MBA entrance...

On this episode, Cyrus joins us from a shoot location in Madh Island to sit down with the amazing Anita Agnihotri, Writer & Poet. Cyrus and Anita talk about how she got into writing poetry at a young age, writing for Sandesh - the oldest children's magazine in Bengali, the legendary Satyajit Ray being involved with the magazine and how he would publish whatever writings Anita sent in, how Anit...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Hamsini Hariharan, host of the States of Anarchy podcast, a foreign policy researcher and journalist. Hamsini's research interests are Chinese foreign policy, Asian geopolitics and India's worldview. Hamsini and Cyrus talk about her podcast States of Anarchy, and discuss a lot about Chinese geo-political relations with India and the rest of the world, how Hamsin...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Manisha Pande, Executive Editor at Newslaundry and the Writer/Anchor of their TV Newsance series. Manisha and Cyrus talk about when she knew she wanted to be a journalist, going to college in Chandigarh, being bothered by the fact that Indian media doesn't question itself, working for DNA India during the 2014 general elections, politicians and their sex appeal,...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Vinit Bajpai, Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author, Founder & CEO - Magnon and Talentrack, to talk to Cyrus about his two varied sides, one of a writer and the other of a businessman. They talk about Vinit's books and the inspiration behind them, how he started his agency 'Magnon' from a small shed at the age of 22, how Magnon is today counted amongst the Top...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Huw Cordey, the absolutely fascinating Series Producer of 'A Perfect Planet' on Sony BBC Earth. Cyrus and Huw have an intriguing conversation about what A Perfect Planet is about - the first four episodes being about the natural forces like volcanoes, ocean currents, the sun and weather, and how these natural forces shape our planet and its diversity. The 5th ep...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the amazing Ajay Chopra, Chef and Television Host, to talk about how Ajay got into cooking and fell in love with it, how he used to make chai for his mother as a kid, working at TGIF, and tells us some fascinating stories from his early days if being a chef where he went all the way to Shimla for an interview. Cyrus and Ajay also talk about how Ajay got onto tel...

On this episode, the G.O.A.T. meets the Bakra - Cyrus is joined by the hosts of the new podcast 'The Fighting G.O.A.T.' - Arjun Chipalkatti and Somesh Kamra. Arjun and Somesh are huge buffs and superfans of combat sports like the UFC, MMA, boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, and more. On this episode, they talk to Cyrus about their love for these sports, working as TV presenters - Arjun is a TV present...

On this episode of Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Antariksh to talk about the new rise in taxi and rickshaw night fares, how it all ties back to rising petrol prices, registrations for the COWIN app for the second wave of vaccinations in India, Joe Biden seemingly not doing anything to penalize Saudi Arabia over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Pranjal Kamra, Bestselling Author, Value Investor, YouTuber and Founder & CEO, Finology Ventures, to talk about his new book 'MINT YOUR MONEY: An Easy Manual to Unlock Your Wealth-Creating Potential', and his other book 'Investonomy: The Stock Market Guide That Makes You Rich'. Cyrus and Pranjal also get into Pranjal having done so much at only 27 years of a...

On this episode of Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined Tony Sebastian (co-host of Simblified podcast), along with Amit and Antariksh to talk about some very interesting topics in the news, like - the 'Sardar Patel Stadium' in Motera, Ahmedabad being renamed to 'Narendra Modi Stadium' with the two bowling ends being named the 'Reliance' and the 'Adani' ends, activist Disha Ravi getting bail after a we...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Varun Deshpande, Managing Director of Good Food Institute, India & Co-host of the 'Feeding 10 Billion' podcast. They talk about Varun's recent feature in GQ's '25 Most Influential Young Indians' list, what the Good Food Institute's goal is, where plant-based and cell-based meats and other foods stand today, the aim to have these alternately sourced foods tas...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by standup comedian Sahil Shah to talk about how he got started in comedy, starting out with the first wave of standup comics in India, forming the EIC - East India Comedy collective, and lots more. They also talk about the power of self-deprecating humour, starting doing open mics at the ripe old age of 17 to 18 years, using area names of Mumbai as insults, coming...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Antariksh to talk about some pressing topics in the news like Mumbai and Maharashtra possibly going back into strict lockdowns with new COVID cases on the rise, the new strain of coronavirus emerging in Maharashtra, the quota put on the police to catch specific number of people without masks, the Texas Freeze disaster and how bad it's really gotten, Tex...

A Valentine's Day special 5 days after Valentine's Day! That's how we do it! Cyrus is joined by his 'better halves' Ayesha Broacha and Kunal Vijayakar, along with Amit, for an episode of endless hilarious banter and to talk about their relationships with Cyrus, what he's like to live with, how him being technologically backward affects the relationship, and tons tons more. They also get to tons of...

On this episode of Cock & Bull, struggling through a not-so-friendly internet connection, Cyrus is joined by comedian Sriraam Padmanabhan, along with Amit and Antariksh, to talk about some updates on the vaccination drives in India and how the govt. data shows that only about 4% of beneficiaries have shown up for the 2nd dose of the vaccine, and more. They also discuss the news about 30 Taliba...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Television Hosts and presenters Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma. They are known for their wide variety of food and travel shows. On this episode, they talk about their new show on Zee Zest called 'Goan Gullies', how 15 years of experience in the food industry has led them to Goan Gullies, what's it been like knowing each other throughout their lives, Rocky's love f...

On this episode of Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about some crazy news stories, like the pitch at the cricket stadium at Chepauk, activists facing consequences for protesting and sharing Greta Thunberg's protest 'toolkit', what a 'protest toolkit' actually is, the fundamental disrespect for speech that we are seeing in India right now, Sachin Tendulkar a...

On this episode of Cyrus Says, Cyrus is joined by Amol Muzumdar, Cricketer and Cricket Coach, one of the greats in Indian cricket, to talk about Amol's amazing and long career in domestic cricket, the fact that he paradoxically never played for India internationally, Amol breaking the record for the highest number of runs scored in domestic cricket in Ranji Trophy, how Amol got into cricket, comin...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Dr. Munjaal Kapadia, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, host of the She Says She's Fine podcast, and Director, Namaha Healthcare, Mumbai and Ramaben Hospital, Navsari. Cyrus talks to Dr. Munjaal about growing up in a family of doctors, discuss some cases of weird objects getting stuck in private parts, not judging fetishes, how Dr. Munjaal and his family ended up...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Akash Banerjee from The Deshbhakt YouTube channel. Akash is a political satirist & host at The Deshbhakt and Founder & Head Chatterbox at @SocialBakBak. Cyrus and Akash talk about tons of interesting topics - from Akash's origin story from working at MTV and Times Now, his book which he doesn't talk about (because the foreword of the book was written by...

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Zarrar Said, author of the new book 'Pureland', a book that got banned in Pakistan - it's a fiction book based on an actual man named Abdul Salam, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics, but then was banished from his country. Cyrus and Zarrar talk about his new book and why it got banned in Pakistan and some other countries, why retailers even in India refused to h...