Fresh Ink Conversations

In this episode of *Fresh Ink Conversations: New Authors, Real Stories, I am joined by Surabhi Varshney, an educator and counsellor from Greater Noida who has spent 18 years working closely with children and families. Surabhi’s book, “Rethinking Parenting: Creating an Ever-Lasting Bond with Your Child”, asks a blunt question most parents avoid: *Do we actually know our child, or are we parenting o...

This episode of "Fresh Ink Conversations" features an interview with Lt Cdr Nishad A K (Retd.), a commissioned officer with more than 22 years of experience leading teams, developing programs, managing projects, executing operations, and serving in senior management at global MNCs. His book "The Beautiful Detours" is not your usual polished "success story"; instead, i...

Most sales books try to “teach you how to sell.” Aalok doesn’t. In Sales, Served Hot , he serves six real, non-fiction stories from a 15-year B2B sales journey across India and North America, where deals are won on trust, timing, psychology, and resilience (often far away from the slide deck). In this episode, we get into: Why do many deals close over lunch/dinner , not in meetings What resilience...

Most leadership advice is fluff. This episode isn't. If you’re struggling to motivate your team or navigating a workplace where you feel overlooked despite your hard work, you don't need more theory—you need perspective. In this episode, I sit down with Mohan R V , a veteran leader with over 31 years of experience in high-stakes operational excellence and digital transformation. He discuss...

The Mindful Architect: Scaling Tech Without Burning Out Can you lead a high-stakes engineering team without sacrificing your sanity? Richa Kumari says yes—but only if you change your operating system. As a Senior Architect at Wipro and a founding member of the CTO Community, Richa has spent years at the intersection of complex systems and human leadership. In this episode, we strip away the corpor...

n this episode, we sit down with Aakash Mate — an engineer by profession and a health-focused author by passion — to talk about the question that pushed him into writing: Why do some people work hard on their health yet still struggle, while others seem to thrive naturally? Drawing from experience, observation, and continuous learning around the mind, body, and human behaviour , Aakash shares the...

Discover books before they blow up. Fresh Ink Conversations is a podcast featuring new and emerging authors —the voices behind the books you haven’t discovered yet. Hosted by Vijay Kulkarni and presented by Inner Compass , each episode is a fast, honest interview about: What the book is really about (in plain language) Who it’s for and why it matters What it took to write and publish it The lesson...