Questions I Wanted to Ask with Anshu

How to work better in creative partnerships—and actually make them last? In this episode of Questions I Wanted to Ask , I spoke to Gautami Kawale , one half of India’s most loved YouTube duo, Slayy Point. From building a channel that speaks to millions to navigating the dynamics of working with a close friend, Gautami knows what it really takes to make a partnership last.  We talked about the behi...

The creator economy can be exciting—but it’s also full of uncertainty. To kick off Questions I Wanted to Ask, I spoke to Amit Tandon, one of India’s most successful stand-up comedians. From sold-out shows worldwide to building a digital following, he’s seen the creator journey from all sides. We talked about something every creator thinks about: how to build financial stability when nothing feels...

There are so many questions I’ve carried with me—questions that don’t always have easy answers, but that shape the way we live, create, and grow.  Questions I Wanted to Ask was born out of curiosity, honesty, and a deep desire to learn from people who’ve been through it—creators, artists, entrepreneurs, and storytellers who’ve built, stumbled, reinvented, and kept going.  This isn’t a space for pe...

Today there is a genuine concern,what if WEB3 doesn't take off and there is so much fear and confusion about what's in store as in recent times, Economies around the world have been hit by A massive recession, rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine, and high inflation.  In Today's Episode of Questions I wanted to Ask I'm going to address the real question around the future of we...

For most of us , the word crypto became very evident in the last 3 years and now when there is familiarity, there is a Fomo :  Should i be investing?  kuch samajh nahi aata hai, Can I really make a lot of money in CRYPTO? If some of these statements sound familiar to you, Welcome to most of our lives.. So I thought , let me find an answer to probably the biggest question of the year in this week&#...

Do you find yourself moving over from one messaging platform to the other because, apparently, this ones is safe? We are now in a stage of human existence where we need to ask why we need a new internet. In today's episode of QIWTA, I decode the new internet WEB3.0 everyone is talking about and what it will do for us? You can watch the episode under the podcast name Questions I wanted to ask....

I decided to call myself an amateur creator & podcaster after doing more than 50 episodes. So here I'm going to share some stories and examples of things happening around us. This solo episode is out now.  If you really like this episode, please drop in a review and share with those 2 friends who you think need that push. Thank you for listening to today’s episode, a part of it was my stor...

I spoke with RedBull World Doodle Art Champion - Santanu Hazarika who is a key face of Pop Art & Culture in India and also one of the first visual artists to convert his art into NFTs. We spoke about Santanu’s learnings & his process of marketing himself and his Art as a successful Brand. If you like this conversation and relate to it, please drop me a message wherever and whenever you can...

I decided to do a solo episode today because I found the subject very personal, to a lot of extent my story and so I thought why don't I talk about the value and power of expression and why creativity is for everyone and also the importance of sharing it. This solo episode is out now. If you really like this episode, please drop in a review and share with those 2 friends who you think need tha...

I got an opportunity to speak with Ankit Vengurlekar who is the Creator, Director & Editor-In-Chief at Coinswitch Kuber. We spoke about the importance of Self Growth and allowing Metamorphosis of one's self and learning how to detach ourselves to build a rich and glorious life. Part 2 of this conversation out now.  If you like this conversation and relate to it, please drop me a message wh...

I spoke to Ankit Vengurlekar who is a Creator and also the Director & Editor-In-Chief at Coinswitch Kuber. We spoke about the importance of being open to new opportunities and taking risks and also how one can maintain a work life balance between a daily job while building a strong side hustle. Part 1 of this conversation out now.  If you like this conversation and relate to it, please drop me...

I got an opportunity to speak with Falu aka Falguni who won Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album this year. We spoke about how to raise mentally strong kids and importance of music in child upbringing. Part 2 of this conversation out now.  If you like this conversation and relate to it, please drop me a message wherever and whenever you can, I will really appreciate it as it also motiv...

I got an opportunity to speak with Falu aka Falguni who won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album this year. We spoke about the impact Music can create to heal us in our daily lives.  Part 1 of this conversation out now.  If you like this conversation and relate to it, please drop me a message wherever and whenever you can, I will really appreciate it as it also motivates me to bring...

How women can take small steps to gain that financial freedom which is the most important asset for a good living. I got a chance to speak to Founder & CEO of Kidsstoppress Mansi Zaveri about the steps that every women should take to be financially independent and also have the ability to believe in yourself as these are the important pillars of self-care and discipline. Part 2 of this convers...

Why Learning to Say No and Speaking Up for Yourself is Important. I got a chance to speak to Founder & CEO of Kidsstoppress Mansi Zaveri about the need to prioritize self, the discipline required for it and also how the ability to say No is one of the most important pillars of self-care and discipline. Part 1 of this conversation out now.  If you like this conversation and relate to it, please...

Why a healthy lifestyle is not boring but an essential for us to have better lives. I speak with Actor Nimrat Kaur about the fads around a healthier lifestyle. Part 2 of this conversation out now. If you like this conversation and relate to it, please drop me a message wherever and whenever you can, I will really appreciate it as it also motivates me to bring similar conversations like this to the...

I have spent my life learning to have the right conversation with my body, eventually reaching a point where I have now started learning to say right things about and to my body. I got a chance to speak to Nimrat Kaur about the same things who recently underwent a drastic physical transformation for her role in the movie Dasvi that recently released on Netflix . How do you handle self esteem when...

In the last one year - if there is one thing that has made me really proud of myself, it is my conscious effort towards connecting with my inner voice. This one thing lead me to create through my podcast or sometimes through my words here. This became a journey to heal myself of the things that were no longer needed. It made me realise how all of us need to go back to things that ground us and hea...

On this Recap Episode, we shed light on the stories of two amazing women who didn't let under-confidence get in the way. But how does one maintain confidence after discovering it? Tune in to listen to Falguni Vasavada and Mallika Dua share their own thoughts on the idea.  Listen to the full episodes here: Falguni Vasavada - https://gaana.com/song/dr-falguni-vasavada-on-pursuing-passion-with-yo...

On this Recap Episode, we tackle the most common aspect creative entrepreneurs struggle with - Downtime. Through our conversations with Devika Narain, Tarun Katial. and Pooja Jauhari, we uncover what it's like to slow down and indulge in your own mental wellbeing for a change. Listen to the full episodes here: Devika Narain - https://podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/devika-narain-downtime-finding...

As we wind down for the year, it's imperative that we take a look back at what we have learnt from 2021 and from our guests. In this first of several Recap episodes, we take a look back at our conversation with Writer Bhavani Iyer. Bhawani is the writer of some of the most beautiful films of our times - Black, Guzarish, Lootera , Raazi and many more. As an artist and a person, Bhawani is just...

This week's guest on Questions I wanted to Ask is Salone Sehgal, who is world's first female General Partner of a Games and Interactive VC fund. Salone co-founded Lumikai Fund which is India's first early-stage interactive media and gaming VC. Salone has spoken about the preparation that female founders require to build venture backed companies, her own stories of finding her ways thro...

This week's guest on Questions I Wanted to Ask is a woman who holds the Limca Book of World Record for styling a Saree in 325 different ways, someone who turned the passion of draping sarees into a business, the celebrity saree draping artist, Dolly Jain. Dolly and I spoke about how she realized saree could be a profession, a Bollywood legend who told her she should definitely take this up as...

This week's guest on Questions I Wanted to Ask, is one of the most brilliant minds in the business of Media and entertainment Tarun Katial, Ex-CEO of Zee5, and Big FM Tarun has been at the helm of some of the biggest content formats and media brands that we have seen in the last 20 years. Whatever my understanding of the business of content has been over these years, I would say a large part o...

This week's guests of Questions I Wanted to Ask, are two very inspiring founders of brands like Beardo, Villain and now Renée Cosmetics, Asutosh Valani and Priyank Shah. This conversation with them is not just like a masterclass on how to market homegrown brands, but also a much deeper understanding of how to create something that does not exist earlier. Asutosh, Priyank and I spoke about all...