Teamwork Arts Podcast

 Swati Chaturvedi is an Indian print and broadcast journalist, reporter, columnist and panellist for various newspapers and channels like NDTV, Gulf News and Haaretz. In a sensational conversation with music programmer and broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, Chaturvedi talks about the future of journalism in India, ethics of reporting and the role of social media in the current political milieu. This epi...

Kutle Khan is a formidable multi-instrumentalist who has mastered more than 9 percussion instruments, and moves between genres with utmost ease. Founder of the Kutle Khan Project, he also has some well known TV shows to his credit, including the Dewarists, MTV Unplugged and Coke Studio India. In conversation with music programmer and veteran broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, Kutle Khan talks about the...

Hailed as “the new king of Indian Classical violin”, Ambi Subramaniam is a violinist, composer, and educator trained by his father and guru, Dr L Subramaniam. In conversation with music programmer and veteran broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, Subramaniam traces his career trajectory and emphasises on finding one’s voice that can strike a balance between traditions and trends without losing meaning. Thi...

Shashi Tharoor, a third-term Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, is the bestselling author of twenty-three books, both fiction and non-fiction. In a stimulating conversation with music programmer and veteran broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, Tharoor talks about the importance of right words at the wrong time, the construction of opposites, diversity and his stance on the politics of the ruling...

India’s leading film composer and singer, Sheykhar Ravjiani, in conversation with music programmer and veteran broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik talks about his journey as a musician, bumps along the road, and his equation with his partner Vishal Dadlani. Shekhar has been a widely loved personality on television as a reality show judge and mentor for over 12 shows such as ‘Saregamapa’, ‘Indian Idol’, ‘D...

Entrepreneur and investor Mohit Satyanand, in conversation with broadcaster and veteran music programmer Sarthak Kaushik, celebrates the spirit of spontaneity and talks about the inception of the iconic music club in Delhi, Friends of Music. In a spirited conversation, Satyanand explores the various dimensions of artistic expression stemming from the need to materialise a shared dream in episode 2...

Veteran actor, newscaster, columnist, and casting director Dolly Thakore in conversation with music programmer and broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, traces the trajectory of art in society and shares how she forged her own path through the thorny bushes of prejudice. In episode 25 of the TWA Podcast, she relates some very interesting anecdotes and stories that constitute the extraordinary legacy of Dol...

Celebrated Hindi cinema actress and television director Neena Gupta has always been ahead of her time. In a brutally honest and open conversation with music programmer and broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik, Neena shares what it is like to be a star in an industry as dynamic as Bollywood and what it takes to hold on to that stardom. Listen to her as she wins over hearts with her nonconformist stance and...

REDEFINING ART Award-winning Hindi cinema actor Manoj Bajpayee in conversation with music programmer and veteran broadcaster Sarthak Kaushik talks about the power of words, poetry, and language at large, as a necessary means of creating art. In this episode of the TWA Podcast, listen to Manoj Bajpayee and our host Sarthak, delve into the artist’s pathbreaking career arc as they revisit the definit...

CHALLENGING BOUNDARIES WITH DANCE  Aditi Mangaldas is a leading dancer and choreographer in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak. Besides dancing and choreographing classical productions, she has used her knowledge of Kathak to evolve a contemporary dance vocabulary. She heads the Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company-The Drishtikon Dance Foundation and has captured the hearts of thousands with the b...

MASTERING THE ART OF STORYTELLING Historian, writer, curator and photographer William Dalrymple is one of the co-founders and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival. Bestselling author of In Xanadu, City of Djinns, From the Holy Mountain, Age of Kali, White Mughals, The Last Mughal, Nine Lives, Return of a King and Kohinoor, Dalrymple has won many prestigious awards, including the Wolfson P...

THE ART OF MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH  Comedian, writer, improv genius Abish Mathew is one of the most recognized faces of Indian comedy. He was one of the first Indian Youtube stars to have over 95 million views on his channel. These videos include sketches, stand-up, and of course, his hit talk-shows, ‘Son of Abish’ and 'Journey Of A Joke'. Listen to Abish talk about the evolution of stand-up come...

NAVIGATING VULNERABILITY THROUGH MUSIC Ankur Tewari has been making music as an independent artist since 1998. He was the music supervisor for the blockbuster Bollywood film Gully Boy which won him multiple accolades and other renowned film guilds and has also supervised music for various Feature films and OTT shows for Netflix and Amazon Prime. In conversation with our host Sarthak Kaushik, Ankur...

ACCESSING STORIES VIA MUSIC The Aahvaan Project began with the purpose to promote the philosophy of love, humanity and kindness through stories from our everyday lives. Deeply moved by the words of Kabir, the Project focuses on creating a space for harmony in the rigmarole of everyday life. The Project is collaborative, creating fusions of ideas as it travels through villages, towns, cities, worki...

THE ART OF FUSION The Anirudh Varma Collective is a contemporary Indian classical ensemble led by the Delhi-based pianist, composer & producer, Anirudh Varma. In this episode of Teamwork Arts Podcast, Anirudh explores the art of fusing classical with contemporary music to create a stylistically unique genre. The ensemble comprises over 150 musicians & artists from India, USA and Canada. Having lau...

EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF THE COMMERCIAL MUSIC SPACE Indian drummer, educator and composer, Darshan Doshi, is currently touring with Salim-Sulaiman, Farhan Akhtar, Adnan Sami, Diljit Dosanjh and Amit Trivedi. In this episode of Teamwork Arts Podcast, Doshi discusses the do’s and don’ts of the commercial music space and what it takes to survive for a musician today. He has played the drums for several...

THE ART OF MUSICAL STORYTELLING A musician-storyteller, Raman has travelled to 12 countries telling tales and playing music. He is a former member of the indie-folk band Kabir Café and the co-composer of songs from the movies ‘Baadshaho’ and ‘Hindi Medium’ (2017), and the web series ‘Scam 1992’ (2020). Raman has been playing the mandolin since the age of 12, and has hosted an audio-only podcast ca...

NEWS JOURNALISM AND ITS CHANGING FORMATS  Abhinandan Sekhri is Co-founder and CEO of Newslaundry; and co-founder of the TV, film, digital and ideas house, Small Screen. He has previously worked as a producer, director and writer in various television and film projects, including the award-winning food and travel show ‘Highway on my Plate’. He is joined by Suraj Dhingra, producer of The Media Rumbl...

Aanchal Malhotra is an oral historian and writer based in New Delhi, India. She is Co-founder of the Museum of Material Memory - a crowd-sourced digital repository tracing family histories and social ethnography through heirlooms, collectables and antiques from the Indian subcontinent. Malhotra writes extensively on the 1947 Partition and its related topics. In this podcast, she talks about the em...

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Anubhav Nath, Director of Ojas Art, talks about the ‘art of the matter’ and traversing through the art industry with grit, passion and dedication, essential to building a successful art career. The episode was recorded at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 in February.

Ashutosh Sharma, co-founder of Amarass Records, discusses how despite the odds, real, authentic folk needs to be popularised against the lazy interpretations that often pass as ambassadors of the folk sound. The episode was recorded at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 in February.

Hindustani Classical vocalist Ujwal Nagar talks about how the charm of classical music is constant and still very relevant and how it needs to adapt to the changing audiences whose absorption of music may have altered over time. The episode was recorded at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 in February.

A group of musicians from Uttarakhand, Rehmat-e-Nusrat is arguably the first music group from the hills to sing sufiana qalam and qawwalis in the mould of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. They have written some searingly biting lyrics about the current times to express their emotion through music. The episode was recorded at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 in February.

Award-winning author Kishwar Desai elaborates on the importance of research in writing and the attention to detail that is essential in bringing out the right story. The episode was recorded at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 in February.