The Bucketlist Project

In today’s episode I am going to talk about crystal gazing into next 10 years and finding out where the Indian globe trotter is going to explore next! I was just doing some research on India’s place and context in global travel market. It was a weekend curious itch I indulged in and the insights were pleasant surprise! In the context of PYT, I have always been a very strong cheerleader for India o...

Today’s topic of podcast is “My Pursuit of Happiness”. In this monologue, I talk about about my understanding of "Pursuit of happiness" and the 3 versions of it I discovered. I also briefly revisit my life history and the residual learning which currently form the basis of my world view. This amalgamation of my past and present gets me exploring a new phase in life. I am anchoring my decisions, ch...

Today’s topic of podcast is “Fearless and Fabulous: Indian Women Who Travel Solo”. In this episode I am going to be joined by Ms Aakanksha Monga - Digital content creator, travel influencer, globe trotter, solo traveller and an explorer covering every corner of the world one day at a time. She has almost million+ army of fans combined across Instagram and Youtube which she calls her second family....

Welcome back to 'The Bucketlist Project' podcast. Today’s topic is “The Future of Diving & India” and I am going to be joined by PADI's regional manager for India, Srilanka and Bangladesh Anisha Kumar. She is a PADI veteran having spent more than a decade teaching students and later on as a PADI Instructor Development Staff Instructor, training instructors at the highest level. She has seen th...

Welcome back to 'The Bucketlist Project' podcast. In today's episode - we have on the show a high performance athlete Mario Fernandes who was the first Indian to break the national free diving records in 4 categories. We discuss various topics ranging from the sport of free diving, how he carved out a career being a high performance free diver, putting India on the free diving map and the growing...

Welcome back to 'The Bucketlist Project' podcast. After a brief holiday break, we are back to telling you my Digital nomad experiences and the stories of people I have met during this time. In this episode we have Kartik and Smriti - A desi couple from Canada who embarked on a Pan American road trip 3 years back. Telling their story through the instagram Handle 'The Brown Van Life', they gave away...

The year began with us 30000 feet up in the air on our way to a tiny little island in the gulf of Thailand. 2023 was the year that saw me trade land legs for fins and trade fleeting breaths for the slow, rhythmic dance of the underwater world. It was the year I embarked on a bucket list dream, logging an inconceivable 500 dives and etching 25,000 minutes of my life onto the beautiful terrains of t...

The current generation has grown up with the internet as their playground and social media as their megaphone. They're digitally savvy, incredibly aware of social issues, and unafraid to call out injustices and demand change. This has also sowed the seeds for cancel culture and it has become deeply ingrained in our online lives. in today’s cancel culture dominated by agendas and narratives, you ar...

In this week's podcast we talk about my candid confessions of our transition from urban dwellers to now a Island habitants. While it is a dreamy construct in our minds to live in a scenic tropical island and wake up everyday to stunning sunrises, it comes with its own challenges. Only if you embrace the challenges whole heartedly is when you become deserving of its rich rewards. Tune in and listen...

In this week's podcast we talk about a very pertinent topic for the current age. The concept of break year and its relevance for today's youth. I believe break year and travel is a very essential life experience that every youth should have once in their lifetime. Joining me in this episode is Rohith Subramanian a.k.a the Misfit Magellan. His life story has been very unconventional to say the leas...

In this week's episode we explore the career opportunities in one of the most glamorous industry - Scuba diving. We have a special guest Marcel Van Den Berg - PADI Platinum course director, my scuba diving mentor and a celebrated voice in the diving industry in his own right. He is going to talk about what it takes to become a scuba diving instructor in today's world. What are the opportunities av...

Today's topic of podcast is "Making of Travel Wishlist for the Gen Z". To help build this wishlist, I have with me a special guest Mr Neil Patil. An avid globe trotter with country count of 41, travel industry veteran having built the Veena World brand and in general a very curious traveller. He is going to share a unique wishlist for the current Gen Z as they travel through their first 10 years o...

In this episode of the podcast we talk about " Alien Encounters of the Lembeh Strait ". I had recently visited the northern part of North Sulawesi in Indonesia. While this name might not ring a bell with lot of Indians, there is a place called as Lembeh straits which is host to a number of alien creatures very endemic to this region. In the scuba diving world, this is one of the bucketlist destina...

Today's topic of podcast is "2023-The year I discovered my relationship with water". This is a very personal journey of catharsis for me. Water - an element found in abundance on our planet, yet I stayed away from it out of fear for large part of my life. Finally I had a moment of awakening and decided to overcome this fear of open water . The journey to get here was fearful, took lot of hard work...

Today's topic of podcast is "How do you score a cheap airfare?". This is a frequent question a lot of people have asked me multiple times over the last 10 years. I have spent considerable amount of time building a system for myself, reading about the airline pricing mechanism and speaking to a lot of airline revenue management folks. This has helped me build good context and hoping to share some o...

Today's topic of podcast is "Balancing Life, Work and Travel - Is it possible?". I will be having candid chat with 3 successful individuals who have aced the equation of work, life and travel. We will discuss things like Work life balance vs Work life integration, What are some of the secrets to get answers to this hotly debated topic and their origin stories in terms of becoming what they have as...

Today's topic of podcast is " embracing a digital nomad lifestyle - an Indian perspective". I have Pratibha Parthasarathy - Entrepreneur, Youtube artist and Carnatic Educator joining in this episode to talk about an umbrella of topics under digital nomadism. We will cover what are the latest trends in digital nomad scene around the world, what it takes to become one, how the odds stack up for Indi...

Today’s topic of podcast is The Bucket List Lifestyle and how it has influenced me. I will talk about my journey with the origins of the Bucketlist Project - A passion project I have put together as my life mission to pursue over next 10 years. This is a special episode for me as this is the first time I am attempting a public discourse on my life journey. Will be sharing how it all started, why I...