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What is the correct way of breathing? What exactly happens when you inhale and exhale? Can you train your body to inhale and exhale correctly and also involuntarily? How to do so? What is Indian & Chinese Pranayam? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegyaanproject.com

How did you enter this field of acting, writing and direction? What is the role of body in acting? How did you manage to play so many different characters yet making each of them so convincing? What are different aspect of acting? What happens while you are acting, on stage or while in front of the camera? #acting #writing #direction #dilip prabhawalkar #marathi #indian #interview #nuances #acting...

1. The biggest asset of Hindustani classical is the framework of Raag (Raag Vyawastha). Why do we need this framework and how does it help? 2. How is one raaga’s mood defined? Who defines them? For eg: What is Marwah’s feeling 3. In one of the interviews, Vasant Rao Deshpande mentioned that once Asa-ali khan Saheb sang Marwah and he realised span of Marwah is so huge. What does this span / canvas...

1. What do you mean by sound, nada or Dhwani? 2. How do we generate voice? 3. What do you mean by correct and incorrect breathing? 4. How can you control voice with help of breathing? 5. Who defined phonetics in devanagari script? 6. What is the significance of vowels and consonants in music, breathing and practical life? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subsc...

1. What is motorcycle design and how can one get into it? What does one need to learn to become a motorcycle designer? 2. What are the design goals while making a bike? 3. What are stages when you are designing a bike? Structure of the team, iterations, process etc.. 4. What are few considerations while designing a bike for India and other countries where infrastructure is better? 5. How did you b...

What is a Shruti? Why is it the most important aspect of music? What do we use in our Music, ‘Shrutis’ or ‘Nadas’? How can we practically differentiate between Shrutis and Nadas? How a Raga is formed? Can we ‘measure’ a Shruti? Why are Shrutis 22 only? Who fixed them? Can anyone not create new Shrutis? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

Introduction and emergence of Harmonium in India and when and how did it come to India or Indian classical music? How can a technically wrong instrument which was banned, be more popular? What exactly is the problem in a Harmonium or Piano? How is harmony and melody connected in Indian classical music? Were you the 1st to actually think of creating a 22 Shruti Harmonium? Can one develop an ear to...

In this episode of The Gyaan Project, Prof. Mahendra Patel, India’s legendary type designer and design educator, shares deep insights on typography, readability, and the emotion behind fonts. From Comic Sans to Helvetica and Frutiger, he explains how context defines good design. A must-listen for designers, students, and anyone curious about how fonts shape perception and communication. This is a...

Whats your connection with poetry and what does poetry mean to you? Whats the Poetry scene in Mumbai? Why is poetry reading growing again? Do the new poems have depth? Are these poets mature to articulate their thoughts? Are the poems contextual to the current social, political structure? Where is it heading? Whats the future of these Poetry sessions? This is a public episode. If you would like to...

Guru B. Bhanumati, Bharatanjali founder and revered Bharatanatyam guru, pioneered group choreography and abhinaya teaching, shaping generations with warmth, artistry, humility. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegyaanproject.com

1. From BA in Psychology, to Social media analyst, from program manger to Tech head, and from Operations to now digital solution architect. Can you tell how this crazy journey has been? 2. What are the roles and responsibilities of an online technical architect in an agency model, not necessarily a product based environment? What exactly do you do? 3. What makes you stick in an agency model type b...

A details introduction on Tabla, taal, naad and lay... What is peshkara? What is Farashbandi? What is qayda? What is rela? Why does Aroh and avroh exist in singing? What is khali bhari? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegyaanproject.com

We can clearly see a big gap between the syllabus and what actually is required when you become a professional designer. 1. Why do you think it exists? 2. How do you think it we can reduce this gap? 3. By when do you think this gap will be reduced? India has very different kind of culture and lot of multiplicity - Is it fair to borrow minimalism concepts from western or oriental schools of design?...

How can one stay genuine to his or her role and still stay detached? What is the process of developing a character where you can showcase the subtleties effortlessly? What according to you are the 3 required skills to be a good actor? Last temptations of an actor; what can one do to avoid falling in trap of this Maya of films, movies and entertainment still be remembered as an actor? You also live...

What do you mean by Bandish? How has Bandish evolved and will evolve? What's missing in today's Bandishes? You have made few bandish in English language. How do you decide in which Raag it's suppose to be based on? What make you pick one raag over another? What's your plan to further break these boundaries and expand Hindustani Classical music. This is a public episode. If you would like to discus...

How is Natyashashtra and dance therapy connected? In ancient India, Classical Dances were aimed at the betterment of health of dancers. How and why did it digress? What is making it come back as a therapy? One of your article reads, "turn your suffering into art, art into awareness and awareness into action". How can one think of dance when they are in pain? Is this possible for a person to get ou...

Uday Kumar, the creator of the Indian Rupee symbol and associate professor at IIT, discusses his design process. He focused on representing Indian culture through visual harmony, incorporating elements like the national flag (horizontal line symbolizing the tricolor) and balance (equal sign concept). Kumar emphasizes simplicity as key to creating lasting designs, with security and uniqueness being...

What is tone of voice? Why do brands need it? Or it is important in other domains as well? What is the role of language in defining the tone? How much command you need to have over language? How do you establish relevance with your audience using the tone? What are the challenges in maintaining tone of voice with the introduction of social media? This is a public episode. If you would like to disc...

In the creative field, it is said that it thrives on limitations. Who defines these limitations? And then how come people get offended? Should art depict society or society learn from art? What according to you is the role of Comedy as art in society? With youtube and so many other mediums of getting famous, what is that one thing that any artist should be aware of so that he / she doesn’t loose f...

What are the main differences between the actual silicon valley and Indian valley of startups? What do you think are the main factors for building a successful product? What are the few things you look in a candidate while hiring as a product manager? Especially in Cleartrip. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit w...

What is voicing? And what is a difference between voicing, dubbing, playback and giving voice for animation? How does one get into this field? Any courses, skill set required? Which emotion do you think is the toughest? How do you make your smile heard? Which is the most challenging voice u have given? How important is knowledge of language important? What is the career roadmap for a voice artist?...

Gyan session on Copy, Branding and advertising with Anusha Pinto. What are the challenges in making a no-so-good brand better? What is the role of language in the advertising world? Orange, Hutch, Vodafone - How did they manage this big brand transition? How important it is to have command on language? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

What made you consider Dance as a profession? What are the possible job prospects if you decide to devote your life to dance? With Nach baliye and Boogie Woogie, has it impacted Indian traditional dance forms. if yes, how? What kind of challenges one faces while spreading these traditional forms of art? How do you see practice? How do you see Indian traditional dance forms 50 years from now? Any p...

What is sound design? What kind of skills you need to become a sound designer? How has technology impacted sound design? What are the challenges of being a sound recordist and more… This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegyaanproject.com

Should art depict society or should society evolve by looking at art? How much do you think commerce effects art? How do you know your story is finished? Why does every film need a protagonist and an antagonist? Why do you think Indian main stream films have conclusive ending while foreign or experimental cinema don’t have it? And how do you decide a movie is good or bad? Know more about films & p...