Celebrace Your Journey

You know some people or maybe most of us can never let our passion go. Even if we choose a different path we hope to come back someday and shape our long lost dreams. This also goes perfectly well with our guest today, Prerana Agarwal Saxena.

She began her career in the banking sector after an MBA. But her childhood passion for planning theme-based events always remained. So, on one of her trips back home from Andamans, she thought of recreating a beach-themed party with a detailed seaside experience and blissful colors. Not only was the party a great success but also paved way for similar opportunities.

This further led to the formation of Theme Weavers Designs, which is amongst the top 10 luxury destination wedding planning and design firms in India.

Listen to the episode to know more about her journey and some serious conversations around weddings. For example: wedding trends, luxury wedding market, most popular wedding destination, least explored wedding destination and so much more.

Well, what better time than this wedding season!

A 50+ businessman who got up late in life and decided to do stand-up comedy so that he could tick it off his bucket list.

Well, that's how comedian Atul Khatri defines the best decision of his life!

To break the monotony of his routine life, he wanted to try bartending and DJ but that didn’t work out. While figuring out what to do with life, he kept posting jokes on Facebook as a comic-relief. There, he realised he has a sense of humour which people appreciate. And that made him sign up for an ‘open mic’. He vividly remembers that night — hands sweating and legs shivering — but little did he know winning that four minute slot will help him win over his mid-life crisis too.

Here, he gets candid about a subject he can never joke, comedy scene in India, differences between his actual persona and stand up avatar, his favourite joke, embarrassing moments and much more.

Her weight loss journey began really young at the age of 12 because she was an obese child and continued to remain that way for long. What followed post that will unfold in the episode but it’s important for you to know that the obese child has grown up to be a renowned nutritionist today.

Welcome Ishi Khosla, who strongly believes in the power of foods, is an author & entrepreneur and is also the reason behind healthy and age-defying looks for so many people.

In this episode, along with her journey, we will also understand why she doesn’t believes in a diet chart, how to choose the right nutritionist for yourself, is mindful eating trend here to stay and a million other things. Just hold on!

Do you think it’s important to pause and reflect in life? Do you find ways to strike a balance between your personal and professional life? How to get away with procrastination, now that’s a common one. Well, put a full stop to all such questions looming over your head as our guest today Ms Geeta Ramakrishnan has an answer to all of these.

An ontological coach and author, Geeta left her family business after spending more than three decades to explore the world beyond and make her own identity. Now, let’s connect with her to understand what changed when she walked in for an ontological training programme one morning.

Ever met a child who tailored his own school uniform at the age of 15 because he didn’t like the fittings? Different right? Well, today that child has grown up to be one of the most creative innovators of contemporary Indian fashion.

Meet designer Ashish N Soni known for his minimal yet elegant designs. He has styled celebrities like Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor among several others.

So, are you ready to dig deep into his journey and know everything fashion right from wardrobe essentials to the most stylish actor? Come let’s begin.

Imagine getting sure about your career at the age of 13 while handling bullies and falling into depression. Our guest today was one such child, who himself couldn’t believe how he was so sure so young. For this episode, we have director-actor Adeeb Rais whose anthology series Kaali Peeli tales will be out this 20th. His earlier works include short films such as Auntyji and baatein which clearly reflect his forte that lies in relatable ‘slice of life’ stories. Let’s learn about Adeeb as he gets candid about his choices, films, why age is viewed as a parameter for knowledge and journey off course.

A depressed mother, an absent father, six siblings and five stepmothers — author Neelima Dalmia Adhar recalls her bizarre childhood as clear as a cloudless day even when she’s touching her 70s.

However, this oddity never kept her away from being who she was and embracing new challenges.

Hence, she went to become ‘India’s Most Fearless Author,’ and delivered three best sellers too.

Come, learn about this too bold and too defiant author as she gets too candid with us in this episode.

When will we have our own Greta Thunberg moment? Are we going to grow couch potatoes in the near future? Will we only understand environment when our collars get black? Are you hopeful about the new health and environment leadership in this twindemic? These are a few hard-hitting questions activist and environmentalist Jai Dhar Gupta and I have explored in this episode.

Gupta’s journey towards being a activist dates back to 2013 when he was diagnosed with bronchial asthma even when he was in the pink of health, training for a marathon.

Listen to the episode to know how this lung-disease helped him start a movement, understand the nuances of the environment and hold onto the promise young people are bringing in.

Picture this: Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta is just a few mins away from reaching the Everest when his oxygen mask stops working. He is ready to face death but only after he reaches the top. So, he requests his Sherpa’s mask and somehow makes it to the peak. As soon as he’s done with the pictures there, he knows it’s time to return the mask and meet death... But how did he return back then? Well, this is just one among the various reasons of why you need to hear his journey.

From an asthmatic boy to having close encounters with death on several occasions, suffering frostbites and losing friends on treks, the Guinness World Record Holder has seen it all.

What once looked like a nightmare has now become a part of his ‘travel tales.’

Listen to him as he gets candid about all his adventures.

Ever heard of an eight month old infant going to sleep after long drives? Well, most of us have never. But this sounds so cool!

This kid was Rashmi Chadha whose love for travelling began quite young, hitting the highways and exploring dhabas.

The founder of a travel-tech women-friendly company, Wovoyage, Rashmi chats with us in the most chill and lively manner. Listen to the podcast to know why and how the TedX speaker chose the road less travelled by and that has made all the difference.