Last year, Aslam took on a challenge with the Bali Hope team to raise funds for the Bali Children’s Foundation by cycling 397 km around Bali. He initially set out to raise $2500 and ended up raising $5800 that went towards the education of 45 underprivileged kids. As we all know, the second wave of the pandemic has hit our country really hard and his team of volunteers at Cause is Life have been doing everything in their capacity to help fellow citizens fight the deadly virus. His aim is to walk from Kasargod to Kanyakumari covering 600+ km over 21 days. All funds raised will be donated to Najath educational and charitable society which is a local organization in Kerala.

This chat aims to be a story of inspiration and I hope you can support him in his endeavour!

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I spoke to Cyrus Broacha on account of Father's Day.. but I'm in awe of where the conversation went. Trust me when I say this: one of the most fun chats I've ever had! Our main focus was fatherhood and his journey as a parent. We, however, skirt everything from chess to Nikhil Kamath to television to dog walking and what not!

Cyrus Broacha is a TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author. He is also a prankster, best known for his show Bakra on MTV and his show The Week That Wasn't on CNN News18. He also provided the voiceover as Angada in the cartoon film Ramayana.

I've barely edited any of this episode because I wanted this to be a raw and unfiltered chat and I really hope you enjoy it!

Shynee Narang is a certified yoga instructor and founder of YooYogic, a digital platform for holistic health & wellness. She launched her YooYogic app in June 2019. Together with her dedicated team of experts, Narang has helped many individuals and organizations attain balance – by teaching yoga, meditation and other alternative therapies.

Her passion for yoga has touched and healed more than 80,000 lives, be it through her app, Instagram and other social media accounts. Her students and followers from more than 15 countries have benefitted beyond measure from her live online yoga classes, Q&A sessions and pre-recorded tutorials.

Chatted up with her on International Yoga Day and I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Unnikrishnan Kurup (Unni) stays approximately 6,100 kilometres away from India, in Finland, a country known to be the happiest country in the world.

Keeping this attribute in mind, and having spent more than a decade in Finland, Unni has decided to export some of the country’s good practices to Kerala, his hometown. For this, in February 2019, he launched Venture Village to incorporate and implement Finnish ways of learning with children back home in India. Having impacted the lives of 3,700 students across 25 schools in Kerala, the programmes developed by Venture Village have helped these kids understand the environment, as well as waste management systems, better.

Kurup co-founded the company with Dr Anup and has reportedly designed the venture to be a not-for-profit-social enterprise. It has been successful so far. Kuruk says that the teaching techniques in Finland, which is considered to be the happiest country in the world, are very comprehensive.

Spoke to the both of them on the show and I hope you enjoy the chat!

With a spikein electric vehicle owners in India, there is a dire need to establish a vast infrastructure of electric charging points across the country. Now, it takes an average of 5-6 hours to charge the vehicle. If the number of charging points available are not adequate, the time needed to recharge the battery further increases. Battery swapping is an alternate and feasible solution to this problem.

Delhi-based Charge-up offers this service to electric rickshaw drivers. This is not only increasing the incomes of the drivers, but also saving tonnes of carbon footprint. With 320 electric rickshaws in Delhi-NCR swapping batteries every day, the EV startup claims to have saved around 500 tonnes of CO2 emissions in one year.

Founded by Varun Goenka and Akshay Kashyap in 2019, the venture offers a battery swapping model called ‘Battery As A Service (BAAS)’ to e-rickshaws. This is a subscription-based model wherein drivers sign up for a battery rental plan, minus any upfront costs. Every swap costs Rs 150, and the driver can avail of the service 2-3 times a day. In other words, the driving cost per kilometre is only Rs 1.3, thus allowing the driver to cover more distance without worrying about the hassle of recharging the drained battery.

Spoke to them on the show to better understand the market and current times!

After getting his song, 'Vainko', featured on Family Man S2(the new series on Amazon Prime).. Brodha V was sweet enough to hang out and chat with me on the show this morning! We spoke about a wide variety of things and about how it has been for him personally through the pandemic! He also tells me what is on his playlist these days-  something you don't want to miss! Make sure you listen to the entire episode!

Oh, fun fact: You can now hear Brodha V's music on the entire 94.3 Radio One International Network across the country!

Imagine if you could raise money for a charity you feel passionately for in exchange for a conversation with someone.. Well, its possible thanks to these two girls!

There's uncertainty in the air along with the virus, which is wreaking havoc across the country. In these times we lean on family, friends and sometimes strangers -- just for a comforting conversation. Which is exactly what this new initiative by classmates-turned-friends Riddhi Khanna and Rhea Karuturi, attempts to do.

The instructors in a free online Stanford coding class were having conversations revolving around the pandemic, which is what sparked the idea of giving back and creating an impact. They built on the conversation and went on to create PitchIn. Club, a platform that helps raise money more effectively, and also brightens one’s day through one-onone conversations. The workings are quite simple: anyone can get onto their platform to book a conversation with someone who also wishes to have a chat.

Through her brand ‘Nayshaas Siyahi Sa Vastra’, Gurmeen Shrivastav, a Mumbai-based fashion designer, has been helping about 30 underprivileged women in the city earn a regular livelihood during the pandemic alongside Srujna, a Mumbai-based NGO.

Listen to find out how!

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In the times that we are living in.. how do we leverage 'immersive learning' for kids especially when it comes to STEM learning. I sat down with Charu Noheria (Co-Founder & COO of Practically) to discuss the same.

In 2018, she co-founded Practically, an experiential learning app for STEM and has been working to revolutionize the education landscape for the last seven years. Practically’s constant innovation to improve the rate of retention of concepts among students has helped the platform raise $9M so far.Charu has a bachelor’s degree in engineering (Computer Science) from R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, and an MBA from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. She has over 12 years of corporate experience in operations, technology, strategy and managing global teams. She began her career as a software engineer at Samsung where she developed mobile applications. Later, she joined Lumeris Inc. - one of the largest value-based healthcare IT firms in the United States, as a Strategic Leadership Development Associate and quickly moved up the ranks to become Director-Technology Partnerships. Most recently, she was chosen to be part of Entrepreneur India’s 35 under 35 class of 2021. She was also featured in the coveted ORF-GP report on Women in Technology, 2020. Charu shuttles between Hyderabad and San Francisco Bay Area. She enjoys stargazing, hiking, cooking among other things.

Practically uses next-generation interactive methods, such as Augmented Reality (AR), Simulations and 3D videos for an enhanced learning experience.

Practically is an intelligent, interactive and immersive learning app for students of classes 6 to 12 with a focus on STEM learning. Practically is the only such product in the world that combines game engine, immersive learning assets, and AI assisted study buddy all in one compact cross platform app.

So far, Practically has raised over $9M from Siana Capital, Exfinity Ventures, YourNest Venture Capital, IDFC Parampara, and angel investors.

Recently, Practically was awarded the EdTech Startup of the Year at Startup Awards 2021 by Franchise India & Entrepreneur India magazine. Practically was also adjudged the Most Innovative STEM Solution by Elets Digital Learning magazine at the World Education Summit 2021.

How are cyclists making a difference in Bengaluru in the second wave of Covid-19? Well, they're trying to save lives in their own way! I sat down with Sathya Sankaran, the 'Bicycle Mayor of Bengaluru', to discuss the same!

A group of cyclists in the city, Relief Riders, have come to the rescue of senior citizens who are forced to stay indoors during the lockdown to curb the second wave of Covid-19.As Karnataka tackles the second wave of coronavirus, many are finding it difficult to get access to medicines and other essentials. That has inspired a group of cyclists in the city, Relief Riders to come to the rescue of many, especially the senior citizens. And in return, the citizens have been sending out messages of gratitude such as: ‘I have received my medicines, thank you very much. I am extremely grateful to you for your help, you’ve saved my life.’ The initiative has now been extended to cycling communities in seven other cities across India including Chennai, Gurugram, Mumbai, and Hubballi.