So, What Do We Do Now

As countries close their borders, flights are cancelled, hotels shut and vacations postponed; the pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the travel industry.

So, what do we do now?

Roshan Abbas talked to Vipul Prakash and Sunil Suresh, CEO and CMO of MakeMyTrip, Yogi Shah co-founder of The Backpacker Co. and Swati Sharma, Overseas Cabin Crew with British Airways to understand the situation on the ground and in the air.

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If you want to get in touch with us, please email [email protected].

You can also find Roshan on Twitter @roshanabbas and on Instagram @roshan1970.

This show is produced by Roshan Abbas Production and Maed in India.

The creative directors are Mae Thomas & Shaun Fanthome.

This episode is produced by Sharanya Subramaniyan.

Our editor and sound designer is Kartik Kulkarni.

The theme song was created by Sidd Coutto.

Musicians, singers, agents, managers, venue owners, lights and sound vendors - every one in the music industry faces a huge crisis currently.

So, what do we do now?

Roshan Abbas talked to singer-songwriter Ankur Tewari, Dev Bhatia, Founder of artist management agency Unmute, Tarsame Mittal, Founder of T M Talent Management and Sarah Chawla, founder of online music magazine Wild City and the music festival Magnetic Fields to understand the impact of the pandemic on the music industry.

Listen to musicians Benny Dayal, Maalavika 'Mali' Manoj, Raghav Meattle & Shalmali Kholghade tell us about what they've been upto during the lockdown and how they've adapted to the new circumstances.

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If you want to get in touch with us, please email [email protected].

You can also find Roshan on Twitter @roshanabbas and on Instagram @roshan1970.

This show is produced by Roshan Abbas Production and Maed in India.

The creative directors are Mae Thomas & Shaun Fanthome.

This episode is produced by Sharanya Subramaniyan.

Our editor and sound designer is Kartik Kulkarni.

The theme song was created by Sidd Coutto.

We may never experience live cultural events in the same way again.

So, what do we do now?

Roshan Abbas reached out to Sanjoy Roy, MD of Teamwork Arts and Producer of Jaipur Literature Festival, Chiki Sarkar, Publisher and Founder of Juggernaut Books, Shreyas Srinivasan, Founder and CEO of Insider.in and Sheena Khalid, Theatre Director, Performer and Co-founder of The Patchworks Ensemble to understand how to take cultural experiences online and the future of digital events.

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If you want to get in touch with us, please email [email protected].

You can also find Roshan on Twitter @roshanabbas and on Instagram @roshan1970.

This show is produced by Roshan Abbas Production and Maed in India.

The creative directors are Mae Thomas & Shaun Fanthome.

This episode is produced by Sharanya Subramaniyan.

Our editor and sound designer is Kartik Kulkarni.

The theme song was created by Sidd Coutto.

The poem featured in this episode is written by Kausar Munir.

The restaurant industry, catering & food delivery service may never be the same.

So, what do we do now?

Roshan Abbas reaches out to Riyaaz Amlani, the restaurateur behind Social, Smokehouse Deli, Saltwater Cafe and more, along with Bhakti Mehta who is co-founder of Little Food Co, a delivery service and catering company, and Rupesh Indulkar, a catering manager now taking on food deliveries for Little Food Daily to find out the current situation and what's in store for the restaurant industry.

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If you want to get in touch with us, please email [email protected]

You can also find Roshan on Twitter @roshanabbas and on Instagram @roshan1970

This show is produced by Roshan Abbas Production and Maed in India.

The creative directors are Mae Thomas & Shaun Fanthome

This episode is produced by Sharanya Subramaniyan.

Our editor and sound designer is Kartik Kulkarni.

The theme song was created by Sidd Coutto.

Worried about making money during the lockdown?

So, what do we do now?

Roshan Abbas reaches out to musician and creative brand solution head Maya, comedian Amit Tandon, brand consultant Sumit Roy of Univ brands and personal trainer Vilayat Husain on finding ways to monetise your work online.

For you reference:

Sumit Roy's 5 Questions for Brands - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/brands-whats-fuss-all-sumit-roy/

To support artists & gig economy workers in the entertainment industry - www.facebook.com/stayinaliveorg

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If you want to get in touch with us, please email [email protected]

You can also find Roshan on Twitter @roshanabbas and on Instagram @roshan1970

This show is produced by Roshan Abbas Production and Maed in India.

The creative directors are Mae Thomas & Shaun Fanthome

This episode is produced by Sharanya Subramaniyan.

Our editor and sound designer is Kartik Kulkarni.

The theme song was created by Sidd Coutto.

Alone, anxious and worried during the lockdown?

So, what do we do now?

Roshan Abbas reaches out to comedian Rohan Joshi, lyricist and writer Varun Grover and psychologist Nitika Gupta to find some answers about mental health and how to stay sane during a pandemic.

If you'd like to contact Nitika, you can find her on [email protected]

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If you want to get in touch with us, please email [email protected].

You can also find Roshan on Twitter @roshanabbas and on Instagram @roshan1970.

This show is produced by Roshan Abbas Production and Maed in India.

The creative directors are Mae Thomas & Shaun Fanthome and this episode is produced by Sharanya Subramaniyan.

Our editor and sound designer is Kartik Kulkarni.

The theme song was created by Sidd Coutto.

The music on this episode is from freemusicarchive.org:

Blue Dot Sessions - Chicken Steak (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)).

Blue Dot Sessions - Arizona Moon (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)).

John Bartmann - Hopeful Start (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)).

Roshan prompted by a Facebook post from Nazeef Mohammed (BToS) has a chat with Ankur Tewari, Quasar Padamsee to see how the music and theatre community is dealing with the cancellations of shows etc. and then does a deep dive to find some solutions for the creative industry with Rashmi Dhanwani head of Art-X and ACRI.