Celebrate: The Podcast

Welcome to Celebrate: The Podcast!This is a 10 episode series that looks to honour, acknowledge and thank 10 Indian Authors whose writing has been positively impacting people by encouraging them to question, challenge, reflect and introspect on many aspects of our society and nation.You are listening to Episode 9. I am your host ambalika and our guest for today is noted Hindi language author and columnist, Ashutosh Garg.Ashutosh writes majorly in the mythology genre and 'Indra' and 'Ashwathama' are two of his noted bestsellers. Till date he has translated more than 40 bestsellers including, the NY Times bestseller, The Girl on The Train.Heartiest welcome to Ashutosh & what a privilege to have him on the show!Episode Highlights:A mythology genre author translating thrillers: what's going on? 🙂What happened first - becoming an author or a translation?Why doesn't India focus more on translation?The role of translators in making Indian literature globalHow to become very good with translationA win- win formula for translators & publishersRe-telling of mythology: good or bad?How not to spoil mythology re-tellingConnect With AshutoshX

Hi there!And welcome to Celebrate: The Podcast!This is a 10 episode series that looks to honour, acknowledge and thank 10 Indian Authors whose writing has been positively impacting people by encouraging them to question, challenge, reflect and introspect on many aspects of our society and nation.You are listening to Episode 8. I am your host ambalika and our guest for today is Ruby Ahluwalia.Ruby is a former bureaucrat, an experienced financial advisor, artist, author and the founder of Sanjeevani Life Beyond cancer- an award winning trust that focuses on delivering comprehensive support from awareness to rehabilitation of cancer conquerers. This episode was recorded 2 days after her birthday :)Episode HighlightsThe essence of her book, Fragrance of a Wild Soul- Cancer, creativity and spiritualityIn writing about her life, did she also crack the code to conquering uncertainty?The importance of re-looking at one's life from a spiritual point of viewCancer isn't gender specific. Yet, cancer awareness seems to have a gender specific mindset. How to change this?Adverse life events cause people to get self -disconnected and go into isolation. What's the fastest and best way to beat it?Connect With RubyLinkedInInstagramXSanjeevani- Life Beyond Cancer

Welcome to Episode 7. I am your host ambalika and our guest for today is Rajiv Gupta.Rajiv ji is a well seasoned, successful C suite leader with over 30 yrs of experience. While his specialisation includes Sales & Marketing, cross functional leadership, managing profit and loss in multi national companies, joint ventures and family owned businesses, he has also managed to channelise it all as the author of a very, very important book! So here he is today thanks to his incredible book, The Good Employee's Guide to Surviving A Lala Company. Delighted to welcome Rajiv ji with heartiest congratulations on the wonderful response to your book! Episode HighlightsHow much of his own journey as a professional influence him in writing this bookHis writing style: matter of factly+ hard hitting truths+ humourHow have the Lalas of the world responded to the bookIs this book for new joiners or full fledge professionalsWhat is Rajiv writing next?Connect With Rajiv GuptaLinkedInInstagramXFacebookThe Lala Company Book Website

Dr. Theyiesinuo Keditsu is a feminist poet, folklorist, writer, lyricist and educator. She is the co-founder of Centre for Indigenous Knowledge & Alternative Learning (CIKAL) and advocates the revival of Indigenous Naga textiles and women’s narratives through her popular Instagram account : @mekhalamama for which she has been featured in The Vogue magazine Her two published books of poetry are Sopfünuo and Wake and Her poem, “Whore” was translated into Gujarati by Sitanshu Yashaschandra. So delighted to welcome Theyei to the show and heartiest congratulations on the excellent performance of her writing & the storytelling journey of Mekhala Mama!Episode HighlightsHow can multiple identities co-exist peacefully maintaining their uniquenessVoiceless-ness / lost voices due to cultural beliefs, colonization, convertion & globalizationIs creativity trapped between cultural norms & corporate guidelines?Oral tradition vs the writtenIs feminism really about "let's smash patriarchy" ? Men bashing? A battle between the sexes?Keeping up appearances - body image issues & fashion trendsConnect With Theyie Instagram

Welcome to Episode 5!I am your host ambalika and our guest for today is Chandrachur Ghosh.Chandrachur ji is an author, independent researcher and commentator on history, economics and environment. He has co-authored Conundrum: Subhas Bose’s Life After Death, which features among the bestsellers in Amazon. He is also the author of the most authentic biography on Netaji- Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist is a national bestseller. His most recent book is India: Birth of a Republic 1947-57. He is one of the founders of the pressure group Mission Netaji that has been the moving force behind the declassification of over ten thousand secret document pages in 2010 related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.Such an honour and privilege to welcome Chandrachur ji to the show!Episode Highlights:the transformation of a young Botany graduate to being a biographer for India's last greatest freedom fighter: Netaji Subhas Chandra Boseis he an accidental author or an intellectual who is leading a revolution through writing? the defining moment when the Environment Consultant transitioned to Founder, Mission NetajiFrom Yahoo Chat Rooms to Triple Agent Addas on YouTube: how technology has helped the causeIs nationalist consciousness getting diluted today?Secret behind his emotional resilienceSynergy with Anuj Dhar in a world of paid and unequal partnerships/collaborationsYesterday's Freedom Fighters Vs Today's Freedom Activists: gloomy or glorious?Support Mission Netaji through anyone of the following optionsPaytm/GPay/PhonePe - 9818457947 || Bank transfer - Ac name - Chandrachur Ghose, Citibank, Ac No - 5027720228, IFSC - CITI0000002 || PayPal - chandrachurgConsider signing this petition for publishing the complete works of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and setting up of a dedicated, authentic Netaji Research Centre by clicking on this hyperlinkYou can also read more on why this is urgently needed for our country's progress ahead on this linkConnect with Chandrachur here:XYouTubeInstagramLinkedInFacebook

Prasun Roy writes in varied genres, including narrative non-fiction, biography, adventure, mystery, thrillers, translation and young adult fiction. He is also the Director of his family-owned business of pharmaceutical manufacturing and marketing and is trained in western classical piano and loves to travel! Prasun's latest book is The Devil's Teacup a translation collection of 13 horror stories by noted Bengali writer Bibhuti Bhushan Bandhopadhay and as we speak today, it has aced it's way up the best sellers's list on Amazon!Episode highlights:Why makes Prasun choose different genres to write in?Is it advisable to write like this?Do writers also get stereotyped like actors?How writing across genres helped Prasun grow as a person?Forgotten classical authors across India who are better than Hogwarts, Game of Thrones and the ilkWhat makes The Devil's Tea Cup so excitingWhy aren't more books getting translation to other Indian languages?What change does the Entrepreneur Prasun Roy see in India's publishing industry in the next 5 yearsOTT + Cafes Vs Books: We need a win-win!Stay connected with Prasun :LinkedInInstagramXFacebook

A bubbly little child who grew up writing for various newspapers and magazines since her childhood Mridu turned into a corporate professional winning hearts with her work for street dogs and trophies for her valor with badminton rackets and cricket bat. Mridu turned into a full fledged writer when the corona virus pandemic threw a curve ball at her life. Ever since, her writing and personal journey of self discovery and resilience has been inspiring adults and children alike. Her life is a wonderful testimony to the fact that it is indeed possible to win matches be it in the sports arena, boardroom or the playground of life. She is truly a beacon of resilience and joy!Thank you so much Mridu for joining us and sharing your journey with us today. Our best wishes for your work ahead!Episode highlights:The motivation behind the title of her first book How she wrote down her vulnerabilities as she relived the happy past What she learnt about humanness or the lack of it when coping with griefWriting for children: her booksConnect with MridusmitaLinkedInInstagram

Neelam Saxena Chandra is a bilingual novelist and poet with close to 80 published titles, the most recent being 'Beneath the dead skin', a book of poems that came out in October 2023, at the time of recording. She also has 3 records to her credit in the Limca Book- for.maximum number of titles published in a year, the second one for jointly writing a poetry book with her daughter making them the 1st mother daughter duo to do that and the third one, with her sister, for being the first sister duo to write a book of poems . For her writing, she has been decorated with numerous awards, the most recent being the Ruel International Lifetime Achievement Award.In this episode I have a free wheeling chat with Neelam ji on:what really got her started with creative writing and then get hooked!are Indian adults letting down our children when it comes to children's literature?her secret to creative ideation!her tryst with folk music and dance : a trip down the memory laneher secret to turning out a back to back writing- some great tips for aspiring writers!why she is unimpressed and unhappy with ChatGP's creative ability & how she deals with its intrusion..... and so much more!Connect with Neelam ji here:FacebookInstagramTwitter