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Raj is the co-founder of Stoa School, India's top MBA alternative. Born, raised and based out of Goa, Raj did his M.Sc in Physics from BITs Goa. In this episode of the Vinamre Kasanaa Show, Raj explains what it takes to run a successful cohort based course, lifestyle of Goa and emerging hip-hop scene in India.
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0:00 Intro
1:30 What is 'Stoa'?
6:35 What is a cohort based course?
9:00 Stoa School as an alternate to MBA
17:40 How MBA colleges work?
23:44 "Best professors are great performers"
29:40 Our country is in slump
35:15 Goa's susegad lifestyle and contrast with rest of the country
45:00 New age entrepreneurs v/s the old entrepreneurs
49:20 Growing up in Goa
52:50 Kanye West and Hip Hop
1:01:00 Konkani language and music
1:06:05 "Goa means different things for different people"
1:11:11 How rich spend their money?
1:16:50 How to run a successful cohort course?
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map the India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 24-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Stephen Alter is the author of twenty books of fiction and non-fiction. He was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand and much of his writing focuses on the Himalayan region, where he continues to live and work. His honours include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright award. His most recent book is Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth.
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map the India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 24-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Guy Velvet is an entertainer and musician who is reviving blues and jazz.
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map the India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 23-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Varun Mayya is the founder-CEO of Avalon Labs, a game developer, and futurist.
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map the India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 23-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Amish Aggarwala is a lawyer at the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court. He gained popularity after his Gen-Z friendly law videos went viral on YouTube.
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map the India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 23-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Avanti Nagral is a content creator and musician based out of Mumbai. In this episode, Avanti and I share stories from Boston, describe the American college experience, and extrapolate on how COVID welcomed a new generation of online creators.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnU9c8lf6Cvfz8VkD4fxbVQ
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 23-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Dhrupad Karwa is the founder and CEO of HaikuJam. Currently, he’s building INSPO, an AI-based inspiration partner for creatives.
In this conversation, Dhrupad and I talk about:
► How creativity has become an ROI-driven realm of hyper productivity
► Why most modern creatives are unable to feel inspired
► How to focus and stay centered
► Why the qualities that make you unemployable make you a ferocious entrepreneur
►Lessons from running a startup with 800K users
► Why Bandra inspires so many creatives to make it their home
► Dhrupad’s current reading list
You can follow Dhrupad on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhrupadkarwa?s=08
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 23-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
Siddharth Warrier is a neurologist and YouTuber. In this episode, Sid and I try and explore the neuroscience of a bunch of different things while trying not to laugh. Enjoy.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SiddharthWarrier
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About the Podcast:
The Vinamre Kasanaa Show is a podcast made for the modern Indian millennial. Featuring unabashed conversations with multidisciplinary experts, eccentric visionaries, and culturalists alike, the host Vinamre Kasanaa, dissects culture, religion, media, art, science, technology, and politics - all in an attempt to map India of a million identities. Vinamre Kasanaa is a 23-year-old creative with the curiosity of a 5-year-old. A recent grad of Boston University, he justifies his expensive advertising degree by creating original Hindi swear words.
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Utsav Chakraborty is a writer and comedian. He was first recognized for his work with All India Bakchod. Later, he starred in Better Life Foundation. For better or worse, Utsav became the face of the #MeToo movement in India in 2018. After two years of hiatus, Utsav has made a comeback through Instagram sketch comedy.
In this exclusive podcast episode:
► Utsav talks about the miracle of zero periods
► Why 70s Bollywood relegated its villains to 2D roles
► Why Indian comics don't rise above engineering tropes
► How superheroes represent archetypal realities
► His life since #MeToo and his plans for the future
You can follow Utsav on:
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Meera Ganapathi is a writer and founder of Soup Magazine, an online publication that features insightful stories from contemporary India. Apart from contemplative essays on life, city living, and nostalgia, she also writes children's books.
In this podcast episode, Meera breaks down the nuances of writing online. Some of which include:
► How to edit your first drafts
► How to convert your observations into essays
► How to judge whether your piece is worth publishing
► How contemporary Indian stories have evolved in complexity
► Why children's books have much to offer to adults
You can follow Meera on:
Read her essays at: https://thesoup.website/
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Abhijit Iyer Mitra is an anomaly. He terrorizes the left, scandalizes the right, and has zero regard for political correctness. This is why he's the perfect podcast guest. He his hailed on Twitter as the archbitchess of Mylapore but holds a day job as a senior fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. Abhijit also publishes incisive articles on defence, foreign policy, and engages in the occasional Rana Ayyub jab.
In this two-hour conversation, among many things, Abhijit and I discussed:
► How the new Lutyen's Delhi resident is rich but not classy
► Why India's elite forces will never be celebrated like Navy SEALs
► Why Indian bureaucrats remain incompetent
► How Western reporting on India is overrun by activists and not experts
► Why India isn't a homophobic country
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Mandovi Menon is on the podcast to talk about children's stories, the best way to build online creative communities, and how young Indians can use the internet to bridge the gap between the western and the vernacular.
Mandovi also heads Apalam Chapalam, a vernacular children's storytelling initiative. In the past, she was the editor of Homegrown India.
You can follow Mandovi on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/mandopie24
You can follow Apalam Chapalm on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/apalamchapalam?igshid=1s2vm1ieqkbfz
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Sarathy Korwar is a UK-based jazz artist of Indian origin. His EPs and albums redefine ‘indo-jazz’ and challenge the definition of ‘Indian music.’ He has collaborated with folk groups and rap MCs including the Upaj Collective, Prabh Deep, and MC Mawali. In this episode, Sarathy talks about the accessibility of jazz in India, how he keeps his music discovery organic, and the reason why so few fusion albums become successful.
Instagram: @sarathykorwar
https://www.instagram.com/sarathykorwar/
You can check out Sarathy’s music on https://open.spotify.com/artist/5GzH8EsRPqgNjNo3oBfRvk?si=EA1f5eMOTFuRy-lATzjP2Q
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Mo Joshi is the co-founder of Azadi Records, India's hottest hip-hop record label. Azadi boasts stars like Ahmer, Prabh Deep, Seedhe Maut, Tienas, Swadesi, and many more in its roster. In this episode of the podcast, Mo and I talk about looking for fresh sound, how to become a scarily good judge of talent, why Seedhe Maut and Prabh Deep enjoy massive success in Delhi, and why mosh pits are the biggest token of admirations fans can give to artists.
Follow Mo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mostylesuk/
Check out Azadi Records' website: https://www.azadirecords.com
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Karthik Ganesan is a Research Fellow at Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), Asia's top research and policy think-tank. He has also co-authored the report 'How Urban India Moves' which can be accessed here: https://www.ceew.in/publications/how-urban-india-moves#:~:text=It%20captures%20the%20characteristics%20of,3%2C682%20urban%20dwellers%20across%20India.
You can follow Karthik on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/KarthikGanesan6
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Sneha Khanwalkar is an Indian music director known for the critically-acclaimed soundtracks of Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Manto, and the upcoming Raat Akeli on Netflix.
Sneha has curated a list of songs EXCLUSIVELY for the listeners of the show:
Ingenue by Thom Yorke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpVfF4U75B8 Mercury by Ghostmane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31j4DIpgY9U 212 - AZEALIA BANKS FT. LAZY JAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Jv9fNPjgk My Own Home - The Jungle Book https://youtu.be/Ta1mzaqOp4Q Hello Dolly by Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7N2wssse14
Subscribe to Sneha's experimental YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbBaKWXwY2DapQGsToeVPA
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Diya Kohli is the Managing Editor of Condé Nast Traveller India. Diya has also worked at Nat Geo Traveller, Mint Lounge, Hachette India, and The New Indian Express.
Her exceptional writing on travel and food can be found here: https://rb.gy/zbhcda.
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Ronny Sen is an artist based in Kolkata. He is known for his film Cat Sticks (streaming on Mubi India and Amazon Prime) and for receiving coveted Getty Images Instagram grant for his photography work in India’s Jharia coal mines.
Follow Ronny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronnysen/
Check out Ronny's Award Winning Photography: http://www.tarq.in/exhibition/fire-continuum/
Watch Catsticks on Mubi India: https://mubi.com/films/cat-sticks
Watch Catsticks on Amazon Prime (International): https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Sticks-Tanmay-Dhanania/dp/B089VJYJD4
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Dhrupad Karwa is the Founder and CEO of HaikuJam, a social writing game where 800,000 people from over 163 countries collaborate to write Haikus. He has also been featured in the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list.
In this episode, Dhrupad and I talked about the pleasures of writing, the bittersweet joy of being a creative, why we both love motorcycles, and how to run and scale a business around your passion.
Follow Dhrupad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhrupadkarwa
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