The guest on this season finale episode of Season 2 of 'Gupshup with Gayatri' is Safia Ally, Editorial and Content Head, Amazon Music India. A fauji kid, Safia broke stereotype by choosing to join radio and become a Radio Jockey (RJ) after graduating from Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College for Women in 1999. Now a senior professional in the medium, Safia regularly fields questions like what kind of music do Indians enjoy online? What are the popular genres? Is the appeal of Bollywood music pan India? What explains the resounding success of the Sinhalese number "Manike Maghe Hithe" in India?
Listen also to her brave personal account of how she overcame depression and is now working to remove stigma around mental health. Hear the anecdote about the saree gifted to her by the legendary Asha Bhonsle:) Get mesmerised as she reads aloud her poems on the moon-her muse and her lover. A fitting finale to a season of meaningful conversations, reflections and realisatipns interspersed with music, melody, yoga and a dash of entertainment! This Gupshup is not to be missed!
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What's common between 'Queen', 'Udta Punjab', 'Super 30', 'Mardaani 2' and 'Bombay Velvet'? Their Executive Producer, the quiet dynamo Tanvi Gandhi (LSR, Class of 2000)! Acknowledged by Elle India as one of the most powerful young women in Bollywood in 2016, Tanvi is now an Independent Film Producer. Her first independent project 'Jaan Jigar' won the Best Short Film Award at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2018. Tanvi is also the producer of India's first female animated comic superhero - Priya (www.priyashakti.com)
Catch this talented Gandhi in this episode of 'Gupshup with Gayatri', recorded on Independence Day, 2021 as the duo discusses Tanvi's new anthology of short films on the lockdown of 2020-21, Kangana Ranaut, Rani Mukerji, NDTV’s Ji Mantri Ji, MTV Style Awards, Yash Raj Films and much much more!
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"Whose acceptance are you waiting for?". This probing question at an Image Management course in the UK led Ashu Khanna, then a young and ambitious expat wife and mother on a voyage of self discovery. From a successful chartered accountant in a renowned global firm, Ashu transformed herself into a leadership and professional coach to inspire people to trust their inner voices. What is the role of life coaches? Why have they suddenly become the flavour of the season?? What is the contradiction between 'looking good and feeling good'? How are motherhood and self love related? Tune into this episode of 'Gupshup with Gayatri' recorded on Sept 5th, 2021 to get answers to those queries and many many more!
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With stints at the IMF, Goldman Sachs, RBI & Ministry of Finance (Govt of India), Dr Prachi Mishra has an inside view on the working of the Indian economy, the reforms of 1991, current GDP growth figures, facts, challenges and more! Equally fascinating is her journey from Patna to Washington DC via Delhi, Mumbai and New York to become one of India's leading economists.
Join the Gupshup with Gayatri and Prachi recorded on Sunday August 1st to learn more about economics, economists, the 'Ranbir Kapoor of banking' and much much more!!
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Award winning journalist, author, documentary film-maker and writer of acclaimed web-series 'Aarya'
Elsa Meeta Pandit, the first woman musician from the renowned Pandit family of the Gwalior Gharana has been charting her own course for more than two decades now. As the granddaughter of Padma Bhushan Krishnarao Shankar Pandit and daughter of the learned Laxman Krishnarao Pandit, Meeta is a sixth generation vocalist of her gharana, the cradle of Hindustani classical music. Log into 'Gupshup with Gayatri' to discover the different aspects of Meeta's life- her journey, her legacy, her dreams, her thoughts on the relevance of classical music in today's tik tok era and much much more!
Mumbai based 'The Pomegranate Workshop', was identified as 'a successful case study for India' by the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs in 2013. Since its inception in 2006, this arts education organization that works with schools across Boards has gone from strength to strength guided by its fearless Founder CEO, Priya Srinivasan. Films by the students of Pomegranate have been screened at more than 15 international film festivals and have won different prizes including one for Best Short Film at the LA festival in 2016.
While that might be Priya's primary identity, it's not the only one! Her earlier avatar as a senior business journalist saw her ruffle many feathers? These days she is often found on the yoga mat extracting the perfect posture from her hapless students?
Catch Priya in the latest episode of 'Gupshup with Gayatri'
Do women need to invest differently from men? Why is the stock market booming in spite of a 24% contraction in the GDP? What are the different options available for safeguarding your money in a pandemic?
Get answers to these questions and more at the next Gupshup with Gayatri! Guest Hena Nagpal is an award-winning financial advisor and a popular private banker.
