Episode 15: Ushering You into The Radiant field of Infinity ft. Suresh Ramaswamy

Suresh Ramaswamy is a technopreneur turned Light inspired transformational coach and founder of Radiant Field a non profit organization dedicated to raising the state of human consciousness with Light- a very sublime state of consciousness that can directly solve social, economic, political and personal problems in a powerful way. and His book, Just Be: Transform Your Life and Live as Infinity has been honored with over a dozen awards since its release, most notably the prestigious Nautilus Book Award and the International Soul-Bridge Award.

Suresh ji has held leadership positions in several high-tech companies. He has had a successful track record of conceiving breakthrough ideas and nurturing them from seed stage to real-world business engines and has also contributed to technical publications in software design and holds multiple patents in that field. His award winning book, ‘Just Be: Transform Your Life and Live as Infinity’, shows how by choosing to resonate with this highest vibration within Creation, we can live a joyful, purposeful and inspired life.      

Episode Highlights:

1) Light invitation meditation

2) Why the Light of Infinity commonly finds us in Darkness

3) The nature of this transcendental Light 

4) His first experience with Light as a child and growing up with it

5) Modern science has a lot to catch up with the Universe

6) Our True nature- Light

7) How the human brain's chooses Darkness & Light

8) The deep cleansing caused by suffering

9) 4 reasons why people turn to transformation

10) Can we evolve through happiness instead of suffering?

11) Signs of our evolved relation with Light 

12) Getting along with ourselves and others - Self Love

13) The role of surrender, grief & self compassion in letting go old self identities

14) 3 phases of growth

15) About Just Be, the book and retreats offered by Radiant Field

Connect With Suresh Here:

Website

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LinkedIn

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Episode 14: My Near Death Experience Showed Me How To Live Life ft. Dr Ray Catania

Metaphysician, transformational coach and award-winning author Dr. Ray Catania explains scientifically why true transformation in the physical world occurs only when the emotional energy is correctly channeled- the core of his signature program, ‘Say It Three Ways’. He also shares about the ‘loving Light’ he met during his NDE and provides evidence-based answers on why personal transformation is the one true purpose of life, the reason resistance shows up first in this journey and challenges in surrendering to the emerging new change.

Dr. Ray Catania went from being an atheist to embracing spirituality after a tough childhood with the turning point coming at the age of 20 when a near-death experience (NDE) introduced him to a loving light. Later, he encountered layers of the afterlife that sparked his search for understanding what life is truly all about and he then used this wisdom to create a new life for himself and to help others get unstuck, harness the power of their mind and create their own reality.

Today he is a distinguished faculty member of The Shift Network (TSN), a leading global platform dedicated to consciousness education, Lecturer for the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS), sharing profound insights on life, death, and consciousness and has appeared in the ground breaking documentary, What Every Soul Knows, (2025) by Mindful Entertainment.

Both his autobiography ‘The Atheist and The Afterlife’ and his latest book ‘You are Still Alive, Now Act Like It’ have won numerous awards most notably the NYC Big Book Awards and The Independent Press Award.

Episode Highlights:

1) Instant gratification Vs Living in the moment

2) The resistance to change- why doesn't the world change so I can be fine

3) Early childhood programming shaped by how our parents act and speak

4) What spiritual awakening look like

5) The 'Becoming The Director of Your Own Life' technique

6) Afterlife & Higher Consciousness

7) Dr. Catania narrates his NDE

8) I share my experience

9) NDE is the same across race, religion, gender

11) What is metaphysical counselling?

12) Where we go when we die

13) Our Old Version and New Version: the Ego's Last Ditch Effort

14) What to do when EAP offered is ill-intentioned

15) Living and Working an aligned life

16) Manifesting Indian audience- his books, coaching and events 

17) How to access Ray Catania's Limitless Coaching

Connect With Dr Ray Catania

Website: RayCatania.com

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LinkedIn

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Episode 12: Dear Adult Child of A Narcissistic Family ft Carla Berbary

Carla Berbary is the founder of Not a Life Sentence, a mental health hub.

A trauma therapist herself, she specialises in working with adults who are healing from childhood trauma, including narcissistic family systems.

In this episode, Carla will offer encouragement on how it is possible for Adult children of Narcissistic parents to rebuild a stable sense of self, grieve the parents they didn’t have and learn how to finally live without constantly scanning for threat so they can thrive.

Carla is also gifting her book 'Healing From Within: A Self Guided Journey To Emotional Growth and Inner Peace'.

You can download for FREE your copy here- Healing from Within Book Download

In this book, you will find psychology-informed tools, guided reflection, and gentle prompts to support emotional awareness, regulation, and growth, all in plain language and at your own pace.

The episode addresses the narcissistic mother a bit more. (I sound a bit heavy voiced as I was still recovering from a cold :') )

Episode Highlights:

1) The power of naming the abuse & uncomfortable feeling in healing

2) The struggle to accept what happen

3) Is early detection of narcissistic parents possible?

4) Characteristics of Narcissistic parents

5) How cultural norms, society and media shield narcissistic mothers

6) Triggers- importance of listening to your nervous system

7) Progress in trauma recovery, unresolved attachment grief

8) The CLEAR framework- courage, lessons, empathy, awareness, resilience

9) The role of self compassion in healing from childhood trauma

10) Meaningful friendships with adults who grew up in a normal, functional families

11) Are Adult Children from dysfunctional families broke and late in life?

12) Excellent News! Neuroplasticity enables in learning Secure Attachment style of ACONs

13) Overcoming hypervigilance and allowing the nervous system to relax and become itself again

14) How Employee Assistance Programs offered by workplaces can help ACONs

15) Benefits of healing childhood trauma- leadership capacity & Emotional Quotient 

16) Childhood trauma is 'Not A Life Sentence' no need to practice 'Woundology'

17) Does our healing matter to the world- role of self forgiveness

18) The past doesn't define the present and future

19) Neuroplasticity is the secret to cycle breaking

20) Does trauma healing lead to spiritual awakening?

21) How to manage a narcissitist & about going 'No- Contact'

Connect with Carla:

Instagram: Not A Life Sentence

Website: Not A Life Sentence

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Episode 11: Your Ancestors Don’t Want You Suffering ft. Hitesh Bhatia 

Once a chef, Hitesh is today a Past Life Regression (PLR) therapist, Family Constellator (FC), CEO & Founder of ‘Joining Hands’. He helps individuals unravel the hidden dynamics in them, their family and the larger network that they are part of that keeps them stuck from progressing in every arena of their life, so they can release these distressing patterns with wisdom and finally live life from a space of authentic self-acceptance tapping into their true potential. 

Episode Highlights:

1. What do our ancestors actually want us to have?

2. Can we save our ancestors from their pain?

3. Personal transformation by breaking generational trauma- what it requires

4. It's true- There IS a Divine Plan!

5. The role of choice & permission in healing

6. What finally drives us to break negative patterns

7. The biology behind feeling of 'Being Stuck'

8. His transformation through PLR and FC

9. Experience sharing on the therapist and clients

10. About Karmic, dharmic past lifes, soul contracts and the soul matrix

11. Family members we don't talk about

12. Which modality is best for healing?

13. No, your trauma DID NOT make you strong

14. Do 'Daddy's Princess' & 'Mumma's Boy' also break generational trauma?

15. Healing is for oneself

16. Ancestors & A.I

17. Joining Hands and the collective consciousness

Connect with Hitesh and Joining Hands: 

Instagram: Joining Hands

Substack: Hitesh Bhatia

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Episode 11: To Express Is To Be The Heart Of Everything ft. Brinda Roy 

Second generation entrepreneur Brinda has not let the gruelling demands of her work to dim her heartwarming satire and understanding of human sentiments. Aware of how issues in self-esteem, self-love, challenges in relationships cause self-imposed suffering, she chose to start a conversation around it through her poetry collection,

‘In Between Lines’. A familiar face in the Bengali film and entertainment industry, her original artwork has been making its way to spaces around the world.

Episode Highlights:

1. What attracted her to writing poetry 

2. Loneliness & unreal expectations - popular reasons why many feel unhappy with themselves

3. The making of her debut poetry collection, 'In Between The Lines' 

4. The experience of publishing a poetry collection today

5. Winning the first award 

6. Society's struggle with Self esteem & self love

7. The truth about Reality shows

8. Indian parents' mindset towards Art & sports 

9. How art influences the businesswoman in her 

10. Are emotions in a woman working in management actually a problem? 

11. Pharma, Entertainment, Fitness industries- which is her most preferred? 

12. Reading her poem, 'The Corner Cafe'

Connect with Brinda: 

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Episode 10: Making Art That Lives The Art of Living ft. Sudha Pillai

After successful decades in senior creative leadership roles that focussed on brand and content strategy when the time came to plan for retirement, Sudha instead launched ‘Lines By Su’ to create handmade original artwork inspired by everyday life. It was what she had wanted all along since she was a little girl - create art that would reach every nook of the world quietly telling its own stories without any worries.

Episode Highlights:

1.Facing the social challenge of Traditional career vs 'Unconventional' choices

2.The REAL connection between money and art

3.Her solo exhibition: Gauland- born out of a sleepless night in 2017 & driving conversations

4.The elements of quirkiness, quaintness and nostalgia in her artwork

5.'Once A month With Su'- a joyful pro-breathing ritual

6. Hustler Culture Vs Pause & Proceed Culture

7. Is technology threatening the human connection?

8. What Storytelling in families stands for?

9. Is one gender more creative than the other?

10. Colours, patterns and our state of consciousness

11. Art Vs Science & Technology: The Future of Art- studies and career

Connect With Sudha here:

Website: Lines By Su

Instagram

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Episode 09: It’s True! We Can Live A Zero Waste Life ft Dr. Ruby Makhija

Opthalmologist and Founder of Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation, Dr Ruby Makhija’s perseverance to promote environment friendly waste disposal at her Navjeevan Vihar colony resulted in zero waste being generated from the colony for the last 8 years. 

Her efforts prove that with a disciplined approach to mindset building and monitoring of behaviour, an entire community can go from mindless consumption of resources to its mindful usage.

Episode Highlights:

1. How a car stealing incident ledbecoming the RWA of Navjeevan Vihar

2. Positivity, breaking boundaries and setting new trends

3. Why Waste management is actually behavioral change

4. Her personal growth in this journey

5. How to nurture the right behavioural change in stakeholders for zero waste management

6. Why she started Why Waste Wednesdays and what it does

7. How children can be part of the movement against Single Use Plastic

8. Recycling of religious discards 

9. Impact of using recycled paper and other recycled materials

10. Reduce Reuse Recycle- Which has the maximum impact?

11. Can one person's efforts make a difference?

12. Sanitary incinerators - a game changer!

13. Spitting and littering on the road - The FINAL solution discovered!

14. Praise for Shri Indrajit Singh IAS, Lucknow

15. India's 'Swatch Sarvekshan'- world's biggest behavioral change exercise

16. Segregation and Reduction- keys to speed up our goal!

Connect with Dr Ruby Makhija & Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation Here:

Website

Instagram

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Episode 08: It's All Sanskrit To Me ft Elena Jessup

A native New Yorker, Elena’s fascination for Sanskrit started at a very, very young age ultimately bringing her to the U.K where she has been teaching it to children and adults for three decades. In this episode she shares why there is both excitement and apprehension outside of India about learning Sanskrit and how Indian AI apps can help. Today, Elena is the Founder of Third Eye Sanskrit, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a faculty member of The School of Ayurveda, U.K.

Episode Highlights:

1. Why Europeans using Google Translation for their Sanskrit tattoos is strictly NOT recommended

2. Why St James' school, London teaches Sanskrit to its students

3. Challenges / Excitement that come(s) with teaching Sanskrit to children of different races and religions

4. The attitude of 'There's no money in learning Sanskrit' is universal

5. Can Sanskrit survive the modern day trends?

6. The linguistic, intellectual, emotional, philosophical benefits of learning Sanskrit for everyone

7. How Elena got interested in Sanskrit and started teaching

8. Her Vedic recitation teacher and why she starts her classes with chanting

9. Sanskrit pronunciation and how AUM is pronounced

10. Knock out chanting and calligraphy competition

11. How she started Third Eye Sanskrit

12. Her favorite shloka

13. On her work in Sanskrit translation

14. Sanskrit follows her during her travels as well

15. Her favorite places to travel and visit to India

16. Can there be pop songs in Sanskrit in future?

17. Trends in Sanskrit learning and AI apps in 2026 to look forward to

18. Why we shouldn't expect a Sanskrit version of 'Mind Your Language'

Connect with Elena 

Third Eye Sanskrit

Instagram

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Episode 07: Love, Law & Art: My Ingredients for a Kind World ft Mouli Mehrotra

Mouli, the founder of The Kind Hour is a Visual artist with a masters degree in Animal Protection law from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, NALSAR. She has kept alive her father’s principle to always seek to find a solution rather than run away from a problem in her work through her foundation. She also shares how she has made it more impactful by blending her experiences as a visual artist and Animal Protection Law advocacy to create transformational experiences in teaching empathy and responsibility towards animals.  

Episode Highlights:

1. What about the COVID pandemic made her start The Kind Hour

2. Why she named her foundation The Kind Hour

3. The influence of her father's instilled values in shaping it

4. How she started putting together a financial structure for this

5. Commitment to twice daily feeding of dogs

6. From graduating in Visual Arts to Masters in Animal Protection Law

7. How painting Marley's story in a Lucknow cafe gave the idea of using art for teaching empathy for animals

8. Starting an NGO aged 23 yrs

9. Impact of crowdfunding and feeding drives in building a kind world for animals

10. Need for impartial and empathetic representation of animals in books and media

11. How she ideas for projects on animals

12. Public opinion on her work

Connect With Mouli & The Kind Hour here:

Instagram : Mouli Mehrotra & The Kind Hour

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Episode 06: On A Vacay From Life, The Chef in Me Was Born

Pragyan is a former computer engineer, graphic artist & photographer now turned chef who co founded Café Yum Mi Banh Mi with his wife, Barsha Deka, that is the only café in the whole of India’s north east that serves authentic Vietnamese food and coffee. Pragyan shares how a 3-month solo backpacking trip across Vietnam spent with monks, practising martial arts with them, doing a photography gig and teaching English to university students helped him overcome his stammering, sky rocket his confidence and most importantly, finally find that one thing he could do for the rest of his life- build heartfelt connections with people over a plate of warm home baked banh mi.

Episode Highlights:

1. Why Pragyan decided to take a career break and went off all the way to Vietnam

2. His 3 months in Vietnam- what he did 

3. Was it Vietnam or the Vietnamese people or his first bite into banh mi that changed his life?

4. What makes Cafe Yummy Banh Mi unique? It's not just the delicious banh mi!

5. About Gauhati University and mourning the Zubeen Garg phenomenon

6. The influence of music in his life and the chef in him

7. Why no Assamese- Vietnamese fusion at his cafe

8. Support from family and wife and his attitude towards social expectations

9. Life plans since his days as an engineering student

10. The joy and ease of collaborating with Barsha, his wife

11. His mantra- Every Customer is Special, make them extra special, ensure their entry, time and exit from the cafe is special, make each feel seen

12. One problem with the Assamese hospitality and the benefits of the 'Lahe-Lahe' mentality

13. It's a Pet-friendly cafe but Mimi has not visited it

14. His life if he had not made that trip to Vietnam

15. The gift of his stammering challenge

16. His message for students and young adults

Connect With Pragyan here:

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LinkedIn

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Episode 05: I Know It Sounds Crazy But I’ll Find You A Starlight Ft. Tvisha Banerjee

13 yr old Indie pop singer Tvisha is our youngest guest. Tvisha has been performing since the age of five. She is learning from both the Trinity School of Music, London and Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalay. In 2019, she walked the ramp at Lakmé Fashion Week for Hamley's and trained under Neeraj Gaba, LFW show director & mentor of India's Next Top Model. Tvisha has been taking the scene of world music by the storm with her debut single, “You’ll Be Mine” winning a Gold, Silver and Unique Personality Special Prize at Season 4 of the World Artistry Music Award 2025.

In this episode Tvisha shares what inspired her debut composition and what it means to sing, write and compose peppy award winning songs in a world obsessed with algorithms and algebra.

Episode Highlights:

1. How she got interested in music and singing

2. Interest in composing songs

3. Inspiration behind composing 'You'll Be Mine'

4. How she composed 'You'll Be Mine'

5. Her upcoming next song

6. First time experience of recording in a studio

7. Reaction of teachers, friends and family on release of the song

8. Her routine and everyday schedule

9. Her modelling journey started

10. Hindustani & Western classical- how it shapes her unique singing style

11. Family life: jamming with father & brother + creative inspiration from mother

12. Experience of competing at the World Music Artistry Awards 2025

13. Encouragement for aspiring singers

14. How listeners and fans can support her

Connect With Tvisha here:

Instagram

Listen To 'You'll Be Mine' here:

YouTube

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Episode 04: Let’s talk The Less Spoken Realities of Life Ft. Deepak Thawani

Deepak Thawani is a businessman by profession, an engineer by education, and a storyteller at heart who has over a decade's experience in the food and beverage industry. After whipping up lattes and hand tossed pizzas, Deepak decided to swap the whisk for the pen to boldly challenge parental manipulation disguised as duty, concern, tradition and obedience that enables unresolved trauma to run between generations unchallenged, repeating the same unhappy marriages. Together with his deep interest in human relationships, emotional complexities, and social silences, he felt inspired to pick up the pen and craft stories that talk about the less-spoken realities of life. 'The Silent Thread', his debut novel, is a heartfelt reflection of his beliefs and experiences that tells a meaningful, thought-provoking story which mirror Society’s inner struggles and forced norms.

Episode Highlights:

1. The transition from running a cafe to reading and writing
2. Reason for the title 'Silent Thread'
3. Dysfunctional parenting in Indian families- how it costs happiness and the one choice that changes everything
4. Challenges in writing a book that is not a love story yet all about love- from finding a publisher to readers' reviews
5. About the protagonist Jhanvi- who really is she?
6. Link between parental love and marital love
7. Why we need to talk about generational trauma in India now
8. Becoming a father and experiences of fatherhood
9. How writing helps regulate your emotions
10. What's brewing next?

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Episode 03: It’s Scientific To Pursue The Truth Featuring Dr Biman Nath, Ph.D

Dr Biman Nath graduated from the Kirori Mal college, Delhi Univ and then went on do his MS and PhD in University of Maryland, USA. After that, he did his Postdoctoral work at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn, Germany and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 

After teaching and researching for 28 years at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore he is currently a visiting professor at Indian institute for Scientific Education and Research, IISER Mohali.

His debut book, ‘Nothing is Blue’ was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award for Fiction in 2009. His second novel The Tattooed Fakir was published by Pan Macmillan in 2012 and latest book, 'The Whistleblower’s Wife' in 2025.

Episode Highlights:

1. The philosophical bit about looking at the sky and stars

2. Biman ji's interest in writing and stars- from childhood to becoming an established author

3. From science writing to fiction: mental barriers to writing fiction

4. About his debut novel 'Nothing Is Blue' : Focus on the timelessness of human behaviour

5. His habit of writing dairies, reading and role of libraries

7. Student life - then vs now: importance of 'Me-time'

8. His second book 'The Tattooed Fakir': Focus on quest for the truth about the past

9. Moral responsibilities when writing historic fiction

10. His third and latest book, 'The Whistleblower's Wife'- Stepping into contemporary fiction

11. Experimenting with genres, pov & challenges

12. His writing approach

13. The true reward in writing a book

14. Influence of renowned Indian scientist Dr Jayant Narlekar's science writing

15. How other species view stars?

16. Media adaption of books- things to be careful about

17.Reading extracts from 'The Whistleblower's Wife'

18.His next book- on animal astronomers

Connect With Dr Biman Nath here: Biman Nath (@starlight_biman) • Instagram photos and videos

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Episode 02 : Greater The Conflict, Better The Creativity Ft. Dr Enakshi Sengupta, Ph.D

Dr Enakshi Sengupta debuted as a writer with ‘The Silk Route Spy: The true story of an Indian Double Agent’, which is based on her grandfather in-law Nandlal Kapur’s life. She has been a researcher and scholar all her life and after daringly serving in Kurdistan, where she developed a novel entrepreneurial program jointly sponsored by an international charity and The American University, she was inspired to start Borders Without Barbed Wires, a not-for-profit organization that facilitates accessibility of education for refugees and displaced persons. She was very much in Afghanistan when the Taliban rose to power after the American military withdrew in 2021.

At that time, she was working as the Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the American University of Afghanistan. And that’s how her second book, 'Escape From Kabul' was born. 

Connect with Enakshi ji on Instagram here: Enakshi Sengupta Kapur (@enakshisg)

Episode Highlights:

1)    What Nandlal Kapur actually wanted to be Vs What he ended up being + the women in Kabul: Role of circumstances and personal aspirations

2)    What motivated her to tell the story of her grandfather in-law, apprehensions and nature of research done

3)    Difference between academic and non academic publishing

4)    The world of Publishing in India– difference from world

5)    Movie adaption possibilities for The Silk Route Spy: Reasons to be worried

6)    How serving in a war zone inspired Border Without Barbed Wires

7)    The everyday struggles of the repressed women today in Afghanistan and Iraq

8)    Reading excerpts from The Silk Route Spy

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Episode 01: Time Travelling With My Great Uncle To Find My Home ft. Leena Dhingra

[This episode has been released on the auspicious occasion of Parakram Diwas (Birth Anniversary of Indian revolutionary leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose).

In 2026, this day also happens to be Basant Panchami -the day that marks arrival of spring in India by celebrating the Goddess of Knowledge.]

Accomplished author and British Film and television actor, Leena Dhingra is a name, voice and face recognised worldwide as ‘Nani Umbreen’ from the ‘Demons of Punjab’ episode of Doctor Who but for Indians from pre partitioned India, she is the personification of strength and courage of one who has shown that it is still possible to reclaim personal, filial and generational identities through writing and find closure even if they had been forced to be hidden and be unspoken due to adverse political and social circumstances. She is also 'Auntie Bindu' from the comedy show, Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee, 'Mrs Shah' from the movie ‘East Is East’ and most recently, she was Zainab Hyatt in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge.

Both her debut novel, ‘Amritvela’ and recent book, ‘Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra’ focus on the pain, dislocation, confusion and heartbreak that come from being denied the basic human acknowledgement of having existed and held an identity.

In this episode, Leena ji shares how writing and publishing Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra, part memoir part biography that helped her put to rest lifelong questions of who she was beyond being a constantly displaced child who carried the pain of her parents displaced by the Partition of India, much like her great uncle Madan Lal, the son of a privileged, anglicised Indian family, who while on a quest to find out what he is was destined for ended up being the first Indian freedom fighter to be executed in London.

Who Was Madan Lal Dhingra?

On July 1, 1909, Dhingra assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official and political aide-de-camp to the Secretary of State for India, during a public meeting in London. Madan Lal Dhingra was executed on August 17, 1909, at the age of 24. He had arrived in London in 1905 to pursue engineering. A staunch nationalist since his young days, during his trial, he expressed no remorse instead expressed pride in his actions. His daring act continued to inspire many young Indians until independence, however, along with the marginalization of patriotism of Indian revolutionaries, his contribution too has been pushed to the back seat.

Episode highlights:

1)    What ‘exhumation’ means here: waiting to go home, sense of non-belongingness & not talking instead carrying pain as a huge burden

2)    Similarities in life patterns with her great uncle despite being separated by a generation

3)    Reading book excerpt: on how she first came to know about her great uncle

4)    Writing the book being on a self quest- his quest: where did they both belong?

5)    The story behind getting his photograph

6)    About Pentonville and Indian Sinn Féin-ists

7)    How shooting for ‘Demons of Punjab’/ Doctor Who helped her disidentify from the family trauma she had internalised

8)    Re-looking at great uncle 's life and times from the present.

9)    Visit to the mazhaar of her uncle who had become a sufi saint jumpstarted her acting career 30 yrs after she left drama school

10) Her path to publishing the book

11) How telling her great uncle’s story and her own has now brought dept to her writing and brought healing

12) When will this book be released in India

13) Why she now identifies better as a writer

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Leena ji has appeared in Doctor Who, Coronation Street, East Is East and Ackley Bridge. She also has a Ph.D in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is the author of Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra, part memoir, part biography of her great uncle, Madan Lal Dhingra, the first Indian freedom fighter to be executed in London.

2. Dr Enakshi Sengupta : scholar, author, founder & CEO of Borders Without Barbed Wires

She was serving as the Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the American University of Afghanistan when the Taliban rose to power in 2021. Her book, ‘Escape From Kabul’ is based n her experiences during this period. Her debut book was, ‘The Silk Route Spy: The True Story of An Indian Double Agent’ based on the life and times of her grandfather-in law, Nandlal Kapur.

3. Dr Biman Nath : Cosmologist, Astrophysicist & author

Dr Biman did his Postdoctoral work at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn, Germany and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics and taught at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore for nearly three decades. His debut book, ‘Nothing is Blue’ was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award for Fiction in 2009. ‘The Whisleblower’s wife’ is his latest book.

4. Deepak Thawani: engineer turned businessman from the F &B industry who debuted as an author in 2025 with his novel ‘The Silent Thread’.

5. Tvisha Banerjee : Emerging Gen Z Indie Pop singer and LFW Model who won a Gold and Silver medal for her debut single ‘You’ll Be Mine’ at the Season 4 of the World Artistry Music Award 2025.

6. Pragyan Bezbaruah: computer engineer, graphic artist & photographer turned chef

He co founded Café Yummy Banh Mi with his wife, Barsha Deka, that is the only café in the whole of India’s north east that serves authentic Vietnamese cuisine.

7. Mouli Mehrotra: Visual Artist & Animal Protection Law Expert

She is the founder of The Kind Hour that assists sick and abandoned animals and uses art to teach empathy and responsibility towards animals.

8. Elena Jessup: Founder of Third Eye Sanskrit, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a faculty member of The School of Ayurveda, U.K.

9. Dr Ruby Makhija: Opthalmologist & Environmentalist

Dr Ruby is the Founder Director of Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation that promotes sustainable living that leads to Zero Waste generation. She is an Earth Day Network Star and brand ambassador for the Delhi Municipal Corporation against single use plastic.

10. Sudha Pillai: Media Professional & artist

After a successful career in media, publishing and marketing, Sudha ji launched her own art line ‘Lines By Su’ and jewellery line, ‘Thulya’.

11. Brinda Roy: Actor, Entrepreneur, Artist, Poet & Fitness Influencer

Brinda owns a state of art tennis academy & fitness facility, won many Bengali Reality Shows,has her own online art gallery and debuted as a poetess in 2025 with her collection of poems, ‘In Between Lines’.

12. Hitesh Bhatia: Past Life Regression therapist, Family Constellator, CEO & Founder of ‘Joining Hands’ a global healing community spread across 22 countries.

13. Danu Morrigan: Speaker and founder of the community- Daughters of narcissitic Mothers. She is the author of ‘You’re Not Crazy-It’s Your Mother’.

14. Dr. Ray Catania: Metaphysician & transformational coach, he is a distinguished faculty member of The Shift Network (TSN) and Lecturer for the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS). Both his autobiography ‘The Atheist and The Afterlife’ and his latest book ‘You are Still Alive, Now Act Like It’ have won numerous awards.

15. Suresh Ramaswamy: Technopreneur turned Light inspired transformational coach and founder of Radiant Field a non profit organization dedicated to raising the state of human consciousness with Light- a very sublime state of consciousness. His book, Just Be: Transform Your Life and Live as Infinity has been honored with over a dozen awards since its release.

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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 10. I am your host ambalika and our guests for today are Sandeep Kochhar & Rishabh Iyer Kochhar, a rather fascinating father - son duo who are so passionate about inspiring change for personal transformation.

Sandeep is the Founder CEO of www.blewminds.com, an eclectic Leadership Consulting Practice with 30+ years of experience in poetry, storytelling & creative writing. His ‘Wabi Sabi’ StoryTelling Leadership series has helped people around the world make big and radical improvements in their lives & in their way of thinking. His goal in life is to Touch & Transform 5 billion humans by 2030. 

Till date he has written more than 4500 stories, each with 500 millions of views and was declared LinkedIn top voice India 2019.

Rishabh is a grade 11 student with a passion for behavioral science, sports, gaming, public speaking and psychology- a combination that has led to his book on parenting, Parenting is a two way street '.

What a delight to welcome Sandeep & Rishabh to the show and heartiest congratulations on the excellent writing performance.

Episode Highlights?

Nah, not this time 🙂

Just a father - son duo talking about what makes them write; how their habits of reading and writing and perspective on these shapes their bond 👏🏽✨

So what I doing in there, then? 😁

Listening in and getting my doubts on reading and writing cleared, what else! 😃

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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 global
• How to become very good with translation
• A win- win formula for translators & publishers
• Re-telling of mythology: good or bad?
• How not to spoil mythology re-telling

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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 Highlights

• The essence of her book, Fragrance of a Wild Soul- Cancer, creativity and spirituality
• In 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 view
• Cancer 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 Ruby

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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 Highlights

• How much of his own journey as a professional influence him in writing this book
• His writing style: matter of factly+ hard hitting truths+ humour
• How have the Lalas of the world responded to the book
• Is this book for new joiners or full fledge professionals
• What is Rajiv writing next?

Connect With Rajiv Gupta

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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 Highlights

• How can multiple identities co-exist peacefully maintaining their uniqueness
• Voiceless-ness / lost voices due to cultural beliefs, colonization, convertion & globalization
• Is creativity trapped between cultural norms & corporate guidelines?
• Oral tradition vs the written
• Is feminism really about "let's smash patriarchy" ? Men bashing? A battle between the sexes?
• Keeping up appearances - body image issues & fashion trends

Connect With Theyie

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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 Bose
• is 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 Netaji
• From Yahoo Chat Rooms to Triple Agent Addas on YouTube: how technology has helped the cause
• Is nationalist consciousness getting diluted today?
• Secret behind his emotional resilience
• Synergy with Anuj Dhar in a world of paid and unequal partnerships/collaborations
• Yesterday's Freedom Fighters Vs Today's Freedom Activists: gloomy or glorious?

Support Mission Netaji through anyone of the following options

Paytm/GPay/PhonePe - 9818457947 || Bank transfer - Ac name - Chandrachur Ghose, Citibank, Ac No - 5027720228, IFSC - CITI0000002 || PayPal - chandrachurg

Consider 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 hyperlink

You can also read more on why this is urgently needed for our country's progress ahead on this link

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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 ilk
• What makes The Devil's Tea Cup so exciting
• Why 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 years
• OTT + Cafes Vs Books: We need a win-win!

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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 grief
• Writing for children: her books

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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 lane
• her 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!

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But of course, he is here because of his path breaking book: The Speaking Window: Tales From a Bloodied Timeline. 

In April 2017, two students and a teacher started to reach out survivors of the partition of 1947 to document their recollections through a Facebook page: Bolti Khidki. When the project ended in July 2023, the trio had interviewed over 100 of the survivors and in October of that year, 47 of these stories made it to a book by the same name. 

Ever since it's Publication, the book has been winning hearts and rave reviews around the globe.

In this episode, we discuss about :

• What inspired Sandeep to go in search of the survivors of India's partition in 1947
• Two important truths of India during partition that he discovered from them- This will leave you baffled!
• How technology enabled a seamless collaboration in connecting with survivors around the world
• His personal story of transformation as he travelled around India meeting them
• Why the stories of these survivors are important and relevant even today
• Their one and only wish today
• What can we do now

Connect with Sandeep and learn more about this project - book here:

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I have chosen 10 writers and storytellers simply because I have completed 10 years as an author. 

My own journey as an author has not been a spectacular one in terms of royalty, fan following and popularity. 

However, what I have been able to achieve simply because I write and the fact that it has also been one way of receiving my spiritual baptism, has convinced me that I, as an author, matter too.I have been able to accept this, finally, now, in my 11th year as an author. And I have chosen to celebrate it. That is why the podcast is titled ' Celebrate: The Podcast '. 

It's a podcast party , 10 weeks long & you are invited!

You will be in the presence of esteemed guests with whom you can have a range of conversations: from the partition of India to the patriotism of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose; from exploring forgotten Indian classics to the arrival of tech driven creativity; from nurturing your cultural identity to your personal brand at workplace; you get to seek inspiration from our scriptures, personal journeys to the incorrupt creative, curious world of a child.

The Guest List

Sandeep Dutt : Curative power of writing in broken nations

Neelam Saxena Chandra: Every Right Way To Write 

Mridusmita Das: Writing to keeping wedding vows beyond breath 

Prasun Roy: Diverse writing in Multi lingual India 

Chandrachur Ghosh : Writing as a tool to raise national consciousness 

Sandeep Kochhar & Rishabh Iyer Kochhar : They Just write/ right that! 

Dr Theyiesinuo Keditsu: Writing to Resurrect identities 

Ruby Ahluwalia: Writing a life Beyond Adversity 

Ashutosh Garg: Inspiration from Indian Scriptures & Mythology 

Rajiv Gupta : Writing to Brighten up the off- beat path

In each episode, you will not just get to experience why they do what they do but also how they do it- and this is not just about their capacity to use language. It's about perspectives, asking questions, taking a stand and above all a willingness to live through the entire gamut of human emotions thereby being comfortable with the discomforting.

Every episode will not just let you dive into their personal World but also give you great insights on the art , science and business of writing, ultimately leaving you transformed. 

Now, you don't want to miss this one, do you?

So then, go ahead and subscribe to the podcast!

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