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Abhishek Shankar
U • EducationIn episode 17 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Abihshek Shankar, a 25 year old singer / songwriter / musician based in Delhi. Abhishek shares stories of how he got started in music, how he writes and finds the inspiration to produce new sounds, the struggles and insecurities that come along with being a musician and being in a band, and how he composed his first single Like a River which you can listen to at the end of the episode.
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Lynn Cornelis
45 min 38 secIn the first ever episode of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Lynn Cornelis, a 21 year old storyteller from Antwerp, Belgium. Her story To The Silent Ones was featured in the Spring 2017 issue of The Storyteller. Lakshya and Lynn talk about her inspirations and writing process, how she uses storytelling to heal.
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Jessica Day
45 min 1 secIn episode 2 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Nayanika Dey aka Jessica Day, a 19 year old storyteller from Kolkata, India. Her story Broken Pastels was featured in the Spring 2017 issue of The Storyteller. Lakshya and Nayanika discuss favorite writers, criticism, writers block, and how people are walking stories.
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Brittany Zachariah
25 min 50 secIn episode 3 of Storytalking, Lakshya catches up with Brittany Zachariah, a 32 year old storyteller residing in Kerala, India. Her story Beats Of Wings was featured in the Summer 2017 issue of The Storyteller. Brittany and Lakshya talk about why she wrote Beats Of Wings, her favorite books and writers, and how she deals with life in another country and a new culture by writing about it.
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Micaella Dato
40 min 5 secIn episode 4 of Storytalking, Lakshyas guest is Micaella Dato, a 26 year old microbiologist from Manila, Philippines. Micaella wrote a poem called Til The Internet Connection Do Us Part which was featured in the Fall 2017 issue of the storyteller, and is also available as a Listen story. Her Guide is Freeing Your Words With Free Verse Poetry. You can experience all three on Launchora.
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Rio Baliling
32 min 26 secIn episode 5 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Rio Baliling, a 20 year old poet from the Philippines, who wrote Poetry Between The Lines featured in the Fall 2017 issue of The Storyteller on Launchora. Lakshya and Rio discuss the purpose of poetry, how it helps people, and how tough it can be to put your soul into words for everyone to see.
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Lucie Salgado
1 hr 27 min 18 secIn episode 6 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Launchoras art director Lucie Salgado, a 24 year old multitalentedmultimedia artist from Brazil. They discuss the writing process, the creative force, the cosmos, and how our search for a meaning in this universe fuels our creativity.
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Abigail Liagiba
51 min 48 secIn episode 7 of Storytalking, Lakshyas guest is Abigail Liagiba, shes 16 and from the Philippines. Abigail is our youngest featured storyteller yet in LSP. Abigail talks about her poems, what its like for her to share these stories about her life and experiences, and she also asks Lakshya some personal questions about why he cant write poetry.
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Walking Contradiction
46 min 23 secIn episode 8 of Storytalking, Lakshya chats with Khen Ramos aka Walking Contradiction, a 19 year old student from Cebu, Philippines. They discuss favorite stories, how to create characters from real people and experiences, and break down how Khen puts together his stories and the messages behind them.
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LC Jarrette
26 min 27 secIn episode 9 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to LC Jarrette, a 25 year old poet from Philippines. LC tells Lakshya about how she got inspired to write poetry after seeing injustices in her country, and they also discuss how to construct a science fiction short story from just a phrase.
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Fake Name
55 min 45 secIn episode 10 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with fake name, aka Sara, an 18 year old writer from Gurgaon, India and Launchoras newest intern. They talk about what its like to work at Launchora, how Sara deals with being a writer who also happens to be going through depression, and whether its possible to wear your personality on your sleeve in todays digital society.
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Armaan Kapur
1 hr 11 min 51 secIn episode 11 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Armaan Kapur, a 26 year old writer from Delhi, India. They talk about the allure vs illusion of the artist, how to measure ones own success as a writer, how hes putting together the novel hes currently writing, and so, so much more.
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Monica James
1 hr 21 min 2 secIn episode 12 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Monica James, a writer / poet / filmmaker from San Francisco. Monica shares her experiences with telling nonfiction stories about womens issues in India, coauthoring a novel about invisible libraries, how she uses her passion for storytelling to give a megaphone to silent voices, and the documentary shes working on right now.
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Kit Nadado
59 min 35 secIn episode 13 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Kit Nadado, a 28 year old high school teacher from the Philippines. Kit tells Lakshya about how he got into teaching creative fiction and nonfiction, about his childhood that inspired his story Aunt Elys Duster featured in The Storyteller, how he uses Launchora in the classroom with his students, and what hes learned about himself by teaching storytelling.
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Missmelancholia
1 hr 1 min 55 secIn episode 14 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Maria Lourdes, aka Missmelancholia, a college student from Manila, Philippines and a spoken word artist. Lourdes shares stories of how she got into performing spoken word poems, how writing has helped her deal with melancholy, and gives Lakshya an insight into how millennials finds inspiration and their creative voice, while also encouraging him to bring community short films to Launchora.
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Daria Golab
1 hr 13 min 23 secIn episode 15 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Daria Golab, a 28 year old artist from Poland, and the newest artist to join the Launchora family. Daria tells Lakshya about what led her to quit architecture and become an artist, how she taught herself to draw and illustrate, how she spent an entire year practically locked in a room and practicing her craft, and what its like to be an artist in the time of social media. Darias artwork is available for everyone in the community to use as story covers.
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Diksha Bijlani
49 min 54 secin episode 16 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Diksha Bijlani, a 21 year old spoken word artist from New Delhi. Diksha shares stories from her childhood growing up in a closeminded small town, what influences her to write about society and equality, how she turns personal demons and challenges into words to inspire and help others, and the cost vs benefit of being vulnerable on stage.
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Abhishek Shankar
1 hr 3 min 45 secIn episode 17 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Abihshek Shankar, a 25 year old singer / songwriter / musician based in Delhi. Abhishek shares stories of how he got started in music, how he writes and finds the inspiration to produce new sounds, the struggles and insecurities that come along with being a musician and being in a band, and how he composed his first single Like a River which you can listen to at the end of the episode.
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Rameez Shaikh
53 min 48 secIn episode 18 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Rameez Shaikh, a 24 year old writer from Mumbai whose stories talk about Indian society and culture. Rameez shares stories of how he learned how to write on the job, why he writes about sociopolitical issues, how he became a male feminist, the process of unlearning outdated customs and beliefs, how he finds positivity and hope in this broken world, and where hes going next.
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Anupam Arunachalam
56 min 11 secIn episode 19 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Anupam Arunachalam, a 29 year old comic writer and illustrator from Delhi. Lakshya and Anupam discuss favorite comics / graphic novels, how to decide what medium to tell which story, why comics are a huge part of todays entertainment, and how Anupam wrote and illustrated his debut book: Tooth and Nail, Fur and Scale available on Amazon, a collection of short stories that explore in really creative ways monsters and creatures from Indian mythology.
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Vishal Furia
1 hr 8 min 58 secIn episode 20 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Vishal Furia, the director of Lappachappi a fantastic marathilanguage horror film. Vishal shares stories of why he loves movies, how he got started in the business, how he learned filmmaking on the job, what it was like to make his debut film, and why horror is a perfect genre for telling stories with a social message. This episode is in partnership with Flickside.com.
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Just Lakshya
45 min 51 secIn episode 21 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to himself Thats right in the first of this newlyformed but may never happen again series he calls Just Lakshya, Lakshya asks himself questions that youve sent in, and then he answers them. Questions like who are you Why do you do this How do you make stories up Come for the selfreflection, stay for the surprises.
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Samia Mehraj
57 min 17 secIn episode 22 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to a former Launchora family member Samia Mehraj, who is now a Young India Fellow at Ashoka University. They discuss what shes studying and writing about these days, what it was like to grow up in Kashmir, how she found her inner storyteller, and what she plans to do next.
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Vidyun Sabhaney
46 min 43 secIn episode 23 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Vidyun Sabhaney, a comic book writer who specializes in nonfiction comics. Vidyun talks about how she got interested in comic journalism, why is she drawn toward this form of storytelling, how she got started, how she makes nonfiction stories engaging and interesting, and how she put together her book First Hand Graphic Nonfiction from India, which you can find on Amazon.
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Sudhish Kamath
1 hr 26 min 22 secIn episode 24 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with writerdirector Sudhish Kamath. Sudhish has been making movies for 18 years, and the episode covers pretty much all of it starting from his first film and everything that went into making and unmaking it, his second film called Good Night Good Morning, the collaborative film he did with 10 other directors, his latest film which will be coming out this year, the next project hes working on right now, and how he manages to keep his creativity alive through all of it. This episode is in partnership with Flickside.com.
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Jai Undurti
1 hr 3 min 42 secIn episode 25 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Jai Unudurti, a journalist and graphic novelist from Hyderabad. Jai writes about everything from comics to culture to science fiction. He talks about his childhood and inspirations, his early career in advertising, how he got into writing graphic novels, his collaborations with different kinds of artists from around the world, and what hes working on now. His books Hyderabad: A Graphic Novel and Bangalore: A Graphic Novel are available on Amazon.
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Deepak Shirur
1 hr 2 min 35 secIn episode 26 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Deepak Shirur, an Executive Chef at Taj Resorts in Madikeri, India. Deepak shares insights into how he experiments with food, why Indian culture and food are worldrenowned, how globalization is erasing old recipes, the books hes currently writing, and how cooking is just like any other art form that requires creativity with a topping of hit and trial.
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Dave Pollot
1 hr 25 min 46 secIn episode 27 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Dave Pollot, an artist and painter from New York. Lakshya and Dave talk about Daves influences Star Wars, The Simpsons, Doctor Who, Rick and Morty and how he finds a way to integrate things he loves into old thrift store paintings. They also geek out over all of those things, as Dave shares insights about how he got started, and what hes working on right now. You can check out Daves paintings at www.davepollot.com and also follow him on Instagram and Facebook DavePollotArt.
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Store & Stuff
39 min 18 secIn episode 28 of Storytalking, Lakshya takes a break from the usual schedule to tell you about whats going on with Launchora and what were working on now with some very specific spoilers about what youll see in the upcoming Launchora Store. Sign up to get a limitedtime offer by clicking on the Shop button on our website.
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George Supreeth
1 hr 20 min 58 secIn episode 29 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with George Supreeth, an illustrator and the Founder of Idea Sutra. George shares stories of his wins and lessons through his career in the creative arts, why he created an idea agency, how he put together a nationwide visual arts community, and what got him to create art interventions at preschools.
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David Peterson
1 hr 16 min 8 secIn episode 30 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to David Peterson, a conlanger, aka a language creator, who has created languages for several TV shows and movies Game Of Thrones, The 100, Netflix Bright, Thor: The Dark World to name a few. David talks about the art of language invention, how he got into it, what significance languages have in society and history, how to preserve the ones that might go extinct, and how he works with the creative team behind these tv shows and films to create fictional languages. David is the author of Living Language Dothraki and Art Of Language Invention.
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Anirban Bhattacharya
1 hr 5 min 24 secIn episode 31 of Storytalking, Lakshya chats with Anirban Bhattacharya, Founder of The Painted Sky artbased corporate training initiatives as well as Founder of UBQT Design Thinking School. They talk about how art and creativity can be used to solve realworld problems and improve business practices, how artbased methodologies can help people introspect and discover new things about themselves, how creativity is at the center of all innovation in any industry, and how the future belongs to people with empathy and emotional intelligence.
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Darwin Prakash
1 hr 10 min 19 secIn episode of 32 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Darwin Leonard Prakash, a 24 year old opera singer / performer/ music prodigy. Darwin shares stories of singing in his church choir as a kid, how he got discovered by his future singing teacher, what it was like to train and audition for the Royal Academy Of Music in London, his love for opera singing, and how he deals with stress, uncertainty, and ambition.
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Abhimanyu Bhardwaj
39 min 5 secIn episode 33 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Abhimanyu Bhardwaj, who just completed his masters degree in Strategic Design from Politecnico Di Milano, and is now working at Ernst Young in Milan. He talks about how he started his career with Mathematics, how he was drawn to creative and design thinking, how companies can leverage creativity, why hes inspired by real people like Warren Buffett and fictional people like Don Draper, and what hes learned about himself along the way.
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Narendra Goidani
55 min 30 secIn episode 34 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to Narendra Goidani, motivationalspeakerextraordinaire, and founder of Life School, Keep Moving Movement, WOW Parenting. Naren shares inspiring stories about his life, how he translated his energy and positivity to become an agent for creativity, how he puts together KMM sessions across 60 cities which trains 25,000 students per year, and how he uses storytelling to teach problem solving.
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Iska Mayu
49 min 44 secIn episode 35 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Iska Mayu, one of our very own featured storytellers Iska talks to Lakshya about her childhood, what it was like to grow up in two different cultures, how she got into writing, why she writes about her personal life and experiences, and where she finds inspiration. You can find Iskas audio story called Im Still Alive on Listen, her Guide is called Giving Your Thoughts Justice, and you can also read her story To Miss You more in the Spring 2018 issue of The Storyteller.
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Francis Laleman
1 hr 17 min 56 secIn episode 36 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Francis Laleman, who Lakshya describes as the agent of and for curiosity. Francis is a university of knowledge, and he shares several stories about his life and career. From growing up in Belgium and studying Indian culture and languages, to moving to India and becoming a teacher and trainer, how he got into instructional design and the agile movement, how he learned a lot by just walking behind curious children, and why he considers himself to be less of an educator and more of a potter.
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Interactive Stories
49 min 32 secIn episode 37 of Storytalking, Lakshya does a solo talk about one of his most favorite things ever: interactive storytelling in video games. Things youll hear him talk about: his first ever experience with immersive storytelling back in 2000 with Metal Gear Solid on the Sony Playstation, his lifelong obsession with Playstations, his favorite game series Grand Theft Auto, God of War, Uncharted, Red Dead Redemption, decisionmaking in interactive games and consequences, the new game Detroit: Become Human that hes playing, and why and how he wrote his own interactive story called She v/s Him which you can play on the Playground.
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Amar S.
55 min 21 secIn episode 38 of Storytalking, Lakshya chats with Amar S, aka Comedy Wala Amar, a stand up comedian from Gurgaon, India. Amar tells Lakshya about his upbringing and education and corporate life, how he found stand up comedy, what it was like to get on stage for the first time, how he writes his material, the books hes writing, and how hes found own happiness in making people laugh. Check out Amars work at amarvani.in
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George Simons
54 min 33 secIn episode 39 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with George Simons, an American in France, an intercultural expert, and the creator of Diversophy which aims to help people and organizations work with others from different backgrounds and cultures via games and workshops. George tells Lakshya about how history, culture, religion are just stories, and how a story is like a vehicle, it can be used for both good or evil. George is a teacher and a masterstoryteller with over 5 decades of experience, so there is something to learn for everyone in this episode Check out Georges games at www.diversophy.com.
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Amyth Banerjee
1 hr 9 min 43 secIn episode 40, Lakshya talks to Amyth Banerjee from Mumbai, India, who is currently working as an AI Evangelist. Amyth tells Lakshya about his interests and fascinations with technology and science growing up, how he tried and quit engineering, why he got into digital storytelling via marketing and filmmaking, how he discovered his mission of reimagining a better tomorrow, the demystifying theory that defines his career, and how he became an evangelist for artificial intelligence.
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Arka Mukhopadhyay
1 hr 5 min 10 secIn episode 41 of Storytalking, Lakshyas guest is Arka Mukhopadhyay a theater teacher / performer / director based in Kerala, India. Arka shares stories about growing up in Kolkata, his early exposure to theatre and performance art, acting in school, engineering and dropping out, performing and directing theatre, training and workshops, where his creativity comes from, why his practice is about the human body, a dance/workshop he created named after Hamlet, and how he helps his students find truth in their own creative work.
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Sidhanta Mathur
1 hr 4 min 47 secIn episode 42 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Sidhanta Mathur, creative producer at Pocket Aces Dice Media, who is behind TV shows such as What The Folks and 2 by 3. Sidhanta shares stories of how he went from studying Genetics to an internship at MTV, what goes into conceptualizing and producing a web series, what exactly does a creative producer do, and where he thinks this overthetop online media industry is headed. To watch all the shows mentioned in this episode, find the Dice Media channel on Youtube.
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Creative Hub
29 minIn episode 43 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks directly to you in another solo session. The episode is called Creative Hub, but it could also be called the Launchora Birthday Special. Listen in to hear about Launchers Fest, why were starting the Creative Hub, what it hopes and goals are for it, and where Launchora is going from here
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Venkat Ramachandran
55 min 21 secIn episode 44 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Venkat Ramachandran, a multistoryteller, who does a lot of things related to storytelling, such as running Mandram an organization to promote Tamil language and literature, and teaching workshops about the possible futures of storytelling. Venkat shares stories of how he got into studying storytelling, why he uses the Mahabharata to talk about it, why he considers himself to be a bad storyteller, and what he believes makes us humans storytellers and information architects. You can read Venkats articles on Linkedin.
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Learning Together
35 min 8 secIn episode 46 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks to you about his experience with education and learning, why he got into teaching, how he imagines an ideal studentteacher relationship to be, and how the concept of learning together can be applied in every day life.
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Ruchir Arun
52 min 29 secIn episode 47 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Ruchir Arun, a National Award winning director and screenwriter, who is currently working on the shows What The Folks, and Little Things season 2 of which was just picked up by Netflix. Ruchir shares stories of his first experiences with a camera, making short films with his friends in school, what it was like to study at FTII Pune, how he put together his final thesis film Mandrake Mandrake which won him the National Award for best short fiction, what it is like to be a director in Bollywood in the digital landscape, and how he collaborates with writers and actors on his TV shows.
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Sanjoy Roy
33 minIn episode 48 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Sanjoy Roy, a National Award winner and Managing Director of Teamwork Arts the company behind over 25 art and culture festivals including the Jaipur Literature Festival. Sanjoy tells Lakshya about how he got involved in the theatre community in India, what lead to the creation of Teamwork Films and Arts in 1989, what contribution technology has to the arts, how cultures feed the creativity of a country, and how he and his team brought Indian arts and films to the world stage.
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Ruchika Nambiar
1 hr 7 minIn episode 49 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Ruchika Nambiar, an almost26 year old artist / writer / designer / illustrator from Bangalore, India. Ruchika tells Lakshya about how she got into writing, how she found her creative voice, what it was like to be in Art school she went to the Srishti School for Art Design in Bangalore, how she finds the workartist balance now that shes an Interaction Designer, and how she conceptualized and wrote her graphic novel memoir: The Breadcrumb which you can read for free on her website www.ruchikanambiar.com.
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Brooke Shaden
49 min 11 secIn the 50th episode of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Brooke Shaden a person who fulfills every possible definition of an artist shes a USbased photographer, a writer, an educator, a speaker she does it all. She talks about her creative process, how she finds inspiration and motivation to create something new every day, why she shares the behindthescenes of her work, how she uses social media to connect with her audience, how perfectionism isnt a goal for her as a storyteller, why she mentors aspiring artists, and how she came about creating a nonprofit movement called The Light Space in India.
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Neel Adhikari
1 hr 7 min 19 secIn episode 51 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Neel Adhikari a musician with all the talents he sings, he writes, he plays guitar and ukulele, he composes films and TV series. Neel has been making music for over two decades now, and Lakshya and Neel discuss all his greatest and almostgreat hits his first song, the bands he was in, the gigs they did around the country and the world, how he got into composing films, how he collaborates with different kinds of storytellers, and all the shows and films hes working on right now.
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Rashmi Datt
31 min 39 secIn episode 52 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Rashmi Datt, who is is one of Indias top Emotional Intelligence facilitators and coaches who accompanies people on their souls journey to fully harness their purpose and passion. Rashmi shares her experiences with how she got started on this journey, what role creativity and storytelling have to play in helping people realize their full potential, what makes Millennials and Gen Z better equipped to adapt to these methodologies, and how psychodrama works along with examples of it in action. You can learn more about Rashmis work at www.rashmidatt.com
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Sana Sabah
29 min 38 secIn episode 53 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Sana Sabah, cofounder and CEO of Shuruart a wonderful platform for student artists in Banaras to showcase and sell their work. Sana and Lakshya talk about Sanas introduction to the world of storytelling through short films, how she went from an intern at Shuruart to their CEO within a span of months, why they started Lets Start Art an art program for primary school students, and what shes learned about being a social entrepreneur along the way.
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Being Spiderman
20 min 49 secIn episode 54 of Storytalking, Lakshya does a solo episode to talk about a lot of things whats new with Launchora, turning 29 which led to this weeks Listen, why he wrote about growing as a storyteller in this weeks guide, and of course being Spiderman.
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Sabika Muzaffar
33 min 39 secIn episode 55 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Sabika Muzaffar, a former RJ and producer at Radio Mirchi and now the cofounder of Sense Of Self an organization aiming to be your partner on your emotional health journey. They talk about Sabikas early escapades with creative expression and performing, why she believes that writing is a beautiful way to deal with depression, how practice doesnt really make an artist perfect, her writing and editing process, where did the Sense Of Self come from, and what shell be teaching at the Become Your Superhero workshop at Launchoras Creative Hub this Sunday, Sept 30.
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Story-Cooking
18 min 28 secIn episode 56 of Storytalking, Lakshya does another solotalk about how to open up and like your own voice, how to define who you are with storytelling, and how hes cooking up a story about a Chef.
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Kriti Vij
33 min 52 secIn episode 57 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Kriti Vij, a Mumbaibased actress who has appeared in shows such as Baked, 2 by 3, The Good Vibes, and the upcoming What The Folks Season 2. Lakshya and Kriti talk about how they went to the same school, how she used to express her creativity in school in debates and dramatics, how she stumbled upon theatre acting, the journey from theatre to the screen, and what its like to be an actress during TVs digital revolution.
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Radhika Mittal
50 min 24 secIn episode 58 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Radhika Mittal, the founder of Super School India, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to providing english learning skills and sexual education to underprivileged youth in India. Radhika shares stories about her upbringing, moving to another country and learning a new culture, how she got involved in social entrepreneurship, how she uses creativity to teach, and where she wants to take Super School India.
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Sandeep Dutt
48 min 56 secIn episode 59 of Storytalking, Lakshya sits down with Sandeep Dutt, a serial entrepreneur, school coach, founder of Learning Forward India, and Chairman of the trust behind The Fabindia School. Sandeep shares stories about his school years, how the Duke of Edinburghs International Award program changed his life, how he stumbled into becoming an educator, why he joined the Fabindia School, and what he believes is the future of learning.
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Open-World
22 min 50 secIn episode 60 of Storytalking, Lakshya does another solosesh as he literally talks about a story he is experiencing while hes recording the podcast... riding on his horse into the wilderness of the Old West in 1899 in Red Dead Redemption II.
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Aditya Gautam
32 min 35 secIn episode 61 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Aditya Gautam, author of Pornistan: How to Survive the Porn Epidemic in India. Aditya shares stories of how he was drawn to stories as a kid, how he found himself volunteering for the Aam Aadmi Party as the assistant editor of their newspaper Aap Ki Kranti, and why he decided to write and publish a book about sexuality in India.
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Karuna Ezara Parikh
51 min 22 secEvery word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. That quote by Samuel Beckett just about sums up Lakshyas conversation with Karuna Ezara Parikh on this weeks episode of Storytelling 62. Listen in for some writertowriter discussions about where our words come from, and why we choose to put pen to paper. You can check out Karunas poems and other works by following her on Instagram karunaezara or visit her website at www.ezarawrites.com.
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Faizi Khan
21 min 50 secWhat happens to a person when their entire childhood, their bachpan, is storytelling Tales of kings, martyrs, heroes, a lantern, a storyteller, and a child... that was Faizis upbringing. Listen in as she talks to Lakshya about how that childhood shaped her, and how and why she started creating her own stories as an adult.
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Mehek Malhotra
35 min 35 secMehek gigglingmonkey is a visual artist, spreading joy, positivity, and truth with her work with a dash of giggles. In episode 64 of Storytalking, she tells Lakshya about her creativityfueled childhood, how she found art and her distinctive voice, what her creation process is like, and what advice she has for budding artists.
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Aditi Agrawal
34 min 39 secAditi Agrawal wants to make our students the future leaders of business, arts, social service futureproof. And she has a plan in the form of School Of Future that will surely get us there. In episode 65 of Storytalking, Lakshya speaks with Aditi about what drew her to the education sector, why she wanted to start School Of Future, and she hopes to give students the skills of the future.
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Charu Madan
36 min 38 secCharu Madan ecstaticbeing wants you to find comfort and confidence in your own words. In episode 66 of Storytalking, Charu tells Lakshya about how she got into writing poetry, what got her on the stage, why she finds herself writing poetry about women empowerment and social issues, and what advice she has for young girls who want to express themselves creatively.
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Sarita Shukla
30 min 47 secSarita wants to help create and nurture more storytellers. In episode 67 of Storytalking, Lakshya chats with Sarita Shukla, cofounder of Kalamanthan, about what drew her to writing poetry, how she started Kalamanthan, and why she thinks stories help people.
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What Kind Of Year Has It Been?
41 min 15 secHow would you describe your 2018 a year of happiness, or a year of learning, or something else entirely In episode 68 of Storytalking, Lakshya talks about the many, many things that happened in 2018 with Launchora, how he had a creative epiphany the other night, and where he hopes to take the platform and this podcast in 2019. Theres also a major surprise announcement near the end of the episode that you wouldnt want to miss hint: it involves a city famous for its color and one giant festival every January.
Language
English
Genre
Education
Author
Launchora
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