Entrepreneurs

Interview with Lou Gray: An entrepreneur, an investor and an investigator of new ideas

Interview with Lou Gray: An entrepreneur, an investor and an investigator of new ideas

Lou Gray is an entrepreneur by all means. He has experience in startups, team building, operations, and holds a few patents. His latest venture is co-founding SEC Live, which he describes as follows: “the modern way to work with SEC Filings. Still reading SEC filings in HTML, PDF, or Word? Still manually inputting company financials in Excel? It’s time to upgrade to SEC Live.” Previously, Lou co-founded DreamBox Learning–a consumer software company pioneering adaptive, personalized, data-driven math instruction over the Web. He studied from Columbia University School of Law, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Emory University. His...

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Interview with Amit Kumar: A born singer and son of Kishore Kumar

Interview with Amit Kumar: A born singer and son of Kishore Kumar

He was born to the legendary singer, actor, musician and what not–Kishore Kumar. He had to carry the burden of enormous expectations and he did exceptionally well. Amit Kumar, like his father, did not take any formal tutelage for singing but had a knack of picking up music quite easily. In the year 1981, he sang for the film “Love Story”, which fetched him the Filmfare Award beating his own father in the nominations. He later on sang with all the famous singers and music directors who liked him and his voice pretty much. After the untimely death of...

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Interview with Yunus Khan: Vivdh Bharti broadcaster

Interview with Yunus Khan: Vivdh Bharti broadcaster

He says that being on radio is also a part of acting and his training during college days while participating in various cultural activities has come to a good stead for him. He mentions that having his life partner in the same profession serves a lot of purpose for him as he gets continuous support as well as positive criticism from the same person. Yunus Khan is a very popular name among the listeners of Vivdh Bharti. We present a telephonic interview with Yunus.

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Interview with Niladri Kumar: Classical Sitarist and creator of Zitar

Interview with Niladri Kumar: Classical Sitarist and creator of Zitar

He was pretty young when he started learning and playing Sitar. His father Pt. Kartikh Kumar was a famed musician who imparted him the knowledge of music from a very young age, which ripened quickly and the whole process became immensely fruitful. Niladri Kumar went on to perform with the top-most artists of Indian classical scenario and later on turned to fusion music where he says boundaries are crossed and something new is created. To make his contribution, he designed electric Sitar and named it Zitar, which has a different look and sound from the traditional one. Presently, he...

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Interview with Pt. Prateek Chaudhuri: A stylish Sitar player

Interview with Pt. Prateek Chaudhuri: A stylish Sitar player

He says that he enjoyed normal childhood though he was loaded with expectations due to born to a legendary father. He enjoyed sports and studies both before he realized that he has to take it on his own shoulders to carry forward the tradition set by his forefathers. He studied music and took to teaching while continued learning classical Sitar playing from his father, Pt. Debu Chaudhuri (Pt. Devabrata Chaudhuri). He says that the new generation should be exposed to the effects of classical music by media so that it can develop the taste for it. He also emphasizes...

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Interview with Pt. Vijay Ghate: A mesmerizing Tabla Player

Interview with Pt. Vijay Ghate: A mesmerizing Tabla Player

He does not have a huge musical lineage from where he could claim to have earned the knack of music. He also was not born in a city where great doyens of Indian classical music were proliferating. He claims that he was just a normal child who happened to have some early-childhood inclination to rhythm. Inspired by none other than the wizard of Tabla, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt. Vijay Ghate is one of the most mesmerizing and lively performers of this instrument. You will hardly like to take off your eye from him if you are attending any of...

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Interview with Sarvpriya Nirmohi

Interview with Sarvpriya Nirmohi

He was born in Jammu & Kashmir and had a good grounding in artistic pursuits due to the conducive atmosphere in his house. As he grew, he started enacting in cultural activities in the school and later on moved to radio. We have heard him broadcasting in All India Radio for the last 35 years and he has done a lot of activities including writing scripts, interviews, and going live on air. He says that knowledge of the language, self development and confidence are the key factors that can determine the career of a broadcaster. Modulation of voice and...

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Interview with Vishal Singh

Interview with Vishal Singh

He was into modelling before he went for an audition to act as an actor. Hailing from Bihar, he says he has to master the language and make sure that the pronunciation and delivery is what the director is looking for. He maintains that modelling and acting are altogether different and you need to fit in the shoes as per the requirements. He says that though he does not have much experience in acting, he has got so much to learn from the group that he is working with–Chandragupta Maurya. We present a telephonic interview with Vishal.

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Interview with Ashiesh Roy

Interview with Ashiesh Roy

He was born and brought up in Delhi and studied English literature before the passion of acting took over him and carried him to an altogether different journey from theater to films and TV. He likes to live life as it comes and tries to enjoy the moments. Focusing on his work and not worrying too much about the results is the mantra that he practices. He worked in theatre in Delhi and Mumbai before working in handful of films and many famous TV serials. He has also acted as the voice over artist for hundred of films. He...

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Interview with Bappi Lahiri

Interview with Bappi Lahiri

Have you seen somebody wearing black apparels, goggles and a huge weight of jewelery and still making dance moves. Oh yes, we are talking about the one and only Bappi Da. He was born in a music family and he lived up to the demands of what people expected from him; or should we say that he excelled at it. He introduced synthesized disco style to the Hindi film industry and went on to create multiple super hit songs with various artists. He has been doing it for the last 40 years and still continues to enthrall the audience....

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