Candid Cafe with Raj‪!‬ Raj Gopal Iyer

An interesting conversation with Rajeev Raja, Advertising veteran, talented Flautist and Co-Founder of Brandmusiq. He talks about his childhood, his experiments with Cricket, Music and Advertising and how he and his team goes about providing their unique offering to brands through their venture Brandmusiq to help create sonic identities. He played some soothing music for us through his magical flute and gave us a sample of some of his work for brands such as Mastercard, HDFC, Vistara etc. You can also hear few of his tracks in this episode created by his music band Rajeev Raja Combine from their album - Cosmic Chants. Happy listening!!

Cricket has always been one of my favourite sports. I always had the dream of speaking to some of our leading cricketers, which became a reality when I had this interesting conversation with Kiran More, who spoke at length about how he started off with cricket, how his home town Baroda gifted India so many international cricketers, his experience of playing international cricket, his interactions with leading cricketers, his Plan B in case he hadn't become a cricketer, his current assignment with Mumbai Indians as Wicket Keeping Coach & Talent Scout, his prediction for many nations becoming cricket playing nations in addition to the existing ones, his favourite wicket keepers & his advice to youngsters who want to build a career in cricket and sports in general. Enjoy the conversation!

Vineet is making his childhood dream a reality now, his dream of creating music and being heard on radio all over the world! His songs are creating ripples in the US and European radio charts and millions of views on some of the digital platforms. A trained singer, an Engineer, a Harvard alumnus, a former Corporate Head honcho, he has come a full circle to achieve his dream of becoming an international music star. In this candid interview with me, Vineet talks about his early days, his experience in the corporate sector and how he is going about creating international chart toppers. We discussed the impact of the pandemic on artists and the music industry overall. He also provides valuable advice to youngsters who want to create music and get recognised globally. We also speak about his songs and play some of his big hits, in this show. Happy listening!

Story telling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world. Stories make it possible for us to be humans. Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story! In this interesting interview with Ameen Haque, we explore the magic of story telling - in marketing, politics and in our day today lives. Also, listen to couple of amazing stories that he tells in his magical voice. Enjoy the show! Cheers!

Check out this interesting interview where Santosh Iyer, Head of India Sales & Marketing at Mercedes Benz speaks about his childhood, education, early days of his career, his work at Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz India business, his dream car, his favourite food, his favourite movie, his kind of music, favourite holiday destination, hobbies, his bucket list, his adventures and his success mantra!

As we are in the midst of a lot of sporting action, it'll be interesting to look at the stories of some of the great sportsmen & women who created history despite faced with massive challenges. The people I have covered in my story are - Dr.Glenn Cunningham, the great American athlete; Michael Jordan, the great American Basketball player; Sandeep Singh, the Indian Hockey player; Kieran Behan, the Irish Gymnast; Stan Smith, the American Tennis player; Frances Tiafoe, the American Tennis player; Ravindra Jadeja, the Indian cricketer; Milkha Singh, the great Indian athlete; P.T.Usha, the great Indian athlete; Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the Indian cricketer; M.S.Dhoni, the Indian cricketer; Khashaba Jadhav, the great Indian Wrestler; Bethany Hamilton, the American Surfer; Lance Armstrong, the great American Cyclist; Mary Kom, the Indian Boxing wonder!!