1 hr 11 min
Sumanto Chattopadhyay: Living Creatively The Closet Writer Chronicles
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- Arts
The episode opens with Sumanto's thoughts on storytelling. He shares how he ended up getting three academic degrees and some really fun anecdotes from his days as a university student. Later we talk about his time in advertising and some of the projects he's worked on. He talks about retirement and how he continues to find things he wants to work on. We chat about his passion project, 'The English Nut', his book and his plans of acting on screen! The episode ends with an excerpt from a short story written & narrated by Sumanto.
Sumanto Chattopadhyay is a creative consultant and the creator of ‘The English Nut’, a platform that highlights interesting facts about the English language! He is the former chairman & chief creative officer of 82.5 Communications, Ogilvy Group, and he was the executive creative director, of Ogilvy, South Asia. He is also an actor and is currently in the process of writing his first book. He has a Bachelor's in Economics and two Master's degrees - one in applied mathematics and the second being an MBA! You can find him on Instagram @theenglishnut and YouTube @TheEnglishNut
Sangeetha Menon a.k.a.The Moody Marshmallow is a writer, editor and podcaster. She currently handles the rights portfolio at Tulika Publishers, where she finds new avenues for stories to travel. She has worked with organisations like Bound, Karadi Tales, and Carve Magazine to name a few. You can find her on Instagram: @marshmallow.musings and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/menonsangeetha/
Mentions: Rabindranath Tagore, Sound Of Music, Sukumar Ray, Abol Tabol, Satyajit Ray, IIM, Emily Wapnick, Raymond’s, Rahul Bose, White Light, IAPA, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Hamnet by Maggie O Farrel, Hamlet by Shakespeare, magic realism, Piyush Pandey, TEDx, Boman Irani, Chaar Adhyay, Is Raat Hi Subah Nahi Hogi, Sudhir Mishra, Buddha, Juhi Chaturvedi, Soojit Sarkar, Mousetrap, Agatha Christie, Berea College, McGill University, Clemson University
Social Media:
Instagram - @theclosetwriterchronicles
Twitter - @TheMoodyMarsh
Email - theclosetwriterchronicles@gmail.com
Music:
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
The episode opens with Sumanto's thoughts on storytelling. He shares how he ended up getting three academic degrees and some really fun anecdotes from his days as a university student. Later we talk about his time in advertising and some of the projects he's worked on. He talks about retirement and how he continues to find things he wants to work on. We chat about his passion project, 'The English Nut', his book and his plans of acting on screen! The episode ends with an excerpt from a short story written & narrated by Sumanto.
Sumanto Chattopadhyay is a creative consultant and the creator of ‘The English Nut’, a platform that highlights interesting facts about the English language! He is the former chairman & chief creative officer of 82.5 Communications, Ogilvy Group, and he was the executive creative director, of Ogilvy, South Asia. He is also an actor and is currently in the process of writing his first book. He has a Bachelor's in Economics and two Master's degrees - one in applied mathematics and the second being an MBA! You can find him on Instagram @theenglishnut and YouTube @TheEnglishNut
Sangeetha Menon a.k.a.The Moody Marshmallow is a writer, editor and podcaster. She currently handles the rights portfolio at Tulika Publishers, where she finds new avenues for stories to travel. She has worked with organisations like Bound, Karadi Tales, and Carve Magazine to name a few. You can find her on Instagram: @marshmallow.musings and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/menonsangeetha/
Mentions: Rabindranath Tagore, Sound Of Music, Sukumar Ray, Abol Tabol, Satyajit Ray, IIM, Emily Wapnick, Raymond’s, Rahul Bose, White Light, IAPA, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Hamnet by Maggie O Farrel, Hamlet by Shakespeare, magic realism, Piyush Pandey, TEDx, Boman Irani, Chaar Adhyay, Is Raat Hi Subah Nahi Hogi, Sudhir Mishra, Buddha, Juhi Chaturvedi, Soojit Sarkar, Mousetrap, Agatha Christie, Berea College, McGill University, Clemson University
Social Media:
Instagram - @theclosetwriterchronicles
Twitter - @TheMoodyMarsh
Email - theclosetwriterchronicles@gmail.com
Music:
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
1 hr 11 min