Rock The Talk

Rock the Talk: RJ Adarsh in conversation with author Ramjee Chandran about his latest book, 'For No Reason At All'. Tune in to uncover the story behind the silicon metal controversy! 🏢 📚

Curious about some lesser-known facts from the Silicon City? 🏢 🌇 Catch RJ Adarsh in conversation with Mr Ramjee Chandran as they explore the fascinating history behind Bangalore’s iconic landmarks and his podcast series, 'The History of Bangalore'. 🎤✨

Rock the Talk with author, Kaveri Sinhji about her book ‘Bangalorean’ 😄 which celebrates Bengaluru and its culture and more. Check it out✨

From serve strategies to off-court passions, dive into Rock The Talk with Rohan Bopanna where we explore the game and more.

RJ Rohit caught up with author and journalist, Shoba Narayan, about her new book 'Namma Bangalore' and more!

RJ Rohit caught up with technologist and author, Carl Malamud, about developing the first internet radio station, Bangalore Lit Fest and more!

RJ Rohit caught up with content creator, Vickypedia about content creation, collaborations and so much more! Vikas, who is known as Vickypedia, is an Instagram and YouTube content creator. He started with live theatre performance, but when the pandemic happened, he switched to social media platforms. He works with a team that comes up with ideas for content and then focuses on the production value of his content. His team used all the drawbacks that people face while making videos, and switched to better alternatives to present better content. Image Courtesy: Twitter Vickypedia has collaborated with multiple content creators. He likes to work with people with similar interests and therefore, thinks he and Raghu Vine would be able to create good content together. According to him, content creators could focus on emotional nuance to reach a larger audience. Vikas also loves working online because of how democratic and interactive it is, unlike other mediums like television. Image Courtesy: Twitter RJ Rohit caught up with content creator, Vickypedia about content creation, collaborations and so much more. Check it out! – Riya Sohini

RJ Rohit caught up with Kartiki Gonsalves about her Oscar winning documentary, 'The Elephant Whisperers’ on World Environment Day! Kartiki Gonsalves was born and raised in Ooty. She is an Indian photographer and documentary filmmaker. Kartiki excels in nature and wildlife photography and has been acknowledged by Sony as an Artisan of Imagery India. Image Courtesy: IMDb Gonsalves has also operated cameras for Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel. She is the director of the documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers', which was produced by Guneet Monga, Douglas Blush and Achin Jain. A 30-minute drive from where Gonsalves was raised, the 41-minute documentary was made at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp. The movie won the Best Documentary Short Film Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards. The film was the first from India to receive the honour. Image Courtesy: Netflix RJ Rohit had a chat with Kartiki Gonsalves about the making of the documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers’ and so much more. Check it out! – Riya Sohini

RJ Rohit had a chat with content creator, Raghu Vine Store about his content and how he got into it. Raghu Gowda is famous for making short comic videos. Raghu's page, ‘Raghu Vine Store’ is well-liked by his followers. During COVID-19 lockdown, Raghu reportedly became a digital phenomenon. His popularity increased to the point where he was asked to appear on the reality TV programme 'Big Boss Kannada 8', which marked a significant turning point in his life. Image Courtesy: Wiki Bio Raghu was aware that he did not wish to pursue a profession in computer applications even after earning his degree. He joined a company and spent seven years working in the corporate sector, then worked as a freelancer for various social media networks and started his own channel. He posted brief videos to Facebook, which helped him gain popularity on social media through content creation. Raghu is one of the most gifted artists of this generation and has a terrific sense of humour. He has produced a wide range of content, including food vlogs, product reviews, celebrity interviews and humourous videos. Through his ingenuity, his manner of speaking, and the way he creates the videos, Raghu has captured the hearts of a million Kannadigas over the past couple of years. Image Courtesy: Times of India RJ Rohit had a chat with content creator, Raghu Vine Store about his content, how he got into it and so much more! Check it out! --Riya Sohini

Rock The Talk Special : A Digital Media Masterclass with Anu Karagada💁🏻‍♀️✨

RJ Niladri caught up with author and motivational speaker, Dr. Nitya Prakash about his love for literature, his inspirations and his new book! Dr. Nitya Prakash was born and raised in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He pursued an undergraduate degree from the University of Lucknow, before taking up an Executive Management programme from K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. Prakash then pursued a post graduate diploma in Banking Management from ICICI Manipal Academy, Bangalore. In his own words, he is a “ferocious reader”, who owns more than 4,000 books in his personal library. He is a prolific writer who has written youth awakening articles in Times of India and other magazines. He has received many awards including 'Karmaveer Puraskar', 2016, 'India Star Icon Award', 2019, 'Rashtra Prerna Award', 2019 and 'Torchbearer' Award, 2019. Image Courtesy: Wikipedia Dr. Nitya Prakash is an all-rounder! He is a writer, banker, management expert, investment consultant, software engineer, motivational speaker and a media man. He has authored some of the best-selling books in India including the romantic novel ‘Dear, I Hate You’, thriller fiction ‘R.I.P. In The Name of Love’, popular fiction ‘Little Lucknow’, medical thriller ‘AntiNational’ and romantic fiction ‘Letters to Mira’. He has received immense love and appreciation from his fans, including the time when Michelle Obama quoted him. Image Courtesy: Goodreads RJ Niladri had a chat with the jack of all trades, Dr. Nitya Prakash🤩 He spoke about his new book📙 his inspirations😍and more. Check it out😄 – Riya Sohini

RJ Niladri had a chat with Devdutt Pattanaik, a mythologist from Mumbai, India. He is also known to be a speaker, illustrator and author on Hindu sacred lore, legends, folklore, fables and parables. Devdutt’s work is mostly centred on religion, mythology and management. His most well-known books are ‘Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology’, ‘Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata’, and ‘Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana’ and ‘My Gita’. Image Courtesy: Telegraph India He has authored books on the importance of sacred stories, symbols and rituals in current times. The Mahabharata and the Ramayana have been used by Pattanaik in human resource management. Pattanaik writes columns for Mid-Day, Times of India, CN Traveller, Daily O and Scroll.in. For 14 years, Pattanaik worked in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. In his leisure time, he wrote mythology-related articles and books, which he later turned into his full-time job. In 1997, his debut book ‘Shiva: An Introduction’ was released. Most of Pattanaik’s books are illustrated by him. Image Courtesy: Governance Now Pattanaik has worked with the Star TV network on mythological TV shows including ‘Mahabharata’ and ‘Siya Ke Ram’, which have questioned accepted interpretations of the stories and provided fresh perspectives. RJ Niladri had a conversation with author, Devdutt Pattanaik about his work and so much more! Check it out below! —Silviya.Y

RJ Rohit caught up with former badminton player/ badminton coach, Arvind Bhat.

RJ Rohit struck up a conversation with Sidharth Kadadi who is a multi-award-winning guitarist and founding member of India's top Heavy Metal band, 'Zygnema.'

RJ Niladri had an interesting conversation with Shaaz Jung, a Nat Geo Wildlife cinematographer, photographer and big cat specialist.

Former senior primetime news anchor, financial correspondent, producer, and Chief Editor-Auto – Siddharth has worn many hats during his many years at NDTV. He conceived all the automobile-based content for the NDTV network - including the annual carandbike Awards and used to head the Auto Prime band of programming launched in 2014. He was a key driver behind carandbike.com – already the country's 2nd largest auto portal. Siddharth also created India’s biggest auto quiz, which ran for 7 seasons – the Mahindra AQ. Besides all this, Siddharth is the first Asian journalist to be appointed as a Director on the Steering Committee for the prestigious World Car Awards in 2016. He has served on that jury since 2011 and is now Executive Director of World Car Awards since 2020. He is also Editor-in-Chief of carandbike. Now as car and bike celebrate completion on 900 episodes RJ Rohit caught up with Siddharth Vinayak Patankar to talk everything about the journey of car and bike, EV revolution formula 1 and all things automobiles. Click below to watch the full video.

RJ Melbin caught up with Entrepreneur, Public speaker, Angel investor, and YouTuber Ankur Warikoo.