It's a conversation, a chit-chat, debate and sometimes even a gossip. But it AIN'T a dull Interview. Abhimanyu, a fiction writer and a poet, invites athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, authors, designers, experts from various other fields and lets the conversation flow, like water.
Sehej Maini is an Indian Powerlifter who won a Bronze medal at Powerlifting World Championship under 43kg at Sweden, 2019. She is an aspiring weightlifter, an avid Traveller and has also featured on the famous Reality TV show Roadies.
Maitri Ramaiya is a nutritionist and an inch loss expert. On this episode of the podcast we discussed unhealthy nutritional practices in the film and glamour industry. We spoke about Maitri’s new holistic approach to health and well being which includes nutrition, workout and various kinds of mediations, relation ship meditation, financial meditation to name a few. And of course we spoke about the Carnivore diet, something that I jumped on recently and will be following it the entire month of Feb.
SHRADDHA Borawake is a Visual ARTIST, Nomadic Thinker and a PHOTOGRAPHER from Pune City. Her latest work Garb-Age is a compendium of mind bending visuals and sounds that emphasises on listening to the voice of the voiceless i.e. objects, things, trash, matter and matters. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mGBdgSRJ8yU
Rajan Bhosle is a restaurateur who runs Pune city's well known 108 Lifestyle Cafe. Rajan is also a spiritual seeker and a student of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Moojibaba.
Ritu Malhotra is a Life Coach, Counsellor and a Metaphysician. Ritu is also the founder of Ajna Center for Learning: https://youtu.be/AX-W-Y7hEWc
Nupur Chaudhuri is a Pole Athlete who owns and instructs at Pune's first pole studio called 4 Poles Pune. She is also a partner at a bar called Mr. Rabbit's Bar and Burrow
Vahbiz Bharucha is the current Captain of India Rugby women's team (7s and 15s). Vahbiz is also a practising Physiotherapist and a Tedx Speaker.
Raushan Verma is a Singer, a song writer and a composer. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raushan.verma/
Rehan Poncha is an Olympian and a Six-time National Swimming Champion who has received the prestigious Arjuna Award and Eklavya Award. Rehan now plays golf and trains to represent India at the Olympics as a Golf player. He is also a Travel Writer and a Motivational Speaker. SOCIALS Rehan Poncha (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/rehanponcha/?hl=en Ainterview(Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/?hl=en
Anuj "The Earth Shaker" Chetwani is a powerlifting champion. The strongest 21 year old I have ever met. He is currently number 1 in Pune, number 1 in Maharashtra, number 5 in India and is poised to become one of the best Powerlifters in the country and even represent India at the international stage.
Dhruv Chaudhuri is a Martial artist, a plant-based Fitness trainer, a Calisthenic professional and a Superbike enthusiast. Inspired by the great Bruce Lee and his fighting philosophy known as Jeet kune do or JKD aka "the way of the intercepting fist" Dhruv has created his own self defence technique called "The art of fighting" that he practices and teaches.
Hrridaysh Deshpande is the Director of Ajeenkya DY Patil University Pune. He is a consultant advisor to India Design Council (IDC), he is the member of CII National Committee on Design and Hrridaysh is aisles an innovation facilitator who assists leading companies with business innovation strategies.
An anecdote about why I stopped bursting firecrackers on Diwali. The life changing incident took place in New delhi.
Vishvesh Desai is a Serial-Entrepreneur, a comic book fanboy, a history geek and a Martial Arts enthusiast. He is the founder of MMA Syndicate India. MMA Syndicate India is poised to be an MMA gym and a performance centre for professional fighters and martial arts enthusiasts of all ages. Vishvesh is also the founder and CEO of a creative agency called Ideascope. LINKS and SOCIALS Vishvesh Desai: https://www.instagram.com/vishveshdesai/ MMA Syndicate India: https://www.instagram.com/mmasyndicateindia/?hl=en Ainterview with Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/ Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/
Gobind Singh is a Senior Analyst in Operations at Master Card and a model for top designers, TVC’s, campaigns, catalogues, etc. He has worked with big banners like Myntra, Coca Cola, Cinthol and many others. Gobind is a fitness freak, a passionate football lover and a blogger. SOCIALS: Instagram Gobind: https://www.instagram.com/gobindsingh... Ainterview: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/... Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/
Raj Vikram aka Kenyan Lion is graphic designer turned fitness coach. Born and raised in Mombasa, Kenya Raj currently freelances as a fitness coach and a personal trainer in Pune, India. Raj is also a Pro Bodybuilder. Instagram Raj Vikram: https://www.instagram.com/kenyan_lion/ Ainterview: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/ Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/
Rohan Kapadia is a start up genius who is currently building Eskopop, a successful startup that sells Ice creams or Popsicles with no preservatives, artificial flavours or harmful colours in Pune, Mumbai, Gujarat, Chennai and Bangalore. Rohan studies cultural influences on consumer behaviour, he consults startups. He is also an ardent mythology reader, a motorcyclist adventurer, a whopping 9 time softball champion and an amateur barista. Listen to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kvpwr3cf1LEeLLno8XEM7 Castbox: https://bit.ly/2OpZrlo SOCIALS (INSTAGRAM) Rohan Kapadia: https://www.instagram.com/rohankapadia/ Eskopop: https://www.instagram.com/eskopopindia/?hl=en Ainterview with Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/?hl=en Abhimanyu Jamwal: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/
Naman Vijay Sharma is an ardent instagrammer and a lifestyle blogger who (On her Instagram) talks about food, travel, fitness, training & diet and also shares her unapologetic opinions on various social issues. In this conversation, Naman and I spoke about: 1) Her confession of once being an instagram addict and how she got over it. 2) Why did Instagram take her first account down 3) Her passion for sharing her experiences from visiting all the famous restaurants, cafe's and hangout places. 4) Her passion for fitness i.e. training and healthy eating. 5) Her auditions for MTV Roadies and Yash Raj Productions SOCIALS (Instagram) Naman: https://www.instagram.com/namanvijays... Girl Knows her food: https://www.instagram.com/girlknowshe... Ainterview: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/... Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/
Prachi Deshpande is a Stress Management Consultant and an Author. She provides 121 counselling, Reiki healing & training and conducts workshops that help people improve their confidence, self-esteem, overcome public speaking anxiety and procrastination. This conversation was about: 1. How Prachi, a mathematician, turned into a Stress Management Consultant. 2. Stress in Teenagers and Young adults caused by appearance anxiety or career choices. 3. Remedies that she provides including Reiki healing, Flower therapy, Music therapy and stress buster chocolates. 4. What goes through the mind of a person who decides to end his or her life. SOCIALS (Instagram & Facebook): Prachi: https://www.instagram.com/prachi_goodbyestress/ Ainterview: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/ Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/ Goodbye Stress (Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/pg/GoodbyeStress/about/?ref=page_internal Ainterview with Abhimanyu (Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/Ainterview-with-Abhimanyu-2073247506062760/
Dipankur Sharma is a football coach and a diehard Arsenal FC fan who did his Masters in High Performance football from Barcelona and during his training had the opportunity to see Messi and Suarez play, live. In this conversation Abhimanyu and Dipankur aka Deepu discuss fundamentals of football, some of the most memorable moments in international soccer history and since both are old friends they discuss some drunk stories as well. Instagram: Dipankur: https://www.instagram.com/dipankur_sharma/?hl=en Ainterview: https://www.instagram.com/ainterview/?hl=en Abhimanyu: https://www.instagram.com/ajamwal7/
Aparajita Jamwal is lawyer who practices in Jammu High Court and Trail Court, Jammu and Kashmir. As cliched as it may sound, Aparajita always wanted to study law, litigate and do good for the community. Aparajita is also Abhimanyu's childhood friend. Abhimanyu and Appu (as Abhimanyu calls her) discussed: 1. Nuances of a rape case, 2. A lawyer's job and life as a lawyer 3. Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which also is Aparajita's forte with 99.9% success rate. 4. And of course a lot of gossip and college memories.