Native Strokes

With more than 15 years of experience working in the corporate sector with big IT firms like Adobe, Oracle, HCL, etc. Fela Chawngthu will help us understand some of the myths or misunderstandings we have about the Private Sector Industry and how diverse it is. In this conversation, we talk about the career prospect, the challenges and the future. 

On September 4th, 2020, we recorded our first episode with Rudy Wallang and Jimmy Thang. Over the year we have produce 23 episodes with two seasons and going. I would like to thank every one of you who have helped us grow this podcast. In this anniversary episode, I and Chris talk about the pay differences across the globe for a graphic designer, how anyone can be taught the trade and what is important for many to keep business running. Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.If you enjoy the video or the podcast and would like to help produce more video, please consider subscribing to the channel membership or buy us a coffee at the below link:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tnss

Hailing from the tribal region of Arunachal Pradesh, India, Nabam has managed to forge an identity firmly in the vanguard of innovative artists while respecting and building on the deep roots of his culture. Nominated as one of India's “Top 5 Guitar Players” by Guitar Player Magazine in 2020, he utilizes his firm command of both voice and instrument to convey deeply personal narratives of introspection.Nabam's music has taken him throughout Asia to perform, including major festivals in India such as NH7 Weekender, Ziro Festival of Music and renowned venues like The Piano Man, High Spirits, and Evening Club. Having performed in the neighbouring countries of Bhutan, Singapore, and Myanmar, Takar has expanded his scope of touring, including appearances at New York City's Rockwood Music Hall and SoFar Sounds.www.takarnabam.comIf you enjoy the video or the podcast and would like to help produce more video, please consider subscribing to the channel membership or buy us a coffee at the below link:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tnss

Dropping KONE single, he changed the whole landscape of rap in northeast India and gave a new platform for all the artists. Hits like UNI have been able to cross boundaries across nations. G'nie talks about his views on the current music scene of northeast India, what artist needs to know. We explore in more in-depth his journey and experiences through life and what it is like to be G'nie If you enjoy the video or the podcast and would like to help produce more episode, please consider subscribing to the channel membership or buy us a coffee.

S02EP05 In Conversation with Jeremy Ralte | Singer-SongwriterListen beyond the comedy sketch and powerful vocals of Jeremy Ralte, the  Mizoram's 'cyclonic storm dancer', frontman of Stacy's Penitence. We talk about society, social media and also sang at some point. Check out Jeremy on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.l.ralte/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gISjq7h9K-mnH4paU4fyQCheck out Siruk Clothing:https://www.instagram.com/siruk.clothing/If you enjoy the video or the podcast and would like to help produce more video, please consider subscribing to the channel membership or buy us a coffee at the below link:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tnssPS: Due to some issue with our recording platform the audio in this video might not be up to the mark.

Tiakumzuk Aier, film director and director of the famous Dreamz Unlimited YouTube channel speaks about his experiences, how he got into the film making industry and lesson learnt in working on a feature film called Nana: A tale of us.His debut film Nana: A tale of us won the Edinburgh Festival of Indian Films and Documentaries for Golden Calton Best Director and 2021 Prag Cine Awards for Best Film North East.

In this episode, Rajiv and I had a conversation around his new book, Adventures of an Itinerant Executive, the India corporate culture and his 4+ decades career journey.  Rajiv is an IIM Ahmedabad graduate and business leader with international experience in Strategic Business and Market Research, Brand Management, Advertising, Consumer Banking, Mutual Funds, Credit Cards and Knowledge Management with blue-chip multinationals. These include Glaxo Smith Kline, J Walter Thompson, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Nielsen, the Kantar Group (IMRB, BMRB, LMRB) Egon Zehnder and Heidrick & Struggles. He has worked in the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Sri Lanka and India.   You can buy the book from https://notionpress.com/read/adventures-of-an-itinerant-executive 

In this episode, Anubha and I discuss her book, "Mother, Where's My Country?”, her experiences working with the media before being independent and how #NewsWorthy came into existence. Anubha is the Founder & Editor of NewsWorthy, former Executive Editor CNN-IBN, NDTV and ICFJ Knight Fellow, Fulbright Humphrey Fellow.Connect with NewsWorthyFacebook: https://bit.ly/3b0SkcMTwitter: https://bit.ly/3kwartSInstagram: https://bit.ly/2NBTUZJ Email: letter@newsworthy.studio 

To kick off season 2 of the podcast, we talk to Mangpu Tonsing & Cole Tonsing of Hornbill Cable Network about their journey on starting the first Cable Tv operation in Lamka town and how they sustain it through the years. 

In Conversation with Thanglianpau | President, Zomi Re-Unification Organisation (ZRO)This episode is in collaboration with StoriesAsia, a modern-day news publishing website that uses the power of the online visual medium to tell stories through a ‘new journalism' that involves engaging videos, films, photos, podcasts, and text.This episode will be the end of Season 1 of our podcast, we hope that you enjoy the series as much as we do. Read the text version of this podcast here:https://longform.storiesasia.org/in-conversation-with-thanglianpaunbsppresident-zomi-reunification-organisation-zro?source=share-storiesasiaLearn more about StoriesAsia:https://www.storiesasia.org/

In this episode, Pauzagin Tonsing, Director, Centre for Community Initiative and I talked about the issue and challenges faced by many parents and families in bringing up their loved ones who have disabilities. CCI envision to To create a healthy and just society with equal opportunities for all. They work towards building and strengthening society for health care, education, and socio-economic development through community initiatives and participation. They believe that each individual, communities, institutions, and government contribute in their own way of making the world a better place to live in.To learn more about CCI visit their website:https://communityinitiative.in/To Donate to them follow the below link:http://communityinitiative.in/support-us/

In this episode, Joyce Jambiakkim and I explore how she gets into Hotel Management, her thoughts on the role of women in the Paite community, and how women are perceived when they are more successful than man. We also discussed how one can get into studying Hotel Management, different career prospect and the diversity of the sector.

In this episode stevekid Valte and I had a conversation around his experiences being a professional touring musician and also managing Laizom Musika Label. Laizom Musika has a long history in the Paite speaking community of Lamka Town, currently, they are into copyright management across the digital streaming platform and other. stevekid Kid has played with many prominent artists around the country including Rabbi ShergillTo learn more about Laizom Musika and to get involved you can get in touch with them via contact@laizoms.com

In this episode, Mwanlal Tunglut from Mwanlal Music Production joined me in exploring his experiences as a musician and producer in Lamka Town. Sharing insights on his mistakes while launching his singing career and many more.

In this episode, Ashok Giri joined us to discuss this Calligraphy and his experiences in the Advertising Industry. Ash is a former Integrated Creative Director and co-founder of Joy & Ash Calligraphy.  He is an expert in 16th Century Copperplate Script, also known as Engrosser's Script.  His other areas of expertise include Gothic, Italics, Business Handwriting, Spencerian and Uncial Hand.  Currently, Ash teaches Copperplate/Engrosser's, Uncial and Gothic Lettering.

In this episode Design Director Sang Valte joined us all the way from Tokyo discussing design, culture, and his experiences. Sang is a self-taught designer from the beautiful state of Manipur in north-east India, a service and product design leader with 16+ years of experience in the IT and design industry.

In this episode, Victor and I had a conversation around his Video Podcast Show, life as a musician to understanding how copyrights for artist works in Mizoram. Victor is the founder and guitarist for the famous band Magdalene, The Scavenger Projects, the bands that gave us many memorable songs like Save Me, Life Beyond Death, etc. 

In this Episode, Ehsaan Noorani and I had a casual conversation on the northeast India music scene, how streamings have changed the music landscape and much more. Ehsaan is a part of the hugely successful trio Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy (SEL) -India's towering presence in the field of cinematic music and composition. His musical landscape, vast knowledge of music, an endless reservoir of melodic ideas, and ability to instantly create strong hooks; both vocal and on the guitar are only a sliver of his massive contribution to the musical tripod that is Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy!

This episode is in Paite/Zou. Duna Manlun, the man behind PichiNgiau Gaming, ilenlainou Media and I get together on a remote conversation discussing how he got into Motion Graphics, his career journey, his streaming sessions and how technology has evolved.

An innovative, multi-disciplined & award-winning creative director with practical expertise across a variety of mediums, technologies & sectors. Rich Thrift has led award-winning concepts in broadcast, branding, campaigns, copywriting, commercials, events and digital (including the world's first 360 degrees TV promo for iOS and broadcast - Winner Cannes Lion 2013). In this episode, our conversation revolves around, what's really changing in the design industry, the introduction of Ai and automation to how a designer can be more involved rather than taking the back seat in business.

In this episode, Francis and I talked and explore the misconceptions that many of us had in managing our personal finances, his career journey and how one can survive to work in the private sector. Francis and his wife have been running their own youtube channel where he speaks about finances along and his wife creates tutorials videos on how to cook famous northeast India foods.

A conversation with Dominique Falla, founder Typism Global Community and host of the Creative Spark Podcast. She is also known as the ‘Tactile Typographer', Dominique Falla has completed string typography commissions for Google, Bing, Penguin, Random House and Woolworths, all around the world. Her book Your Creative Superpower will be published next year.

In this episode, we talk to one of the Lamka's Top Photographer Biaklian Hauzel about his career and life's journey. As a multilingual podcast, this episode is in Paite language. Biaklian has done more than 100 weddings photoshoot and tons of music videos during his career, he shares some insights on the business and creative workflow.

Rudy Wallang from Soulmate, the biggest Blues band in India along with Jimmy Thang from Traffic Jam, the Delhi based band discuss with us the impact of this pandemic for the Musicians. Exploring, the role of the government, how technology could evolve for musicians, the new Soulmate album Give Love and what could be the new normal.