When We Met

As Niklas Goke mentions, “The amateur tries to sync his art with inspiration. The pro knows that inspiration will sync with him once he sits down to write.” In this week's #WhenWeMet Podcast episode we break some myths about how to maintain productivity as a creator. Being an artist is not a robotic activity that we can churn out creativity 24/7 365 days, it is really about how we can use creativity as a muscle instead as a gift. You can listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Hubhopper or any other podcast. For any questions related to the podcast, please feel free to reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this week’s episode of When We Met podcast, Pawan Rochwani was in conversation with Trina Talukdar and Jahnavi Jayanth, Co-Founders of Bolti Bandh an organisation that seeks to de-polarise our internet conversations and how we interact with people unlike us. Trina is the Co-founder of Bolti Bandh and a community leader. She is also the Co-founder of Kranti, an organisation that transforms girls from Mumbai’s Red Light Areas into agents of social change. Jahnavi is the Co-founder of Bolti Bandh, a dancer, and a cat mom. She describes herself as an opinionated person and is therefore trying to grow this community that listens to those with opposing views into a movement to bring harmony and solidarity in our communities. To know more about them visit their website https://boltibandh.org/ You can also listen to this podcast on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, Hubhopper, Gaana, JioSaavn, or on Platform For Artists YouTube channel.

In this week's episode of When We Met Podcast by Platform For Artists, we talk to Richa Singh, the Co-Founder and CEO of Blogchatter about Blogging in the age of Social Media. About the Guest Richa describes herself as an Entrepreneur. She feels the word entrepreneur captures the essence of everything she does, whether it's enterprising on things, or building a community. She is a blogger, Co-Founder and CEO of Blogchatter. Apart from that, she is also a qualified engineer. About the Show When We Met is a weekly podcast show which talks about India's Art Scene and how we could use the internet tools to build a better creative community in the country. For any questions or suggestions related to the show please reach to us on Instagram @platformforartists. https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this week’s episode of When We Met, Pawan Rochwani was in conversation with Anirudh Singla, Co-Founder and CEO of Pepper Content. They talk about the evolution of content and the freelance culture in India. “Every company is going to be a content company because, in a sea of companies, content, community, and commerce are 3 key pillars upon which any business is going to be built. And community and commerce are going to be enabled by content” says Anirudh You can listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Hubhopper, Gaana, Jio Saavn or even on YouTube. For any questions or suggestions please feel free to DM us on IG @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

Firstly a very Joyous and Safe Diwali to everyone celebrating. We hope you are staying indoors and spending time with your loved ones! We know this year was hard, and even our celebrations are not as grand and fun as we would want them to be, but we are grateful to 2020 for teaching us what we are truly capable of, and for making us realise the indomitable spirit of humankind. Pawan Rochwani was in conversation with Kshitija Sarda in this week's episode of When We Met, and they discussed what community and sense of belonging means to them. They spoke about their experiences in dealing with the pandemic and the role PFA played in helping artists during the crisis. You can listen to #WhenWeMetPodcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Hubhopper etc. For any questions related to the podcast or community updates please DM us Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this weeks episode of our podcast When We Met we speak to Rapti Gupta who is Content Marketing Head at Instamojo and we talk about how small business owners can use social media to scale their business on the internet. You can check out UNSEEN 4.0 an online flea market by Platform For Artists and Instamojo on this link https://www.pfaindia.com/unseen For any questions or suggestions related to When We Met Podcast feel free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In the Season 3 Episode 4 of our Podcast When We Met, we talk to Akash Gehani, the Co-Founder and COO of Instamojo to know how they are helping small business owners in the country. Platform For Artists in partnership with Instamojo have come up with UNSEEN 4.0, an online flea market to support artists during this festive season. If you want to know more about UNSEEN an online flea market please visit us on Instagram @platformforartists

In the third episode of season 3 of When We Met Podcast by Platform For Artists, Pawan Rochwani talks about Why it is important to learn how to say NO? If you want to read more about this topic, just click on this blog link by Shubhangi Singh https://www.pfaindia.com/post/artists-say-no-to-exposure For any questions or suggestions for this podcast please DM us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In the second episode of season 3 of our podcast When We Met, we speak to Nikhil Taneja about social media, mental health, Community Building and India Film Project. Nikhil is Co-Founder and CEO of Yuvaa Community, he is also the Festival Creative Director of India Film Project. You can even read more about the episode on our weekly blog from this link https://www.pfaindia.com/post/when-we-met-nikhil-taneja For any other questions, please feel free to reach out to us on hello@pfaindia.com or just reach to us on Instagram @platformforartists

We are back with season 3 of our podcast When We Met and what better topic to talk about on #WorldMentalHealthDay than addressing some common mental health challenges that artists face currently. You can know more about this from the blog link here https://www.pfaindia.com/post/mentalwellbeing-of-artists And if you have any suggestions or questions about the podcast please reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

We started this season by talking about Creative Burnout Problem and we want to end this season by reminding you all 'Why it is important to take a break?' One thing that we recently learned was that 'Expression is a reward in itself' so it's okay that we might lose out on the momentum and engagement with the show because of this small little break but THAT IS OKAY. We are doing this for the sake of talking about important topics and spreading awareness. But you all take care, stay safe and stay indoors. For any questions feel free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this week's episode of our podcast When We Met, we talk to Ritam Bhatnagar who is the Founder of India Film Project. Platform For Artists is the Community Partner for the 10th season of IFP. You can know more about the festival from the below link https://linktr.ee/platformforartists For any questions related the show or the episode please DM us directly on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In the 14th episode of our podcast When We Met, we talk to 8 brilliant artists who are part of UNSEEN, an online flea market by Platform For Artists We have Mamta Joseph from Salt 'n' Light World, Zeba Imran Ibrahim from Prop Wagon, Nida Shaikh from Crazy Creative, Ayesha Kazi from The Kazi Motto, Monika Goyal from Etoile Crafts, Pallavi Sinha from Inked Glasses, Shibani Chattopadhyay from Ishibanart and Pranjali Gore from Girgit by Pranjali All these artists are part of UNSEEN, an online flea market by Platform For Artists and you all can check it out on https://www.pfaindia.com/unseen For any questions, reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/ Cover Art Illustration by Mamta Joseph

#VocalForLocalwithPFA UNSEEN is an online flea market by Platform For Artists, visit here https://www.pfaindia.com/unseen In the 13th episode of our podcast When We Met, we speak to 10 artists who are part of UNSEEN, an online flea market. Janaki Lele's Candidcuts, Abhishek Tiwari aka nomadbawa, Rabraj Saimy aka The Schizoid Painter, Noopur Mishra aka drapes_and_thoughts, Aditi from The Phoenix Company, Doodles by Gonica Khanna, Kasturi from moromereofficial, Ayeshwarya.R.K from Collagezine, Meticulo Designs by Pinaki Babar, and Vyoma Sheth from Studio Typerwriter For any questions related to the online flea market, please feel free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/ You can also visit UNSEEN, an online flea market from the below link https://www.pfaindia.com/unseen Covert Art Illustration by Mamta from Salt 'n' Light

This is the 12th Episode of our podcast When We Met where we talk to 8 artists who are part of the online flea market that is curated by Platform For Artists. We speak to Bandana Kaur Kohli, Diparati Sen, Shruti Jain, Akila Srikrishnan, Surabhi Chowdhary, Aparna Singh, Neha Chandrashekar and Priyadarshini S Jain who are part of the UNSEEN, an online flea market. You can visit the flea from the below link https://www.pfaindia.com/unseen To register as a small business owners or for any other questions, please DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this short and candid episode, Pawan Rochwani shares about UNSEEN an online flea market that we are curating on our website www.pfaindia.com/unseen For any questions or suggestions feel free to reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this week's episode of our podcast When We Met we talk to 10 different artists from diverse background to understand how they turned this crisis into an opportunity. A big shout out to Ghazal Khanna, Gargi Datar, Ashutosh Mane, Gaurav Pawan Sipani, Aniya Varghese, Nishant Dalvi, Varsha Kichilu, Kavya Saxena, Indrajit Patil and Diksha Anand for being part of this and talking about their lockdown experience with the entire community. For any questions related this episode reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this week's episode of our podcast When We Met, Pawan G Rochwani talks to Gaurav Tophakhane and Uddipan, Adhiraj and Robert from the band As We Keep Searching about How COVID-19 has affected India's Music Scene? You can listen to this episode on YouTube/ Facebook/ Google Podcast/ Apple Podcast/ Hubhopper/ Gaana/ Anchor or any other podcast app from around the world. For any questions related to the episode feel free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/ Take care you all and keep supporting the show.

In this week's episode of our podcast 'When We Met' we talk to Nirnay Chowdhary who is the Co-Founder of PubNinja, a subscription based platform for creators. With the uncertainties of COVID-19 for offline gigs and changing algorithms of social media platforms, lives of artists have been absurd in terms of financial stability, so can we adapt a subscription based business model? When We Met is a weekly podcast for the creative community where we talk about topics like Freelance Culture of India, How to grow as an artist?, COVID-19 and it's effect on India's art scene. https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/ For any questions or suggestions for topics, please write to us on hello@pfaindia.com

In this week's episode of our podcast 'When We Met' Pawan Rochwani talks to Kshitija Sarda about what opportunities are available for artists in the lockdown and how the PFA Community is helping serve these opportunities to the artists. You can connect to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/ To read the blog on #callout culture or #cancel culture, check the below link https://www.pfaindia.com/post/calloutculture

What are some growth hacks for artists? In the sixth episode of our podcast 'When We Met' we speak to Sindhu Biswal who is a Senior Growth Marketer at Dice Media, Filter Copy and Gobble which are different content verticals of Pocket Aces. Listen to this conversation to know more about how leading content companies create content which is more data driven and not just gut driven. For any questions related to the episode, reach out to us on our Instagram page @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

The responsibility of creating awareness and helping artists is on each one of us who associate themselves with the word ‘artist’ or to talk in the millennial style who have written the word ‘Artist’ in their Instagram bio. In this week’s episode of our podcast ‘When We Met’ we talk to celebrity tattoo artist Vikas Malani and Lokesh Verma about how COVID-19 has affected India’s tattoo industry and what the future looks like. For any questions reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

"The rules of the current gig economy were made by these middlemen and have never been changed since. We should be able to work freely, without a middle man." This is Part Two of the topic 'The Gig Economy and Freelance Culture in India' where we have two guests on this episode. We got 2 serious into the topic (If you get the pun here) Shelby Stephens who is the Co-Founder & CEO of a professional network of gig workers based out of US called Jolly and Sanjay Lakhotia is the Co- Founder of Noble House, a gig marketplace. New episode of the podcast 'When We Met' releases every Friday, for any questions or suggestions or recommendations feel free to DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In this week's episode of our podcast we talk about something that we strongly care about and believe in, The Gig Economy and Freelance Culture of India. This is the part one of the topic and the next one will release on 19th June. You can register for our webinar 'Growth Hacks for Artists' on the below link https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/growth-hacks-for-artists-by-pawan-rochwani/ET00132846 Kavan Antani who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Indiefolio Network is part of this episode, you can know about them through the below link https://www.indiefolio.com/ For any question DM us on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists

"Those who love peace should organize as effectively as who love war" How can we contribute to help fight COVID-19 crisis? How can we do more than just putting Instagram Stories in the name of awareness? How can artists help fight the COVID-19 crisis? The lines of being an activist and being a social media influencer are so blur right now that we just want to write *@#$%*(&@*!@ Listen to this episode to know what creators around the world are doing to fight COVID-19 You can visit the website of #DesignFightsCovid from this link https://designfightscovid.com/ You can know the references for this episode on 8th June on https://www.pfaindia.com/blogs For any other questions reach out to us on Instagram @platformforartists

Our brain is not a perpetual motion machine that we can churn out creativity from it 24/7 365 days, we need to take a break. In this week’s episode of our podcast ’When We Met’ we talk about The Creative Burnout Problem and how to get rid of it. My name is Pawan Rochwani and this show is produced by Platform For Artists and is supported by all our community members. For any questions related to the podcast, feel free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists

This is the 16th episode of our podcast When We Met, and we will back with season two after a small break. These COVID19 times have been really tough for us as well and we just want to take a short break to make sure we are taking care of our friends, family and ourselves too. There will always be work, it will always seem like this is not the best time to take a break but we think it will be like this forever. If you are building something passionately, you never want to take a break from that even when you know you need it. So we don't want to do that mistake and we would suggest you don't do it either. Thank you to Eshan from the Zostel team, Bhavik Mehta from Thinkin Birds and Kshitija Sarda for being part of this episode, your appreciation uplifts us and makes us stronger. For any questions related to the podcast write to our host Pawan Rochwani on pawan@pfaindia.com

We are completing three years of our community in April and we wanted to host a virtual celebration party for you all. We have 7 guests and the host of the show Pawan Rochwani on the episode. For any questions related to the podcast reach out to us on Instagram DM https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/ To get a free ebook of UNREAD 2019 visit the below link and use code UnreadInQuarantine https://www.pfaindia.com/pfastore

Poetry will help you pass this quarantine and that is why we are giving our book UNREAD 2019 as a free ebook. Go to www.pfaindia.com/pfastore and use the coupon code UnreadInQuarantine to get this ebook for free in your email address, for any difficulty with the download please write to us on contact@pfaindia.com This episode is curated by Irtika Kazi and you will listen to 5 poets reciting their piece You can find these poets on Instagram Irtika - @irtika.kazi Niranjan Pedenekar - @niranzone Archana - @archanadanish2704 Shubh Tripathi - @bawal_shubh Manisha Manhas - @manisha_manhas Or you can just find all of them tagged in the latest post on our page @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

The world is going through a pandemic and we do not want to divert the attention from the seriousness of this disease. In this week's episode of our podcast we talk to Shachi Sutaria who is a fact checker for health news at BOOM Fact Check. It is an organization which debunks misinformation and fake news. Listen to this episode to understand more about the pandemic COVID19 and if you have questions related to the episode, hit us a DM on Instagram @platformforartists https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

We decided to do an AMA session through our Instagram page and got some pretty interesting questions for this episode. This episode also has a video on our Instagram page and YouTube, just search @platformforartists Stay safe, Wash your Hands and keep listening to 'When We Met'

International Women's Day 2020 episode. In this episode we talk to Aparna Vedapuri Singh who is the Founder and Chief Editor of the community Women's Web. Women’s Web began in 2010 with one woman’s conviction that women were more interested in the world around them than conventional magazines gave them credit for. Women’s Web is a media tech company in the business of producing great content that inspires, and enables brands to reach a targeted digital audience. Women’s Web enables women to share real stories, and is a leading resource for women in India – online as well as ‘in the real world’ over creative event formats. For any questions related to the podcast, DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

When We Met La Kheer Deli 'No matter how full you are, there is always room for dessert. Dessert goes to the heart!' In this episode of podcast we talk to creative entrepreneur Shivang Sood who is the Co Founder La Kheer Deli and now is adding global flavours to the traditional Indian dessert, Kheer! Listen to the episode if you want to know more about this delicious dessert and if you are from Pune, go order this from any online delivery app. For any questions related to the podcast, DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

In the 9th episode of our podcast we talk to Shakti Shetty who is caught between words and thoughts at Zomato. He is also one of the writers of #UNREAD2020 and if you haven't got the copy of the book yet, get it from our website https://www.pfaindia.com/unread If you have any questions about the podcast or have suggestions please feel free to DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

It is Valentine's Day and we want to celebrate it with you all! In this episode of When We Met, we spoke to Nimesh Rathod who is also one of the writers of UNREAD2020 to tell us his idea of love and how he built an audience of 500,000 through his Instagram account. To know more about him, check his Instagram account @iamnimeshrathod If you have any questions related to the podcast or want to appreciate our work, hit us a DM on @platformforartists For any recommendations regarding guests, DM our host on @pawan_rochwani

In this episode of our podcast we spoke to the first writer of our book #UNREAD2020, Aakash Ranison Aakash is a traveller, climate change activist and many more. He is a 3 time TEDx Speaker, featured in almost all the major media houses and has a real great story behind his name. Listen to this episode to know about him or check him out on Instagram @aakashranison For any questions related to the show, please DM us on Instagram @platformforartists

We are at the Under25 Summit in Bangalore for #UNREAD2020 launch. Listen to this episode to know more or head to our Instagram page to know more @platformforartists

Someone mentioned in the comments, that we should collaborate with another community to make this a big umbrella, that is exactly what we thought back in November 2019 when we were discussing of how to launch the book this year. It just gives the book a bigger purpose now, around the world book launch happen by inviting another well known author or a celebrity or at a literature festival. But this isn't a commercial book, it's about the collaborative approach and the sense of community. We could have not thought of a better way than making this book be available at the Under25 Summit 2020 for the very first time. Cheers to these guys who understood the purpose here and agreed to have us on board for the summit. See you all in Bangalore on 1st and 2nd Feb. For any questions, please free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists

A 23 year old who believes in practice, patience and perfection to make it happen, with a vision to revolutionize life and flair of an entrepreneur, he has been multi-tasking across different verticals of Commerce, IT and Art Industry. Listen to this episode where the host Pawan Rochwani speaks to Krishna Rathi. If you know someone who is a CA turned artists or engineer turned artists, let them know about this episode. For any questions or suggestions feel free to DM us on Instagram @platformforartists

This episode shares responses written by the PFA community members in the form of textual answers or an audio clip. We asked the people connected to us on social media to fill up a form to record their opinion about #CAA and #JNUViolence None of these opinions are endorsed or supported by Platform For Artists or the host Pawan Rochwani and Kshitija Sarda. For any questions about the episode please DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/platformforartists/

Twisha is the founder and the heart of Carousel! Sucker for all things hygge, her designs draw inspiration from her travels and music! Her core drive is to create warm experiences through products that create a memory lasting a lifetime! About Carousel What we do: Founded in 2013, the idea behind Carousel was simple; a place where home decor products would come to life. We make soulful products that help you experience the little joys of life. From everyday home decor to purposeful stationery, we thrive to create loving spaces and moments for you and those around you! Why we do: We started Carousel with the idea of creating warm spaces that allow you to slow down from your daily hustle. Where & How: We have a quaint little workshop/studio in the heart of Pune city. We mostly sell online through our website (www.carousel.co.in) and social media but love entertaining our buyers in person through fleas/exhibitions in Pune and Mumbai. 'When We Met' is a podcast by PFA hosted by Pawan Rochwani. The intention & goal of the podcast is to create such an interactive medium where our viewers gets to know more about the journey & insights of people who have made it different in their way of accomplishing their goals. This podcast has the potential to make the stories of our change makers to make available on the show. This medium will not only encourage & guide our listeners but will also make them aware of all the do’s and don’t’s of one’s creative journey. Please get in touch with Pawan directly on pawan@pfaindia.com for any recommendations/ questions/ if you want to be on the show. Check us out on Instagram www.instagram.com/platformforartists

We have our BossLady Kshitija Sarda on the first episode of our show and who better than her? She is the CEO of PFA and looks after everything in the community. You will know in this episode about the next big project, UNREAD 2020. You can check out her TED talk on YouTube on 'How to build a career in art?' or connect with her on Instagram or any other social media platform, For more details you could visit our site www.pfaindia.com/unread or DM us on Instagram @platformforartists