The process of writing is complicated and intense, and often not at all what you expect it to be. Join Joshua Thomas every Wednesday as he profiles a wide spectrum of artists showing you how they have honed their craft and how they sustain themselves through their art.
In the final episode of this series, I'll be going over what the future has in store....
Listen to stand-up comedian and part-time producer, Sahil Horane. He talks about how he got into comedy, organising open mics and developing the Pune scene.
Listen to carnatic classical vocalist Kunnakkudi Balamurali Krishna talk about the Margadi festival, how he prepares for his live performances, his early days training and more.
Listen to carnatic classical vocalist Brindha Manickavasagan talk about what she puts into her practice, how she chooses to master a musical piece, her live performances and what she tries to bring to her music.
Listen to carnatic classical vocalist Saketharaman talk about how he tries to gauge his audience, what live performance means to him, as well how the discipline of carnatic music allows for expression.
Listen to carnatic classical vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan talk about why he loves carnatic music, his love for Tamil as well as the current state of carnatic classical music.
Listen to stand-up comedian and event producer Punit Pania talk about writing, why he loves stand-up comedy, gatekeepers and how running comedy events can be sustainable.
Comedy writer Rahul Hota talks about the origins of comedy collective Them Boxer Shorts, how they wrote comedy sketches and breaks down the writing process behind comedy web series Better Life Foundation.
Listen to stand-up comedian Deep Chhabria on how his material has changed over the last 7 years, how he constructs his sets, how his approach to comedy has changed, and what he’s learned and observed...
Discover what improv is, how it facilitates the writing process (especially for comedy), different types of improv and why some people love it and some are averse to it.
There'll be some changes to the show, I talk about what it's been like so far, as well as upcoming interviews and also an addition to the format of the show which I am excited...
Listen to marathi playwright Yugandhar Deshpande discuss how he dropped out of engineering college and moved to Bombay, organising his own storytelling events and the process of writing his plays.
Listen to comedian and writer Pavitra Shetty talk about her first open mic, how she balanced her daily corporate IT job with writing jokes, how she picked up tools of the comedy trade and also...
Listen to Kaneez Surka. We discuss how she ended up pursuing comedy, doing improv, working on shows like ‘Queens Of Comedy’, ‘Comicstaan’ and ‘Improv All Stars’ and her own live Improv shows.
Listen to comedians Rohan Desai and Shreemayee Das talk about their latest special 'A True Tinder Tale', organising events as 'The Grin Revolution' and why Rohan Desai 'hates' improv.
For anyone with no clue about Urdu poetry, Sameer will give you a good place to start from understanding the various facets and exponents of urdu poetry.
Listen to comedian and improviser Sriraam Padmanabhan talk about his latest video ‘Bollywood and Biopics’, how it is a little harder for entry level comedians today and why comedians content can be undervalued and how...
Listen to comedian and event producer Aakash Mehta talk about how he got into comedy, how he started his comedy company Lassoon Live, how he comes up with his jokes and why comedy is incredibly...
listen to stand-up comedian, Punya Arora on how she got into stand-up, how she builds her material, her latest comedy special ‘Meri Maa Ki’ and her take on what the grind is to build up...
Listen to comedian, event producer and promoter, Jeeya Sethi talk about stand-up, running her own comedy events, and the comedy scene in Mumbai.
Listen to poet, writer and current head of communications at YourQuote, Sudeep Pagedar talk about how he got into poetry, how he hacked work-life balance when he was a budding poet with a corporate job,...
Tune in, as Radhika Vaz talks about how she got into comedy, the power of Improv as a skill, how she manages herself independently and what it takes to survive in the comedy business.
Listen to theatre artist Faezeh Jalali, the writer-director behind the plays ‘777’ and ‘Shikhandi (the story of the inbetweeners)’ talk about the origins of both her plays, how she developed them and issues currently plaguing...
Listen to comedian Navin Noronha talk about what it took him to kick off his career in comedy.
In this episode of Likh, the Process, we talk to poet, spoken word artist and founder of ‘Words Tell Stories’, Rochelle D’silva. She talks about how she got into spoken word, organising open mics, conducting...
