Cyrus Says

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by journalist, columnist and radio host Vasanthi Hariprakash to talk about her calumn in the Deccan Herald called 'Window Seat', being multi-lingual, working in print with Indian Express and NDTV 24x7 - both of which were anti-establishment, the importance of watchmen, how Vasanthi went from print to radio and television, and lots more. Vasanthi also talks about her podcast 'The Dosa King' on Spotify, about winning an excellence award for being the best English RJ, and what she feels about ongoing elections and campaigns in Bengal. All this and tons more on this episode of Cyrus Says.Vasanthi is all set to be our Bengal elections correspondent over the next few weeks and we couldn't be more excited to have her on.Follow Vasanthi on Twitter & Instagram: vasanthihari and https://instagram.com/vasanthihariprakashAlso, subscribe to Cyrus' YouTube channel: Cyrus BroachaYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions fo

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Amit and Silverie (Antariksh), to give updates on the Suez Canal block due to the cargo ship 'Ever Given', and get into AMA questions about traffic, morning routines, phones in toilets, cricket and the IPL, the NBA, investing vs buying, Apple products, and tons more.Also, subscribe to Cyrus' YouTube channel: Cyrus BroachaYou can follow Amit on Instagram & Twitter @DoshiAmit: doshiamit and https://instagram.com/doshiamitYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha (https://www.instagram.com/boredbroacha)In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussaysYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/and

On this episode of Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by Ayushi Amin, co-host of the Agla Station Adulthood podcast, to talk about The Beatles posters at restaurants, the worst songs to be serenaded with, the Suez Canal being blocked by a giant cargo ship whose entire crew is Indian, the new night curfew starting in Bombay from 28th March, and lots more!Check out the Agla Station Adulthood podcast: https://ivmpodcasts.com/agla-station-adulthoodFollow Ayushi on Twitter & Instagram: justayushi and https://instagram.com/ayushia9You can follow Amit on Instagram & Twitter @DoshiAmit: doshiamit and https://instagram.com/doshiamitYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comSubscribe to Cyrus' YouTube channel: Cyrus BroachaDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha (https://www.instagram.com/boredbroacha)In case you're late to the party and w

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the amazing Amrita Raichand, celebrity chef, TV host and TEDx Speaker, to talk about some of their common friends, Cyrus eating too many eggs after working out, going to the Bombay Gymkhana, how Amrita got started as a model, becoming the face of Pond's fairness cream, playing a lot of mother roles in ads, being a parent in real life, Amrita's husband Rahul and their married life, her TV show 'Mummy Ka Magic', healthy and easy recipes, and lots lots more.Subscribe to Amrita's YouTube channel: Amrita Raichand : Chef & BeyondFollow Amrita on Twitter & Instagram: amritaraichand and https://instagram.com/amritaraichandDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtSubscribe to Cyrus' YouTube channel: Cyrus BroachaDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @cyrus_broacha ( https://www.instagram.com/cyrus_broacha )In ca

On this episode, Cyrus, Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) talk about long beards, Sachin Vaze and the Ambani bomb threat case and how it all looks too surreal to believe, Holi being banned this year in a lot of states in India due to the rapid rise in number of COVID-19 cases, Egypt's Suez Canal getting blocked by a huge container ship, how Amit manages to talk business with Cyrus, and lots more.You can follow Amit on Instagram & Twitter @DoshiAmit: doshiamit and https://instagram.com/doshiamitYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comSubscribe to Cyrus' YouTube channel: Cyrus BroachaDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha (https://www.instagram.com/boredbroacha)In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussaysYou can listen to this show and other aw

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Alexandra Mysoor, California based entrepreneur & radio host - Founder and Chairwoman of Mysoor Industries, and host of The Alexandra Mysoor Show on Rukus Ave Radio. Cyrus talks to Alexandra about the many many things that she does, her pop-up grocery delivery service 'Moo Cow Market' that she started during the pandemic, being of Indian descent, whether plants have feelings, her radio show and how that started, and lots more. Alexandra also talks about interviewing astronaut Sunita Williams on her show, samosas and sweat in space, interviewing cricketer Mitali Raj, studying Kathak, working for Google and Apple in the early days, and tons more.Subscribe to Alexandra's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQ6SJIMETwToocNEmLK3-AFollow Alexandra on Twitter & Instagram:https://instagram.com/alexandramysoor and AlexandraMysoorDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comYou can follow Antari

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by longtime friend Shariq Patel, Film Producer & CEO at Zee Studios, to talk about chairs with handles, schools and kids, Shariq being a Calcutta boy, working in the webspace early on with chaitime.com and indya.com, the latter of which was bought over by Rupert Murdoch's STAR Network, working for Airtel in 2001 and then going into Radio One as the station head, the time when Subhash Chandra (Head of Zee) was starting India's first cricket league in the Indian Cricket League and how Shariq started working for that as the VP and Head of Marketing and Operations, how he got into film production, and lots more. Cyrus also asks Shariq about his amazing and lifelong love story with his wife Toral, how they started dating very early in life, inter-religion relationships and marriages, and tons more.Follow Shariq on Twitter & Instagram: shariqpatel and https://instagram.com/shariq_patelYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send

It was Parsi New Year yesterday! On this occasion, Cyrus has fellow Bawa and hilarious comedian Neville Shah, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) on the show. They talk about Navroz, what they ate on the occasion, and get into some news topics like the World Happiness Report 2021 and India being 139th on it, much behind most of our neighbouring countries, China and its new travel regulations regarding the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, accomplished academicians - political analyst Pratap Bhanu Mehta and economist Arvind Subramanian - resigning as faculty members of Ashoka University in Haryana, and lots more. The panel also talks about some of their favourite stand-up comedians, so don't miss that.Follow Neville on Twitter & Instagram: craziebawa and https://instagram.com/nevilleshahYou can follow Amit on Instagram & Twitter @DoshiAmit: doshiamit and https://instagram.com/doshiamitYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by t

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by his longtime friend Brian Tellis, radio host, voiceover artist, Co-founder & CEO - Fountainhead Promotions and Events. Cyrus talks to Brian about being a pioneer in the radio space, being a bit of a rock-and-roller in his younger days, studying commerce in college, starting out in a pharma company with a salary of just 300 rupees which got doubled the next year to 600 rupees, working as GSA for Pan American Airlines, then working at Air Canada and Air France, then finally getting into radio around '93 by which time Radiohead had come about. They also discuss growing up on Casey Kasem, working on radio in the early days of it in India, what kind of music he's into right now, liking Southern rock and soft rock a lot, how he started in events, what voiceover acting is all about, Cyrus and Brian doing events together, politics in radio, and lots lots more.Follow Brian on Twitter & Instagram: Brian_Tellis and https://instagram.com/briantellis1You can follow Antariksh on

This week on Cock & Bull, Cyrus is joined by comedian Kajol Srinivasan, along with Amit and Silverie (Antariksh) to talk about burping in public, and some big news stories like Megan Markle and Prince Harry's 'explosive' interview with Oprah, the Bangalore influencer vs Zomato delivery guy fiasco, an unsatisfied Domino's customer suing Domino's for 1 crore because she received a non-veg pizza instead of veg, the Uttarakhand CM sharing objectionable views on women and ripped jeans, and lots more.You can follow Kajol on Instagram & Twitter @LOLrakshak: LOLrakshak and https://instagram.com/lolrakshakYou can follow Amit on Instagram & Twitter @DoshiAmit: doshiamit and https://instagram.com/doshiamitYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha (https://www.instagram.com/boredbroacha)In case y

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Sagarika Ghose, journalist, columnist and author, to talk about sharing her pet name with the name of the former CM of Bihar, studying at DPS R.K. Puram and being a junior of economist Raghuram Rajan, becoming a Rhodes Scholar at a time when very few women got into thr program and how it's changed today, studying at Oxford University, the identity crisis she had in England, how and why she got into journalism, how she joined Times of India as an assistant editor, reporting on all that was going on around 1991, reporting from Ayodhya during the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, then joining Outlook magazine under its founder and editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta, and lots more. Cyrus also asks Sagarika about her books - 'The Gin Drinkers: A Novel', 'Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister', and 'Why I Am a Liberal: A Manifesto for Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom'. They also answer some interesting AMA questions about the state of journalism today, how to trust politi

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by the brilliant Devdutt Pattanaik, mythologist, speaker, illustrator, columnist & author. Cyrus and Devdutt talk about Devdutt working in the healthcare and pharma industries before becoming an author and mythologist, how he knew he could do all these other things as well, gods with six pack abs, how he started writing columns for Economic Times, drawing comparisons between mythology and business, life, corporate culture and more, why Devdutt likes to make so many plant and animal references, and lots more. They also discuss Devdutt's TV shows 'Business Sutra' on CNBC TV-18 and Devlok on Epic TV, the lessons one can constantly be learning from mythology, and how Devdutt doesn't believe in absolute truths. All this and tons more on this episode.Follow Devdutt on Twitter & Instagram: devduttmyth and https://instagram.com/devduttmythYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @c

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Jehaan, a 13 year old singer, songwriter, composer and award winning pianist. Jehaan just launched his debut single 'Lettin' You Go'. Cyrus and Jehaan talk about how Jehaan staryes composing music at such a young age, how Devraj Sanyal (CEO & MD of Universal Music, South Asia & India) has been mentoring him and encouraging him to be an all-round artist who can sing, write, compose and play, how watching a video about refugees made him write the song, starting learning the piano at the age of 10, going to the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation and then to SOBO House of Music to learn, attending the Juilliard Summer Programme, being featured on legendary rock band Queen's Facebook and YouTube pages for covering their song 'My Melancholy Blues' at the age of 11, and lots lots more.Follow Jehaan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/instajehaanYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them t

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by singer and musician Wajiha Naqvi, who recently had a new song out on Coke Studio Pakistan called 'Yaqeen', and has also been a backing vocalist for Coke Studio season 11 in Pakistan. Cyrus and Wajiha talk about COVID lockdowns in Karachi, Imran Khan as PM of Pakistan, bringing India and Pakistan together, Wajiha's work with Szabist and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture where she was a visiting faculty, enrolling in a business school in Lahore and discovering her love for anthropology, how she got into singing and music, going to New York University, being a Pakistani Hindustani classical musician, how she got to work on Coke Studio 11, and lots more. They also discuss the history of Hindustani classical music and the Khyal form of Hindustani music, how the qawwali is closely connected to the khyal, Cyrus having hungnout with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Wajiha's new performance setlist titles 'Hijrat' with songs in five different South Asian lan

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Urmin Vijayakar, Radio Jockey, Vlogger & Improviser, aka Mumbaichi Mulgi, to talk about what it's like working in radio and being an RJ, when she knew she wanted to pursue a career as an RJ, sharing her surname Vijayakar with someone Cyrus knows, seeing a pamphlet outside her college that said 'learn how to be an RJ in 10 days', applying for an MBA entrance course where she was told by the lady at the reception that she had a good voice, being a trained Kathak dancer and having been dancing since the age of 3, and lots more. She also talks about her mom wanting her to do her MBA after doing B.Com., her show on the Hungama App named 'Music Room', and tons more.Also, look for special appearances from Kunal Vijayakar and Gopal Dutt on this episode.You can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broac

On this episode, Cyrus joins us from a shoot location in Madh Island to sit down with the amazing Anita Agnihotri, Writer & Poet. Cyrus and Anita talk about how she got into writing poetry at a young age, writing for Sandesh - the oldest children's magazine in Bengali, the legendary Satyajit Ray being involved with the magazine and how he would publish whatever writings Anita sent in, how Anita got into writing prose in college as well, being inspired by Satyajit Ray, how he was also a great illustrator, how Anita's mother wanted at least one of her children to be a writer, and lots more. Cyrus and Anita also discuss Anita's returning of the Bangla Academy Literary Award in protest of the killing of innocent protesters in Nandigram in West Bengal, making the jump from hobby to profession, and who are some of the writers who inspired Anita early in her life. All this and more on this episode of Cyrus Says.Check out Anita's latest book - The Sickle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9353451566/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fab

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Hamsini Hariharan, host of the States of Anarchy podcast, a foreign policy researcher and journalist. Hamsini's research interests are Chinese foreign policy, Asian geopolitics and India's worldview. Hamsini and Cyrus talk about her podcast States of Anarchy, and discuss a lot about Chinese geo-political relations with India and the rest of the world, how Hamsini got interested in Chinese policy in the first place, idolising Kofi Annan very early in life, realising that most Indians know next to nothing about China, what working at a thinktank is like, and a lot more. The also talk about the similarities between Indian and Chinese culture, China's Hukou system, and many more fascinating topics.Listen to the States of Anarchy podcast: https://ivmpodcasts.com/states-of-anarchyFollow Hamsini on Twitter & Instagram: HamsiniH and https://instagram.com/lady_baritoneYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Manisha Pande, Executive Editor at Newslaundry and the Writer/Anchor of their TV Newsance series. Manisha and Cyrus talk about when she knew she wanted to be a journalist, going to college in Chandigarh, being bothered by the fact that Indian media doesn't question itself, working for DNA India during the 2014 general elections, politicians and their sex appeal, and tons more. Plus, how working at Newslaundry came about for her and what drove her to make the shift, how reporting on the media industry as a whole and holding the media accountable has changed in the last few years eventhough there's still a ways to go. Also, Cyrus and Manisha answer some AMA questions sent in by listeners, so don't miss those.Join us on the Livestream on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/IVMPodcastsFollow Manisha on Twitter & Instagram: MnshaP and https://instagram.com/manisha.pandeYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA qu

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Vinit Bajpai, Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author, Founder & CEO - Magnon and Talentrack, to talk to Cyrus about his two varied sides, one of a writer and the other of a businessman. They talk about Vinit's books and the inspiration behind them, how he started his agency 'Magnon' from a small shed at the age of 22, how Magnon is today counted amongst the Top 10 advertising groups in India, how he didn't keep any backups like a regular job, how the number '3' plays such a prominent role in Vinit's life, how he was started his startup with just Rs. 14,000, how much of a hand luck has to play in a person's success, how hardwork can't be emphasised enough, how Talentrack is changing the casting process for movies, ads, TV shows, etc, and lots lots more.They also talk about Vinit's bestselling books, the Harappa trilogy and the Mastaan trilogy - the latest book in the series '1857: The Sword of Mastaan', how he got into writing in the first place, and tons more.Follow Vinit

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Huw Cordey, the absolutely fascinating Series Producer of 'A Perfect Planet' on Sony BBC Earth. Cyrus and Huw have an intriguing conversation about what A Perfect Planet is about - the first four episodes being about the natural forces like volcanoes, ocean currents, the sun and weather, and how these natural forces shape our planet and its diversity. The 5th episode is about humans - the fifth and newest force, the one that is destabilising the other four forces. On the podcast, Cyrus and Huw talk about each of these forces and how they affect our planet, how humans have been adversely damaging the environment since the industrial revolution, what it's like shooting ocean currents and filming life under the oceans, what it's like working with the great Sir David Attenborough, and lots more. They also discuss what the most dangerous aspects of shooting wildlife documentaries are, among various other interesting anecdotes. Huw also helps Cyrus in answering some interesting A