From Challenges to Solutions: Our newest episode with Vaibhav Munjal, Co-founder of ChalChitra Talks, is dedicated to helping creators find harmony between artistic expression and sustainable livelihood.  For those who do not know about CCT, ChalChitra Talks is a one-stop destination for all your recommendations…movies, books, podcasts, TV shows, poetry, and so on. In this short episode, Vaibhav shares his insights on his journey while building a sustainable career that stands the test of time.  We believe that in a world filled with so much content around us, ChalChitra Talks comes as a beautiful filter, bracketing meaningful content that we can consume.

Has the global conversation about mental health truly transformed the workplace paradigm, or are we still burning out and quitting quietly?

We’re in conversation with Tanmoy Goswami, a Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. He is the founding editor of Sanity - a mental health story-letter & platform that uses the power of storytelling to discuss the politics, economics, and culture of mental health.

From heading the desk at leading business publications after building them from scratch, he pivoted to writing about the global mental-health movement after a long career in business journalism, primarily to make sense of his own long history of depression, anxiety and self-harm.

Tanmoy talks about mental health in the workplace, productivity paranoia, burnout, people-centric policy making - and of course, his journey as an independent newsletter creator & mental health storyteller.

We dug into:

01:58 The Tanmoy Story

10:30 Tanmoy's take on Productivity Paranoia

18:07 How to build an inclusive and supportive environment at workplaces

21:48 How to avoid burnout

28:00 Power of Storytelling

32:14 Using your platform to advocate for mental health

37:00 Parting thoughts

Is hustle culture a healthy motivator to achieve more, or is it a toxic excess fostered by unrealistic expectations? To answer this question we’ve found a man that has truly done it all. Starting as an Assistant Restaurant Manager, to becoming a Radio Jockey, TV Anchor, Producer, host of Spotify's popular Original podcast Love Aaj Kal, and off late, even Chief Eating Officer!

We’re in conversation with Ankit Vengurlekar - with over two decades of experience, Ankit has mastered content, conversations and community engagement across newsrooms and global corporations - organisations like LinkedIn, Tech2.com, Gadgetwala.com, Crypto App CoinSwitch, and many more.
He helps us decode the ground realities (and philosophy) of hustle culture in India, his learnings from numerous career transitions and passion projects, and even whether crypto is truly a worthy side hustle today.

In this dazzling conversation, we dive deep into:

Ankit's learning when it comes to career transitions - 2:38

The advent of hustle culture and the impact it has - 9:54

Is crypto a good side hustle? - 25:21