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On today's episode, host @arvindvijaymohan speaks to Sundeep Bhandari, a collector whose passion for art resulted in his taking a big step forward, pushing him to dawn the hat of an active cultural promoter. Sundeep is the Founder Trustee of the Craft and Community Development Foundation, a not-for-profit initative that undertakes projects that support and fund regional and tribal artisan communities. These projects introduce the artisans to new concepts and designs while retaining the purity of the craft's origin. Sundeep tells us about the importance of supporting this fabulous mission and shares with us his learnings as a collector, promoter and a hobbyist painter. 

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On today's episode, we speak to the Founder and Executive Trustee of The Raza Foundation, Mr. Ashok Vajpeyi. An imminent poet and essayist, he is a noted cultural baron, an art administrator, with a storied career in the Indian Civil Services. Mr. Vajpeyi shares some of his experiences and memories, recounting his friendship with S.H. Raza, as well as talking about the ambitious scope of The Raza Foundation, an initiative that ensures the master's legacy lives on.

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On today’s episode, we speak to a patron who found herself thrust into a role that she had barely any preparation for, that of managing an ambitious art program with a wide, sweeping vision. But thankfully for Richa Agarwal of Emami Art, legendary mentors from the art fraternity were at every turn to show her the way. She also tells us about the challenges and triumphs encountered along the way while establishing a dream project, the Kolkata Centre for Creativity.

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On today's episode, we speak to the Queen of Baroda, Mrs. Radhikaraje Gaekwad, whose family owns the largest number of paintings by Raja Ravi Varma. She tells us about the adventures that come packaged, part and parcel with being the custodian of such an incredible legacy

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On today's episode, we speak to Ashvin Rajagopalan, the Director of one of India's leading art museums, Piramal Museum of Art that showcases a widely eclectic private collection, covering a spectrum of over 500 years of Indian history and heritage. We discuss the importance of the museum in the Indian context, the vision of this museum, and how the challenges of these times are being addressed therein.

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That is the million-dollar question. On today's episode, we speak to a collector, Udit Bhambri, who it would be fair to say had a head start on the rest of the art fraternity. Having taken his first steps in this realm at the age of 8, yes that's right, we discuss the pleasure, perspectives, pain and passion that go into collecting, while trying to establish if there is a formal method to the madness called collecting art. 

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Stress is a silent killer that is now rooted deep into our systems, and what makes it dangerous is that we are almost always unaware of it. Sometimes it’s the stress to achieve, or it’s the stress to retain or the stress of coping with a loss. No matter where we are in life, there’s no room for complacency anymore. There’s an old saying, ‘Jaisa ann, vaisa mann’ (As is the food, so is the thought), pointing to the fact that every morsel we eat has an effect on our mental and emotional well-being.

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Bael juice is a summer solace that can rescue us from the scorching sun. The cooling effect of this hard-shelled fruit is not just restricted to heat relief for the body but is believed to bring calmness to the mind. It’s known as Shiva’s (the hot-tempered deity) favourite fruit, so much so that worshipping Lord Shiva is fruitless without the leaves of the bael tree. The trifoliate shape of the bael leaf signifies the three components or ‘gunas’, namely the sattva, rajas and tamas. And the centre portion of the leaf is concentrated with the perfect balance of the three. For my naturopathy teacher, it was auspicious, purifying and the secret to his vitality and strength at age 98. Bael juice was our mandatory potion—the final cleanse post the four-hour-long healing treatment to create a no-toxin zone. Listen to the Podcast 50 Desi Super Drinks with celebrity nutritionist Lovneet Batra and with one of our Top RJ's RJ Mandee on the RedFM India App

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Pharmacies have never looked so colourful and friendly before, thanks to a new rage for skin care and nutraceutical products. If you have been distracted by those tempting claims, you might have stumbled upon a whole array of functional extracts that go beyond the regular vitamin, mineral and protein mixes. Our problem is too many choices, which is a good problem when you know what you really want but it leaves you restless otherwise. Listen to the Podcast 50 Desi Super Drinks with celebrity nutritionist Lovneet Batra and with one of our Top RJ's RJ Mandee on the RedFM India App

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When we think weight loss, we think of restriction and cutting out the calories. Then begins the game of willpower; some people might also think of gaining weight as a lack of discipline or just a simple culmination of bad choices. But if you think about it, how free is our free will? Aren’t our choices a by-product of the options we have to choose from and in the case of food, our natural instinct to satisfy hunger governed by various chemical reactions happening inside our body? When it comes to fitness, isn’t willpower overrated? Talking of our internal environment, stabilizing our hunger hormones is the key to weight loss. In my definition, fattening foods are the ones that don’t just come with empty calories but also never satisfy our hunger. Think of a box of cookies or a packet of chips; it might have the same or fewer calories as compared to a paneer parantha, but the fact that wholesome foods stabilize hunger as opposed to junk foods that make you even more hungry is what makes chips and biscuits ‘fattening’. Buttermilk is an appetite stabilizer; try having a glass of buttermilk around your peak hunger hours and see the magic. You will feel energized and not driven towards high-salt-high-sugar foods. Listen to the Podcast 50 Desi Super Drinks with celebrity nutritionist Lovneet Batra and with one of our Top RJ's RJ Mandee on the RedFM India App

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