The Neon Show
01:08:57 · Bhaskar Ghosh
[01:08:57] S1: Yeah, right, I would say I've always been fairly involved in the non profit sector. You know, we have been backing projects whether they are in the South, whether they are East, Odisha, Bengal. So in terms of, you know, I have a non profit called Saxa, and we have always been big into women's and children's education and healthcare related initiatives in India, that is always true. Education remains a huge passion of mine. And I think education for a changing India, and for a changing US for that matter, is very important to me. And new modes of education, coursework, how do you teach differently, what are the skills that you want more from a trade side versus fundamental learning, remain very important to me. So backing non profits and you know groups like Pratham in India, which works with the government, these are very important to me. Second is, you know, begin to arts, especially music. Try to support a lot of the India US corridor around music. Also, very passionate about the sacred music traditions of all over the world, especially India. Music traditions which bring people together. Bring people together at a spiritual level. I want to call out, there is a beautiful music festival that we've been supporting for six-seven years now in New York City called Raga's Life. I'd be proud to say it's the only twenty four hour Indian themed music festival in The US I've heard of. We have it in Brooklyn every October. We have artists coming from India, from all over the world. Sacred music coming from The Middle East, from East Europe, from South Africa, from South America. Very proud and with a strong Indian classical theme. And I think I would love to support that for the rest of my life. And I want to support more and more performance art and music in India. I think India is just like, it's just an ocean that, you know, remains to be explored and that's a huge passion of mine.
01:10:53 · Siddhartha Ahluwalia, Bhaskar Ghosh
[01:10:53] S0: So so glad that you're... We also discussed in the previous podcast that your interests are so diversified and Kolkata remains at heart. [01:11:02] S1: Kolkata is important, I think Kolkata has given me personally a culture of being curious and open to all possibilities. [01:11:09] S0: Not also a lot of taste. [01:11:12] S1: Especially in food. I think food scene in India, I mean I'm a huge follower of all the food podcasts of India. I think, remain very excited, you know, also of, I think the multi layer of India with, I think meditation, quiet, belongingness in nature, something you and I have talked about... [01:11:32] S0: Yes, given Vipassana to the world. Right? And India, if would have been commercial about it, would have added 1,000,000,000,000 to its GDP. [01:11:40] S1: Know, trademarking yoga. I mean, I think there are depths, multiple layers to... I have discovered so much more of India after coming here. I think I'm very comfortable as an American, as this is my homeland. But, you know my past has remained a very deep motivation inside me. And and we want to support India US corridor massively in the arts also in the non profit. But my ultimate passion remains in entrepreneurship and kind of backing companies which do great things in this corridor. I'll just repeat myself, AI enabled services should be massively happening from India for the world. So all of this remains important to me. And thank you for asking me that question. Siddhartha, it's an honor. [01:12:27] S0: I'm grateful for your friendship. That's
01:12:27 · Siddhartha Ahluwalia, Bhaskar Ghosh
[01:12:27] S0: I'm grateful for your friendship. That's [01:12:28] S1: what I I'm going am grateful for your mentorship. I think very highly of you and you're doing the hard yards, raising a fund. And I see you in the Bay Area more and more. That makes me very happy. [01:12:39] S0: Thank you, Bhaskar. [01:12:39] S1: Thank you so much.