“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Chinese Coffee With Sundar (CWS) hosted its 100th Interview show last week with the interview of Mr. Narayanan Krishnan – CNN Hero of the Year 2010.  CWS made its humble beginnings three and half years ago. It stood the test of time, met many [...]

Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is a medical doctor by education, a leadership consultant by profession, and a mythologist by passion. He has written and lectured extensively on the nature of sacred stories, symbols and rituals and their relevance in modern times. Dev has 14 years experience in the health care industry with organizations such as Sanofi [...]

A woman trusts her entire existence to spend a night with a man, only to realize that he is a loser. The pains of young woman, who has forgotten her roots.. Succinctly captured in my 26th poem.. பாதை மறந்த பேதை தடையை மறைத்தது மோஹம் அவளை மயக்கியது தாகம் விவேகம் இல்லாத ஒரு வேகம் காதலியை வென்றது காமம் சம்மதம் சொன்னது பார்வை முத்துக்களாய் மின்னும் [...]

Hi All.. This is my 24th poem and this time it is based on an interesting song..�In the movie “Parthiban Kanavu”, there is a song called “Alan Kuyil.. Koovum Rail..” The beauty of the song is that.. it is in the form of a question and answers The hero suggests a word.. And heroine sings [...]

Hi All, My friend Adam Iqbal had given me a concept to work on – The Labour of Love! “Labour of Love” means doing something for the sheer love of doing it and this second painting of mine is my labour of love Labour of Love also implies a unique relationship.. where the labour continues [...]

Hi All, Here is my first attempt at painting From The Aha Moment of the Week And the rest as they say is history! From The Aha Moment of the Week All my earlier art works can be seen here:

Hi All.. This is my 20th poem and 2nd poem about South Indian Weddings.. In this poem, I speak about Maangalya Dhaaranam – A ritual in the wedding where the bride sits on the lap of her father.. and the groom ties the Nuptial knot.. Maangalya Dhaaranam Suryaprabha, chandraprabha, Nethichutti.. Mugathil minnum mookuththi.. Kammal, maattal, [...]

Hi All, Here is my 16th poem.. It is called “Mudhal Iravu” which means “The First Night” after wedding.. I have written the translations below.. Mudhal Iravu Kadhiravan kadalil iranga… Ulagam muzhuvadhum uranga.. Nee kadhavai mella therakka.. Un kannil thayakkam kaanbaenadi.. Rathiyae.. Azhagil mayangi nirpaenadi.. ViLakku yaetha vandhavaL.. Neeae oru kuththu-viLakku… ViLakkai anaithaalum… Minnum un [...]

Hi All, After nearly a month, here comes my 25th sketch Small little milestone.. Long journey ahead! Glad I got into sketching “Only Passion and Persistence can help you reach the top!” From The Aha Moment of the Week I found the tutorials at http://www.dianewrightfineart.com/ to be quite helpful. I started out with the tutorial [...]

Hi All, I wrote my 8th tamil poem.. This is based on my experience yesterday.. I attended Bloomberg’s holiday party near High Barnet! I did one of the crazy things I wanted to do for a long time.. I did the Strospheric Bungee Jump.. I liked the experience.. You can see the video below.. I [...]

It is said that when your work does the talking, do not interfere. I generally stick to that philosophy, but the latest sketch “Aha Moment 22: Free Your Mind! Expose yourself to Greatness” was an extremely interesting experience for me. It was more than a drawing a sketch.. It was a constant tussle of thoughts [...]

Hi All, This is my 5th tamil poem and I loved writing this one.. Once again I give the translation in the end. I enjoyed the similes used through out… Aval Azhagin Ragasiyam Aval Azhagin Ragasiyam enna? PaaliluLLa dhrakshai pazhampol minnum avaL vizhigaLO? Niagara aruvipol vizhum neeLamana koondalO? AvaL sivappu uthadugaLo? Nisabdhathai kalaikkum avaL sindhiya [...]

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment! Full effort is full victory – Mohandas Gandhi I think I gave my full effort for this one From The Aha Moment of the Week

Hello Readers, My cousin’s sister in law has drawn my potrait It has come out really really well.. Thanks a lot chithra akka From Potrait

Hi Friends, After my convocation.. I put a night out drawing the caricature of Suraj & Me.. This is the first time I am drawing the caricature of non-celebrities.. So I would appreciate your comments & feedback.. Suraj is my best friend here in IIM Bangalore.. We had adjacent roll numbers so we sat next [...]

Hi Readers, I got a very cool gift from srividya – my sister for my birthday.. Thought I would share it with you all.. From Cartoon Mug – Srividya’s Gift From Cartoon Mug – Srividya’s Gift

Hi All, Today, Coffee With Sundar is going to complete 2 years.. It was started on March 19th 2008. On this special occasion, I am releasing my first comic strip. I started cartooning about a week to 10 days back and I have a long way to go. This is just an attempt to apply [...]

And thus passes out (unofficially) from this esteemed institution..YET ANOTHER student.. who is beaten & bruised.. but definitely managed to SURVIVE the ride.. with some dreams shattered.. but many new dreams formed.. with some losses.. but with some gains as well.. Will he go out to the real world “and CREATE HISTORY” – the dream [...]

Hi All.. What a day it was yesterday! Amazing stuff.. Sachin scored a 200*.. Unbelievable.. One man can bring so much happiness to the entire nation.. Everywhere there sachin.. �Twitter.. Facebook.. Orkut.. Gtalk.. Sachin Sachin everywhere… What a man! rather.. what a GOD.. Sachin not only brought us so much happiness.. but also brought out [...]

Hey Guys.. “I apologize for the delay between the last post and this one”.. Incidentally it is the most common starting phrase used in blogs these days.. The sentence verbatim or its variant is found in over 74% of the blogposts.. �And more than 60% of the statistics including this one, are all fudged up [...]

Hi CWS Readers, I am glad to inform you all that I was awarded the Dewang Mehta Award for Best Student in Management. The contest took place in Mumbai and had around 20+ finalists from various colleges. It was an amazing experience. Check the coverage about the event here: http://www.yourstory.in/news/1072-latest-news/2773-b-school-affaire-a-dewang-mehta-business-school-awards-organized-the-annual-awards-for-b-school-students

Hi All, Come 12:00 AM tonight, Coffee with Sundar – http://coffeewithsundar.com will celebrate its first year birthday Thank you all for the support..Keep visiting..

Hey Guys, Ran into aamir khan, while looking out for an excel sheet

Mahesh has come up with yet another cool poster for celebrating the 50th interview. c

They say.. “Give it a shot!! You have nothing to lose.” And thats exactly what I did.. This is a moment I never believed or dreamt.. This is THE moment.. that I am sooo proud of.. This is a moment that I am pinching myself to believe that it is true…. Nayaran Moorthy Sir has [...]

Hi All, I am extremely happy to share the pics of Coffee With Sundar Mug!! A special thanks to Mahesh for designing these posters

Hi All, Its my great pleasure to have Chandra R Murthy, Assistant Professor at ECE department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore to talk about “How to pursue research”. This is one of the best interviews at Coffee With Sundar undoubtedly. Professor has a been kind enough to spare a lot of time in answering these [...]