I gives me immense pleasure to say that Coffee With Sundar has completed 5 years! Sure, I would love to spend more than what I am doing now. Surely I can do more interviews. But if I take a step back, it is a small and special little milestone which I would certainly cherish. Just [...]

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” ~ Thoreau. But some of amongst the humankind rise above it and chase their dreams and become role models to the rest. Today we have one such person amongst us. Parul Gupta is a top wireless communications [...]

Hi All, Some of you know that I have been spending time with Mr. Cris at London Academy of Art and honing my skills. Here is my latest work. From The Aha Moment of the Week All my art works can be found here.

I started writing these special year end blog posts 3 years back. May be I should say that I stopped writing at other times “Grow up once again! Happy 2010″ “Be Awesome! Happy 2011″ “Be a seeker! Happy 2012″ Since I have used a caption every year, going by the trend, I should also find [...]

Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman is Senior Manager, Next Generation Systems and Smarter Planet Solutions at IBM Research – India. Formerly, He was a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), NY before moving back to India. He manages a huge compendium of carnatic music resources at www.shivkumar.org. Founder of a great knowledge sharing portal in the carnatic [...]

Dear Readers, Welcome to the show on Coffee With Sundar! Today we have a very special guest. Former IFS officer, now a political activist, Mr. B Shantanu is working on his vision of “Reclaiming India” – One Step at a Time. Please join me to welcome Mr. B Shantanu, who is a great role model [...]

We have a new author in the block, Sagarika Chakraborty. Sagarika is out with her first book on womanhood called A Calendar Too Crowded – that deals with conditions and stories of women from India. The book focusses on human rights, gender studies and sustainable development through stories. Sagarika, belongs to the new age management [...]

Dear Readers, Today we have Sandeep Das as host on Coffee With Sundar. Sandeep is a very good friend of mine from IIM Bangalore and has authored the book – “Yours Sarcastically”. The book is already making waves – both online and offline. While running the marathon of daily routines can be taxing, Sandeep shows [...]

Hi All, I have been really busy for the last couple of months and hence I couldnt post the interviews. Continuing with the quest for the role models for Indian Youth, today we have Dr R.Balasubramaniam. Dr R.Balasubramaniam (Balu) is a development activist, social innovator, writer and a leadership trainer. After getting his degree in [...]

Hi All, Here is my first commissioned art work. This coffee painting is presented as a birthday gift. This is my second art sale. A proud moment in my artistic journey.  Still a long way to go. Special thanks to Varun Bhandari for trusting my art abilities. From The Aha Moment of the Week All [...]

Hi All, It has been a while since I posted the previous interview. Continuing our search for Role models for Indian Youth, today we have Vidya Subramanian – Carnatic Vocalist, who chose to pursue her dream. After being a top ranker in CA (India Rank 2) and having had a successful stint in her corporate [...]

Hi All, I worked on this still life under the guidance of Chris De La Pena at London Academy of Art. Existence is in your mind! From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous Art work – Ravi Varma Coffee Painting From The Aha Moment of the Week All my art works can be found [...]

Hi All, This is a coffee portrait painting. This based on Ravi Varma painting. I worked with Artist Uma during my holidays to hone my coffee painting skills. From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous Painting: Aha Moment 59 – There is more to life than increasing its speed! – Gandhi From The Aha [...]

Hi All, My latest painting using coffee on canvas. Aha Moment 59 – There is more to life than increasing its speed! – Gandhi From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous Painting: Anguli Chaap – In search of my identity From The Aha Moment of the Week All my paintings can be found here.

Hi All, Here is my latest art work using Coffee. Idea Source: Craft work by Rashmi Sulakhe. From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous Art work: Aum Skandagrajaya Namah From The Aha Moment of the Week All my art works can be seen here:

Dear all, Coffee With Sundar successfully completes 4 years today! Along the way, it has met many people who personified passion and purpose.. Today is no different. Please join me to welcome Mr. Srinivas, founder of Chroma Academy. The Chroma Academy began its activities in the year 2000 with the aim of being a nodal [...]

Dear readers, Coffee With Sundar completes 4 years today and is continuing to search for Indian role models into the 5 th year! Thanks for all the support! Happy birthday Coffee With Sundar! Image Source: http://www.zazzle.com

Many men dream in the night! A good number dream in the bright sunlight.. A few dream for the society! Today we have Mr. Bhaskar from easyblood, with an initiative to build a network of voluntary blood donors. As per WHO reports, India faces an acute shortage of blood donors (62 lac units) which results [...]

Hi All, This is my first attempt at using coffee powder as paint. Aum Ganeshvaraya Namah Salutation to the lord of categories From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous painting can be seen below. Aum Gauriputraya Namah Salutation to the son of Gauri From The Aha Moment of the Week All my art works [...]

Aum Gauriputraya Namah Salutation to the son of Gauri From The Aha Moment of the Week Medium: Canvas Paint: Acrylic Idea: UK design studio Previous Art work – Aum Vighnarajaya Namah – Salutation to the ruler of obstacles From The Aha Moment of the Week All my arts work can be found here.

Hi All, Welcome to the show on Coffee With Experts! Today we have a young Indian entrepreneur who decided to take the road less travelled in chasing her dreams in the music industry. Aishwarya, started India Nuance – an artist management firm with a focus on Indian classical music. Her start up in the field [...]

Hi All, The first part of the interview with Mr. Mehmood Khan can be found here. Me: How do you ask a young kid to go school when they dont have food to eat.. I know education adds value.. but the returns are so long dated.. The current problem should be resolved first right? I [...]

Hi All, My latest art work is here.  The concept is based on the song Tum Ho Tho from the movie rock on. The lady (here) is playing that song in this contemporary indian painting as a dedication to her lover. Concept: Tum ho tho.. Medium: Poster colour on acrylic. From The Aha Moment of the [...]

Wish you all a very happy 2012! Check out the new year message from CWS – Be a Seeker! Happy 2011! In the new year, CWS continues the search of role models for Indian youth! Today, we have a very very special guest – Mr. Mehmood Khan, Former head of global innovation at Unilever, who [...]

Hi All, Time just flies.. 31.5 million seconds have silently ticked away from the start of the year. I vividly remember this day last year.. I had taken a day off from work to clean up the website and write the message – “Be Awesome – Happy 2011“.. Between that day and today, CWS has [...]

Hi All, I am very happy to inform you that I sold my first piece of art today. My colleague at work purchased the art work as a Christmas gift for her husband. From The Aha Moment of the Week Ofcourse, still a long way to go.. The journey has just began.. And the rest as they [...]

Hi all, Continuing my focus on Contemporary Indian art, here is my own idea… The woman is playing violin all day long and losing herself into the violin.. Losing myself to you.. Oh you violin! All my earlier art works can be seen below.

Hi All, My tryst with art started out as fun activity with random attempts at Cartooning! Today, It has come a long way from that.. Well, this is my 50th art piece! Thanks a lot for all the support. This contemporary Indian art piece is based on the concept – Just play it! The subject [...]

Hi All, Here is my latest art work – Beat the drums! It is painted using acrylic on canvas. From The Aha Moment of the Week All my art works can be seen below. Thoughts and feedback welcome!

“Creativity comes from constraint” ~ Biz Stone, Co-Founder, Twitter In today’s show in search of role models, CWS introduces you to a person who created Honey Bee Network to support grassroots innovators who are rich in knowledge, but not in resources. Please join me in welcoming Padmashri Anil Gupta. Mr. Gupta found ways of capturing [...]