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 [...]

Sky is the limit for an entrepreneur. Today we have Ajeet and Rajesh from Stork to talk about their online grocery store venture – http://stork.net.in/ Me: Sundar Rajan G S Ajeet and Rajesh – Founders of Stork, online grocery store in Chennai Me: Hi Ajeet, Rajesh, Welcome to the show on Coffee With Sundar. Can [...]

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 [...]

Hi All, This is Nib Painting using oil paint and pen nib, on velvet cloth. I worked under artist Radha, while I was in India a couple of weeks back. Aha Moment 63 – Nib Painting – Smile like a blossomed bouquet From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous Art Work: First commissioned work [...]

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, 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.

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

Hi All, Ganesha with Finger prints and poster colours (on canvas) Aum Skandagrajaya Namah Salutation to Skanda’s elder brother From The Aha Moment of the Week Previous painting can be seen below. Aum Ganeshvaraya Namah Salutation to the lord of categories From The Aha Moment of the Week All my art works can be seen [...]

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, 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 [...]

“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 [...]

Hi All, Continuing to be inspired by the works of Deepa Vedpathak, here is my latest art work wishing all the readers a very happy dasara – 2011! Wish you all more peace, prosperity, health and learning on this occasion. It is acrylic on canvas. Dhol Bhaaje! Happy Dasara! From The Aha Moment of the [...]

Hi All, This is my latest work.. Inspired by a combination of a recent violin concert which I attended.. and art works of Deepa vedpathak.. which I have attempted here The concept of the art is – “Oh you.. violin”.. there is a pun here.. the girl has fallen in love with this violin which [...]

Hi All, My latest art work is using toothbrush and water colours. I have been using this tooth brush splash or tooth brush spray technique for a while now.. But this whole work is mainly based on spray! I learnt this technique from my father for one of the craft works given in school! Thoughts, feedbacks [...]

Hi All, I am very pleased to inform you all.. that Aha Moments has clocked 1,25,000+ views since I started working on Arts in March 2010. One of my recent favourite work is the one which I painted for celebrating 100 interviews on CWS! From The Aha Moment of the Week Thank you very much [...]

Hi All, Continuing the part 1 & part 2 of the interview with Padmashree Ananda Shankar Jayant, today we have the part 3 of the interview with Mrs. Ananda Shankar Jayant Please find the TED Video of Mrs. Jayant here. Me: Sundar Rajan G S ASJ: Ananda Shankar Jayant – Padmashree Awardee – Contribution to [...]

“To dance is to live….to live is to dance.” ~ Heidi Groskreutz Today we have a special guest.. someone for whom dance is an integral part of life… someone who lives and breathes dance.. A strong woman who danced her way out of cancer! Please join me to welcome the renowned classical dancer and a [...]

“Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different” ~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Please join me to welcome Mr. Guruprasad from Bangalore, who is looks at the same internet like you and me.. yet has come up with something different and amazing.. Guruprasad, bangalore based engineer has found his calling [...]