TPU36 – Podcasting with a Purpose with Podcasteen Lakshit from Multipurpose with Lakshit

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Dilip: Hi Lakshit.

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Welcome to the podcasting university

on a Sunday morning, and it is going

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to be an interesting conversation.

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I know that and hoping that

you enjoy it as much as I do.

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So once again, welcome to

the podcasting university.

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Lakshit: Thank you.

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Thank you very much for having me.

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So, it's a pleasure to be here and really

glad that we're doing it on a Sunday

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morning and yeah, I'm hoping the same.

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Let's hope for having a wonderful

conversation, learn from each other like

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I learn from you and you learn from me..

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Dilip: So just to get started Lakshit

and, this is a ritual we usually follow.

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So, I would like to know more about you.

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What is it that you do and how did

multipurpose with luxury happen and the

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entire story behind all of this and a

little bit about what you do other than.

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Podcasting.

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Lakshit: Sure, sure.

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I'm Lakshit a 17 year

old boy from Bangalore.

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Just, just trying to figure out a

lot of things and things happening

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around the world problems in

a lot of the different stuff.

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So Podcasting was not an idea,

of course, similar thing where I

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speak with people about problems

in what's happening in the society.

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But then it eventually turned it into

podcast, but the reason to start it was,

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I was in France in the year of 2018 and 19

doing cultural exchange and when I back.

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It was a huge, huge cultural shock here.

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When I came back, why

is it that people are.

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not understanding what's the

problem are not aware, about

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what's happening in the society.

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Or why aren't they speaking

about the problems happening?

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So, and a lot of these things were

trying to kind of making, me worried

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then I was kind of feeling bad.

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This is what's happening.

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What can we do?

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What can I do?

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That's the question I

posed myself every day.

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Every minute, whenever I saw

something happening wrong near me,

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and I thought, okay, what's

the solution for this?

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I, I believe in that if there is

any kind of problem in the society,

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that solution could be found only

when you speak about the problem.

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Thought of getting activists and people

who are doing something in the field

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of say a lot of, different things.

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Let's say feminism, and let's say the

LGBTQ rights ,vegan movement and climate

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change and all of that different thing.

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men rights movement and all

of those various things.

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When I explored about it when I was

checking and thinking what can be done.

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I went onto the website

of the better India.

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I found the story of two old

men around 82-83 years, who were

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like, they had a wonderful job.

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The person I had on my podcast.

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I think the first person he worked

at ITC and I think he was at a very,

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very big and high level at that point.

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And then he had retired

and then he was living.

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So he had so much money and he had

done so much things in his life, but

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he was working for the community.

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By just random thing.

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He and his friend went for walking

and for no reason simply just the y

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get a chance to, visit a government

school and they see how toilets

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are there, like broken toilets

no door, no toilet for women.

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Even if there is a toilet, there is

no proper doors which can be closed.

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And a girl has to stand when

other girl goes into the washroom.

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So nobody enters in.

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So these all things kind of made them

feel bad and they want to do something.

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So after everything when they got, you

know, they were retired already, so they

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went they collected funds from people

and through those funds, they constructed

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a lot of washrooms in bathrooms.

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And you know in the schools like they

have, I think they've done these old

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men who are around 83, 84, are standing

whole day in sun and seeing that how

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the work is happening and they collect

funds for next five years that so that

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the maintenance is also seen and the

washroom is not broken by the children

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so anything such should not happen?

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So they do all of that.

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So it just inspired.

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Their story was inspiring and I wrote

them an email and they were happy.

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And that was the first

episode, which I started with.

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Of course it was, it was before COVID,

it was in Camera and all of that.

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Things have changed now.

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So those stories inspired me.

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Those stories said that there are some

people who are trying to do something

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and why not reach out to those people

who are trying to do something.

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So more and more such people, activists.

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And then I went to podcasting.

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Now multipurpose has become, multi-purpose

where I explore all different kinds of,

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activist movements, entrepreneurs, actors

and celebrities, creators and all of that.

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So yeah, that's what multipurpose

with Laskhit is all about.

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And yeah.

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So I think in this November,

we'll be completing our two

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years of making podcasts.

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Dilip: Amazing.

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So did it start as multi-purpose with

Lakshit or did you change the name in

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between, or has it always been like that.

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Lakshit: Yeah, it has

always been like that.

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I think that was the, I don't

know why this name was kept.

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But it, I felt it was right and

I thought to keep, it, yeah, it

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has been the same from the start.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So when you started off, did you think

that you're going to interview people from

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different walks of life or was the goal,

something different when you started off

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and then it changed over a period of time.

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Lakshit: Yeah.

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So my goal was, as I said, my goal

was to mainly have people who trying

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to do something in the society by

their own, even it's a small thing.

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It's okay.

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That was the thing.

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Of course, some, some things have changed.

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I didn't want to have different

people celebrities and all of that.

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But when we went into the lockdown,

I thought it's a, it's the right time

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that I approach them because maybe

people would be interested to know

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more about them and all of that.

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So I went into more creator space and

then also more of a celebrity things also.

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So of course that changed, but the,

the whole idea of trying to get the

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stories, which are unique and trying to

do, something for the society is always

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there and those stories still come.

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So yeah, the kind of a bit

changed, but still firmly there

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on the idea of doing something.

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Dilip: I think that name that you chose

multi-purpose with Lakshit, it helped.

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And in spite of the fact that you kind

of diversified into the kind of guests

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that were coming into your show, that

title still holds good because of the

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kind of title that you chose for the show.

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Isn't it?

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Lakshit: Yes, totally because multipurpose

it's like a lot of, a lot of purposes.

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It's also, if you're looking for a

profession, if you're looking for becoming

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an activist or trying to solve a problem

by doing something at your own house,

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or if you're looking to get into some

other space working space, if you wish

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to start a startup or something as such.

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So it's like multipurpose, it

serves a lot of purposes to a lot of

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different kinds of audiences, which

helps to find them and give them

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solutions which they are looking for.

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Dilip: Right.

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So, it's a tremendous achievement

and a completely different thought

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process for a 17 year old, which means

if you started it two years back, you

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started it when you were 15, is it?

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Lakshit: Yes.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So to think about something like this,

when you were 15 Lakshit, I should

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say, it's a commendable job and I

think it needs a lot of appreciation.

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So excellent work.

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Thinking about, giving it back to the

society or thinking about refining the

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society addressing problems that are

that you see around you using a podcast.

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So that's an amazing achievement.

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So Lakshit, something that I would

like to know as you spoke about a

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cultural exchange, can you tell me more

about what the cultural exchange was.

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Lakshit: Sure.

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There was a organization.

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AFS which is American field service India.

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It's a, organization all over

the world with a lot of branches.

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It was started in the second world

war when two wonderful humans from, I

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think American Canada came together and

started an organization of ambulances

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where they help people in need in World

War when bombs were blasted on various

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different cities all around the world.

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So they started first with

an ambulance services.

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Then they understood that the whole

reason world war, was happening

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is because countries are fighting

and to end this fight will have

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to meet the general public.

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Meet and know each other, like a Indian

meeting, French people and their culture.

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French knowing an Indian culture

through me and through my

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living style and all of that.

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Lifestyle, and all of that.

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So that was the whole idea

which they started with.

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And and then our school were partner

members with the organization.

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So I had a chance to go to France for

one year in the year of 2018 and 19.

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And I was in a city called

Orleans which is a one hour,

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one hour 54 minutes from Paris.

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And yeah, I lived there.

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I explored the city.

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I had a chance to be, I think, in

say around 13 providence they have,

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I had already had chance of visiting

half of them say 7 or 8 of them.

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I had the chance to visit.

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And I have been to various countries

nearby and explored and have a lot

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of friends from various countries.

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And also that, that gave me an

idea of things happening that give

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me a chance of understanding how

people think around the world.

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And it just, says one thing

that humans are same everywhere.

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It's nothing different.

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Its just a bit of a different lifestyles

you live, otherwise I think no American or

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Italian or a French person is different.

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They're just similar as

they live the life we live.

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It's just, their eating styles are

different their living style are different

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and their thinking styles are different.

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Otherwise there are no big differences in,

in the lifestyle we live or the way they

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think, humans are the same everywhere.

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And that gave me a chance to understand

that we are just trying to over-rate

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things in just, think that foreigners

or people out of India live a wonderful

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life, but no it's a similar thing.

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It's just, their life is a bit different

and they have less humans around them.

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So that's the only thing.

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Otherwise things are pretty

much the same, right.

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Dilip: Okay.

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Interesting.

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Okay.

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So now onto your podcast journey, so

before I understand how you start your

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podcast, I just want her to know where

exactly is it that you host your podcast.

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Lakshit: So you mean the

you mean the website?

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Like the, which app or website?

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Dilip: Right.

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So what is the hosting provider,

are you hosting it on your own or

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are you hosting it with somebody?

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Lakshit: So I hosted on my own and the

website, the website, the app, I use

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it called anchor, which distributes

it to all around the platforms.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So you're using anchor

to host your site, okay.

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So and I also saw that you are on YouTube.

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I saw most of the episodes that you've

released are available in YouTube as well.

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So I'm assuming, you usually

do a video interview.

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So do you do the video interview

and then extract the audio to

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publish it as a, as a podcast or..

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How does it work.

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Lakshit: Yeah.

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So what we do is I get the

guest and we do it on zoom.

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The video recorded is used and the audio

is, also posted on the audio platforms.

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So yeah, it's the way you

said, the audio is extracted.

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Dilip: So any specific reason why

you chose YouTube as well to host.

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Lakshit: I also think of growing there.

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Cause I just want to be able to.

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People could hear or see and understand.

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I think podcasting as

a medium is wonderful.

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It's beautiful.

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But then sometimes for me, I think

seeing if you, if you're not able

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to see the person's expression while

he she or, they are speaking, it

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just becomes a kind of, weird to me.

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I thought of doing it in video

too and also thought of growing on

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YouTube, which could ultimately help

me in various other things for which

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I am aiming in the coming years.

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Dilip: Okay.

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Nice.

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Interesting.

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So going back to the first question.

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So other than podcasting

what is it that you do.

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Lakshit: Uh, So other than podcasting I

am, a student who is doing my 12th, and I

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run a small company plant based company.

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Where, we manufacture

vegan, what do you say?

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Vegan yogurt and curds vegan

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and the way they eat, and, maybe making

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them and use them in their regular life.

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world by just changing the food.

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and the way we eat.

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Dilip: Nice, wonderful.

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So at 17, you are a podcaster,

you are an entrepreneur.

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You're thinking about the society

about refining things that you've

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seeing around doing so many things.

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In addition to continuing

with your studies, how do you

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manage time for all of these?

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Lakshit: Yeah.

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to, because I've been doing it for

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a year and more, So it just happens.

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because I have a lot of things on

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the plate to do I have even have to

do that and do this and take care of

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that and talk to them and all of that.

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hard to understand how things can be done.

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But now I think after a while, when you're

working continuosly and doing the work to

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understand that how things happened, So

it's kind of becoming easier day by day.

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So coming to the podcast, so when

you started off your podcast and

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you're saying you started the

podcast about two years back.

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So two years back, you know,

podcasting in India, wasn't that

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that well-known, the facilities that

were available weren't that much.

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So when you started off your podcast Was

it easy to just start off or you know, did

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you face some struggles, some problems?

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How was it, how was that journey

of starting off with your podcast?

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Lakshit: Yeah.

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So it was.

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I didn't had any research at that point

because I had no idea how things happen,

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that time because I was new to everything.

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I was exploring, I was back to India.

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I was coming back to my city where I was

gone, after say four, five years before

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that I was in hostel and then I went

to France and then I came back and then

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5, 6 months it took for me to get back

to the, the life and things to work.

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for four, five months.

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I was thinking, how can I start,

how can I approach people?

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What can I do?

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And I was firm on the idea of, doing

a video podcast and then I'll extract

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the audio in a different way, but

I'll be doing video first for whatever

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things happen, how things happen.

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So for that reason, it

took me a lot of time.

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I manage my funds and that time I

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didn't even have that much money.

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able to make my parents understand

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that what I'm trying to do.

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her studies in mass media and has had a

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lot of friends who had knowledge of using

cameras and things happen and all of that.

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helpful and she was Namrata.

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So she came up and she was

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I'll shoot the video.

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I have a camera.

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And she did it like voluntarily,

doing something I'm happy to help you.

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She helped me.

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It took me, like, I shot it in November,

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I was just thinking and thinking

will that people will like

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it, will I be able to do it?

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Will I be able to continually post

episodes because if I'm not then how

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will I, you know, do it, and now all

of that and how will I like, create

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an audience for myself, And also if

there was some problems with editing

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and I was not able to edit it properly.

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getting that energy putting things

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It, worked well.

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The first videos of course go well all

the time, people loved it and, shared it.

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I think three episodes happened on camera.

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And then we had the lock down.

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So we moved to the I knew I can use

zoom since the beginning, but I didn't

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want to use media from zoom then the

physical meetings were not possible.

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that we get back on camera.

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But yeah, things have changed now.

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how things can happen.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So you do the editing and the post

processing everything on your own.

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Lakshit: Yes.

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I don't spend a lot of time on

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doing editing and all of that.

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I just keep it raw if there are

some parts which the guest is not

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comfortable posting and just cut the

part which they say to, otherwise I

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think there's not much editing done.

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of editing, cutting, and some

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things added up in the beginning.

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And from the beginning itself, you

have hosted it on anchor or you

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were hosting it with somebody else

and then you moved over to Anchor.

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Lakshit: No, it was always anchor.

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And yeah, I then just started to share

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otherwise it has always been Anchor.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So just to understand Lakshit.

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So which means that you had a purpose,

you knew what your goal was and you had

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an understanding of how podcasting works.

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So you went about just recording

the video, extracting the

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audio and posting it out there.

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But for all of this to happen, did you

first check if you would get an audience

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who will be interested in listening

to this kind of a conversation or you

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just thought, okay, let me put it out

there and then I'll see how it goes.

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So I had no idea about how

I had even thought about the

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audience and all of that.

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I just thought that I see a problem I just

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audience or how much views I would

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get or, how much listens would I get?

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I didn't know any podcaster at that point

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If you have heard about him,

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Otherwise I knew no podcasters,

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So that was the thing otherwise, I think,

I had idea that I wish to speak about the

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problem and we'll see how things work, but

we are going to do, I'm going to do this.

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And this will happen for whatever reasons

however it will happen I don't know,

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but it will happen and, I'll be doing it

even if I don't get views or, anything.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So Coming back to your form

of the podcasting style.

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So now you have guests from a

variety of fields, guests from

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different niches, different levels.

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There are people who aren't that

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have singers, you have authors.

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How do you decide on who is it that

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How do you screen them?

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Where do you get the leads

to these people from?

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So what is that process like?

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So for the beginning, when I

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it through the better india.com.

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So these were the guests from

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Uh, And after a while, when, again,

when lock down and came to place more

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and more, or usage of Instagram helped

me to find more and more people.

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And the people I knew, I thought

would never respond to me who are like

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very, very well known and like a very,

very huge audience at that point.

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They responded and I got that feeling

and I got that thing that I can invite

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them and they would be happy to join

me in for the, for an episode or two.

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and all, some also came through just

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watching videos on YouTube exploring,

YouTube videos and other podcasters also.

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is I just see the person's voice.

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Is the person able to put his

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Lakshit: And is he, she, or they are able

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If yes, then I, let me have them.

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thing or they have their own

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so, so I think, yeah.

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And I was able to more and more

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podcast and speak to them about

their work and know their stories.

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So which means that the two

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is, you said Instagram second.

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That people that, you know, you

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them that this is what it is and if

they're okay, you will invite them

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to the show and record them, right?

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Lakshit: Yes.

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Dilip: Okay.

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So when you interview your guests

and considering that your guests

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are from different backgrounds,

Is there some kind of pre research

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that you do on what their works are,

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what have they been doing?

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How have they been contributing to

the society and understanding them

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a little more in depth before you

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Lakshit: So always having a podcast,

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Dilip: It's just a blank sheet in

my mind when I have no opinions and

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all, I have no idea about them but

of course I know what they have done.

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Like if they're an actor, which serials

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Maybe I would just check how the news

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That's the only thing.

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otherwise yeah, there was, there is no

research which has done because I just

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want to, if I already know things, then

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to bring other things out, from there.

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Wikipedia or, a news, it will be written

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the person personally, or would know

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So what I do is I, just read a bit

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understand about them more and more and I

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how they're trying to create an impact.

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just get into and find a question that

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And the question which I framed,

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Dilip: okay, so you keep building on the

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reaches an audience who are looking

for that kind of information?

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or people, I knew I shared with them.

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groups of the school in all of that.

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my father's groups and shared the video

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there and after that we started building

the small community day after day..

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kind of popular and they were

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all around and different things.

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People came and started subscribing, and

writing how they feel, how it's going on.

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a huge audience, you don't even require

to share the video or, do anything..

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person and they'll know the name

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smile squad where they try to explore

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and all of that.

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seventh and it was like very, very small.

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cultural groups, which I knew,

or the exchange friends we had.

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we were able to relate to it.

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person and his content.So that's the

way things build And then the video now

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his videos are on the top of my channel.

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because , I didn't even

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I just had put his name properly

add all the tags, in the

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description and all of that.

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and more peoples started coming

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did with him, there was no look back

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a, kind of started building audience

instead of getting messages from

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people about what I'm trying to do.

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into, so then after a while, they

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communities and all of that.

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to, the multipurpose with Lakshit

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entrepreneurs and professionals, just

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kind of going a bit slow because people

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the, the fear of COVID is no more there.

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trying to figure out what can be

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Dilip: So what were

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Lakshit: So now there are, there are

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multipurpose, like kind of got a hit.

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mindcology which is mental health

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professionals where I speak with

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for mental health and that.

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could, the people would require.

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not everybody's comfortable like,

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is like comfortable and the like I'm

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I asked questions about the, about

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what are the symptoms and what are

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it, how, how we can help our friends.

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Dilip: Hmm.

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So, and, you know, I'm seriously amazed

with your energy and with the effort

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that you've put in because managing three

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doing, I am sure it is not easy and you're

still squeezing out time to consistently

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keep producing episodes, especially

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So how do you manage to ensure that

there is an episode that is coming out?

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Do you record it in batch?

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How does that happen?

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Lakshit: So for two months the Friday

episodes have been constant and

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entrepreneurs podcast has also been

constant, but the mindcology has not

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been constant because psycologists

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are not finding much time for it..

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So of course, before that, I used to

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October by September, I'm done with all

the episodes have to come in October.

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And for November, all the episodes are

shot in October, so it's, it's done, done,

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done a month before, so I have enough

content and sometimes I even do more.

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reason I wouldn't be able to record

more episodes I do things like that.

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Dilip: So you batch produce it.

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how did you start off?

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What were the equipments that

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years since that you started the

podcast, did anything change?

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Have you evolved?

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What, what are the things that changed?

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about that entire podcasting

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setup that you using today?

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Lakshit: Sure.

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So when I started, it was of course,

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recording on camera and I had a small mic.

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So that was first, the second, second

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I had done on camera with a

small mic, which had a very basic

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audio quality and it was fine.

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a laptop where it is recorded in.

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I had used a headphone and mic and

I sat outdoors where there were

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less noise because it was lock down

and there was less traffic around.

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to record much better than.

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And then of course, then I got the micand

I recorded in the mic and all of that..

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Now I have a mic, backdrop and a laptop,

which is recorded in and also a headphone.

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So a minimalist set up only what

you need is what are you using

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and is it a USB microphone or

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Lakshit: So it's a USB one, so it gets

directly connected with the laptop.

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So I think a lot of.

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Pieces that I handle.

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I understand from what you're doing

and ensuring that, you're managing

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so many things, but that's something

that we can all learn from you and at

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your age where, you know, if I look

back, I, I didn't even know what is

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it that I'm going to do with my life.

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And today you are somebody who

has a lot of things figured out.

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And you're pursuing it so consistently.

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And so judiciously it's,

it's worth appreciation.

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So before I let you go Lakshit, I want

to understand two things from you, one

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what is it that you would like to advise

every 17 year old out there, when it comes

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to the way you look at life and the way

you look at what your future is going

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to be first, I would like to know that.

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Lakshit: Sure.

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So one advice to every 17 year old

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anyone or anyone listening to this,

you don't have to have life figured out

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like me at a very, very early stage.

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Everything has its own

consequences has its own issues.

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If you're figuring out

things too late, it's okay.

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It's going to be it's it's everything has

its own time and it takes its own time.

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You're not able to, you won't be able

to be like Lakshit who's able to do

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these many things for maybe say various

reasons and various things you won't

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be able to do a lot of things which,

which everybody does, or maybe you

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won't be, you won't be good in studies

or maybe won't be good in an art form.

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Maybe it wouldn't be good.

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We're not good in both of them,

but you're good in sports.

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So it's just don't put the pressure

on you that you have to be and, prove

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yourself at a very, very early age on,

even, even if I have figured out things

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that say, had things figured out or 16.

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time that I can be out and enjoy things

because I have things up already on me.

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If the podcasting is done and things are

completed, I have my company things to

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be handled and checked in how things are.

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And I I think it's very, very

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some meal alone and all of that.

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Or maybe with friends and all of that,

it's very, very less, because most of the

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time I'm busy doing some other things.

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Most of the time, you know, like for me,

life has become like a, like a, would you

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say a calendar where I have to fix things

up before a week or a month, then only we

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can meet on that certain day or a certain.

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And for example, for this recording you,

as you, as I saw the calendar, the, the

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possible times it was in the morning.

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So I was so happy that we can do it the

morning because half of the other days..

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I'm busy with work and I can't even,

you know, come and leave it, come

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and sit in at a place and record it.

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Yeah, you won't find that fun or maybe

everything has its own consequences.

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problems and issues.

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So my life would be looking all clear and

happy on, Instagram, on my YouTube videos

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that I'm speaking with people you have

seen on your television and speaking with

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people, you know, but I'm speaking with

people who have 10 million followers or

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20 million followers, but seeing that,

or maybe even people who are billionaires

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and millionaires or whatever, but you.

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You don't know the process, how it

goes back on finding them, bringing

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them the work i have to put in.

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the time I have to give and all of that.

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So understand it's, it's all a process

don't pressurize yourself for anything.

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You will find a way by yourself.

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Life is like that.

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about Covid a year back.

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a year and half back but we

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But by seeing that it doesn't that

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of living, just think about what

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you're, what you're aiming for.

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it slow, but be a bit clear about

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the goal you're trying to have.

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That's it just don't be be like,

okay, now I'll enjoy my life.

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I'll study.

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And after completing studies,

we see what we have to.

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That will just put you, put you up in a

big, big mess because when you, when you

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are done all of that and when you studies

done, most of the people are unaware of

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what, what they wish to do, or they just

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and they think that life is not for them.

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And they give up on that.

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So just, but just have a clear

goal that this, this is what I

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do, and this is what I want to do.

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And yeah, that's it.

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So just find those.

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And just, just take things

slowly and steadily.

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If you can take it fast and things

will happen and you'll find a solution

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for every problem you have, but by

thinking on that properly, so yeah.

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Dilip: Okay.

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Good so the second piece that I

wanted to know, so for somebody who

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is starting off with a podcast and

I'm sure you would have had your

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own struggles when you started off.

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So for somebody who's starting off with

a podcast and today, when there is a

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lot of support that is available, What

will be two tips that you would like

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to share with somebody who's planning

to start a podcast or who's who has an

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idea that he's still contemplating on?

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If he really wants to start a podcast.

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Lakshit: So anybody person who had

the thought of doing it you would

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have surely have thought about

something and do surely have awonderful

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purpose behind the starting it.

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So in the first 10 or 20 episodes, you

will not find or build a the community

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or you're not going to have big, big,

huge audience base or a fan base, which

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is going to love you with the of course,

if you're popular or you have a very

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big group and all of that things will be

different, but if you don't, its okay.

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You will, you wouldn't be having

a, a thousand or a hundred listen

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for the first 10 or 20 episodes

you put, but it will come slowly.

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Steadily things will happen.

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We just don't pressurize yourself.

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Just, just keep creating constantly

think on what you're trying to create.

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And Th that would be my first tip that

just keep, keep constantly creating

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you know, meeting and talking.

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And it's podcasting as a way of

creating content is very easy.

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We could just sit anywhere and just

hold your phone and record it you

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can just do, you know, it's easy.

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You don't have to put a lot of work in it.

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Of course, for people like me and say

Dilip, who aretrying to do something.

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We'll have to, find guests and

read about them, know about them,

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listen to their work and art

piece in whatever they're doing.

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So, but if you, if you are, if you're

a poet who wishes to a tell your poetry

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in a way of podcasting, I think then you

don't have to require much work, but you

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just have to write a poem and record it.

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That's easy, easy way of creating content.

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So just, just keep on creating.

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I don't listen to anyone people around

and yes, there's the second one would be

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don't listen to people around you because

not, everybody knows about podcasting.

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It's a new, new thing.

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Not everybody understand it, what

it is and what you're trying to do.

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So just make them for parents or

anyone who's asking, try to make

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them understand, tell them what it

is, what you're trying to do, but

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even if they're not understanding and

trying to tell, you no, that nothing

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is going to happen and all of that.

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Just leave it, don't react to it

because we know reaction does nothing.

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Reaction just creates and

know fight and all of that.

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It's not going to be good for anyone

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they don't know properly about it.

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So first is constantly keep

creating because podcasting is

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a lazy way creating content.

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And second don't hear to people near

you because they really don't know.

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They always doesn't know about,

they don't know everything.

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So it's okay.

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That surely they have all right.

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To tell you, listen to them.

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And then it comes to you,

if you wish to do it or not.

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So that's it.

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Dilip: Okay.

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Great.

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Nice tips.

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Okay.

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So that was a very

interesting conversation.

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There's a lot that we can learn from you.

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Like what I said, you know, it's worth

appreciation that you're looking at.

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So many different things,

managing so many different things.

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And you know, I, I sincerely

loved some of the conversations

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that you had with your guests.

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You know, there was this

author that I was listening to.

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I think it was Shobha.

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Shobha Narayan.

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So that is a very

interesting conversation.

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Then I also listened to a teacher he was

talking about, how that profession is

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considered more of a feminine profession.

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So some of these conversations have

been very interesting, very inspiring.

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And the conversation with you today

has also been extremely inspiring.

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So thanks a lot for joining me

on the show and talking to me and

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giving these tips to the audience.

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I.

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Look forward to many, many episodes

of Multipurpose with Lakshit.

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And I wish you all the success.

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Thanks a lot for coming on this show.

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Lakshit: Thank you.

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Thank you very much and wish you

the same, a wonderful initiative.

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The Podcasting University.

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You're helping people create podcasts

and, you know, help people with

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understand about podcast and all of that.

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It's wonderful.

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The idea is wonderful.

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I also hope to you and yeah,

thank you very much for having me.

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It's a pleasure that I was able to.

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Of course, maybe I don't know how much

value were able to create an impact

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here, but really glad that you, you

listen to me and I'm glad that maybe

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we were able to create a very small

impact on someone through something.

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So thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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Dilip: It was it, wasn't an excellent

of very fruitful conversation,

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a lot of information Lakshit.

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So it was nice.

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So thanks.

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And you have a good rest of the Sunday

and I'm hoping that it gives you some

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free time from your busy schedule.

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Lakshit: Totally.

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Wish you the same.

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Thank you very much.

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Dilip: Thanks.