About Narayan Parasuram
Narayan Parasuram is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Karadi Tales Company.
He is also a Singer, a Music Director, an Independent Movie Producer, as well a Teacher. He was formerly a Member of the Faculty at K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering and IIT Bombay’s Industrial Design Center (IDC).
Narayan is a graduate of the IIT Bombay. He holds a Masters degree in Material Science and a Diploma in Sound Engineering from Clemson University.
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Selected Links and Show Notes
Selected Links
- Connect with Narayan
- Karadi Tales
- M.S. Gopalakrishnan
- Carnatic Music
- IIT Bombay
- Laxmikant-Pyarelal
- Audio Institute of America
- Gulzar
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Vidya Balan
- S.P. Balasubramanhyam
- Shobha Viswanath
- C.P. Viswanath
- Chakiarkoothu
- The Bhagavatham
- India Book House
- Girish Karnad
- Usha Uthup
- APJ Abdul Kalam
- Ashtavakra
- Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize for Photoelectric Effect
- Rahul Dravid
- Boman Irani
- Shripal Morakhia
- Jajantaram-Mamantaram
- Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya
- Satyajit Ray and Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Voltaire
- T.R. Balamani
- Dharavi
- Shankar Mahadevan
- Smart Cities Mission
- Manohar Parrikar
- Sriram Parasuram
- Beyond the Last Blue Mountain
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Kabir
- Abide with me (Hymn)
Show Notes
On Narayan’s childhood and how he discovered his passions (03:14 – 07:16)
Entering IIT Bombay, earning a Masters Degree at Clemson University, and pursuing a career in Sound Engineering (08:03 – 17:56)
On life and projects before setting up Karadi Tales (20:51 – 23:56)
On the origins and initial days of Karadi Tales (24:03 – 37:52)
Audiobooks and the Storytelling Tradition (37:53 – 38:56)
The story behind ‘The Wings of Fire’ Audiobook (39:05 – 43:10)
On the Principles of Storytelling at Karadi Tales (44:13 – 52:43)
On the collaboration between Karadi Tales and Disney (53:35 – 57:49)
Stories from the success of Jajantaram Mamantaram (59:31 – 01:01:28)
On the origins and production of GGBB (01:01:29 – 01:12:37)
Releasing GGBB and the challenges of being an Independent Movie Producer in India (01:12:38 – 01:17:54)
On the differences between Institutional and Non-Insititutional Education in India (01:22:08 – 01:31:32)
Manohar Parrikar and the Role he played in setting up Karadi Path (01:31:41 – 01:33:28)
Narayan’s Letter to the Primer Minister of India (01:34:06 – 01:36:06)
Why is there an Unspoken Hierarchy among Subjects in Educational Institutions? (01:36:07 – 01:40:09)
On Trade versus Craft (01:40:15 – 01:44:08)
The Power of Lifelong Learning via Non-Institutions (01:44:09 – 01:49:30)
Sales and Storytelling at Karadi Tales (01:59:02 – 02:01:18)
On JRD Tata and Beyond the Last Blue Mountain (02:01:44 – 02:07:48)
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