Wings
Year 1991 marked the beginning of a New India, a year that kick started a democratisation process of a new kind, one that rode the waves of Internet, Television Broadcast Networks & Mobile Telecommunications. This has shaped a new generation of youth deeply anchored in Indian values yet having global aspirations, a cohort for whom the world is a playground. The Wings podcast is an attempt to bring forth stories of these youth where they share how they see themselves and the world they inhabit, their hopes and fears, their dreams and aspirations. It's an attempt to 'discover the extraordinary in the ordinary' and is driven by a belief that ‘the future is born in the web of human conversations'.
The storytellers in the Wings Podcast are Young Indians from across socio-economic strata, from urban and semi-urban India, ones who have found their own Wings or are in the process of discovering them with an aim to take them far and wide.
Podcast Creators: Asha & Milind Agnihotri.
Podcast Host: Milind Agnihotri.
DISCLAIMER: This Wings Podcast is conceptualised and created by Asha & Milind Agnihotri. Entire contents and design of this Podcast are the property of Asha & Milind Agnihotri. Listeners are welcome to download and play the Podcast and share with others for personal use. Please acknowledge Wings Podcast as the source of the material. You may not, except with express written permission of Asha & Milind Agnihotri, distribute or commercially exploit the content. This Podcast is for general information purposes only and should not be considered as a piece of any professional advice. Views and opinions expressed in the episodes of this Podcast are those of its guests. Creators of this Podcast expressly disclaim any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of this Podcast.
(C) Asha & Milind Agnihotri, 2022-2024
Wings
S5E3: VishnuNaad
Indian music is said to have originated in ancient times as a confluence of three broad streams - music performed in temples for devotion, music performed in palaces and royal courts for entertainment and music that flowed freely in farms, fields and forests, for its own sake. At its core, it celebrates the Vyakti (individual, the part) and Samashti (collective, the whole) both fuelled by a primal energy manifesting as ‘Naad’ or Sound.
‘VishnuNaad,’ is an attempt to experience this primal energy through a conversation with K S Vishnudev, an acclaimed Carnatic Vocalist and recipient of the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from the Sangeet Natak Akademi (2022). His performances have taken him across the globe, including the USA, Canada, Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and the UAE. This podcast conversation meanders through some soulful compositions sung by Vishnu in his melodious voice, where he shares his personal philosophy of music, what it means to him and how it is manifesting through ’Nisarga Art Hub’ that he and his wife Lakshmi V are co-creating amidst the paddy fields of Angamaly, Kerala.
Views and opinions expressed in this episode of the Podcast are those of its guest. Creators of this Podcast expressly disclaim any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of this Podcast.
(C) Asha & Milind Agnihotri, 2022-2025