Keep the child in you alive, they say.

Curiosity, Creativity & crazy Imagination power are some of the characteristics most children have and most adults & professionals are striving to build.

We’re exploring the child-like attributes and characteristics with our guest today.

Born and raised in Vadodara, Shantanu Duttagupta is currently the Publisher for Scholastic in India. A copywriter and journalist turned publisher, he began his career in 2004 and has worked with The Times of India, magazines like MacWorld of The International Data Group and the NGO sector as a Human Rights enthusiast. He finally went back to thinking like a child in 2007 when he took on the role of publishing for Children.

Reading, Thinking, Imagining, Learning and experiences- this episode is all this and much more.

Skip to your favourite part:

2.50- Thinking like a Child

5.00- Kidults and Imagination

8.12- Nurturing Curiosity and Creativity

9.00- The pressures & insecurities at the beginning of careers

13.00- On explorations & Finding your Calling

15.00- On money & Internal Motivations

17.00- What reading & hangin’ around does to your brain?

18.00- Looking vs Seeing & Why we love Distraction?

26.00- The infatuation with Fantasy, Horror & Self Help books

28.10- We live in a Science Fiction World- Some crazy thoughts about COVID 19

31.10- Breaking Biases & Defining Intellectual Capabilities

35.00- Indian History & Mythology stories

38.30- Physical vs Digital reading

43.00- Cool Stats about Indian Children’s writing and Topics that matter

46.30- Tackling Challenges in career & life

Original Music by Joseph Mc Dade

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