India Inc Stories: Recent Episodes
Deepsekhar Choudhury
Himanshu Sharma is at the forefront of Airtel's foray into music streaming and podcasts. He works in the telecom major as a product designer after having passed out of IIT Guwahati. Tune in for great insights into how data has revolutionized design, why legendary Apple iPhone designer Sir Jony Ives's ideas don't work in the Indian context, why he believes Wagon R is a better car than a luxury sedan for being chauffeur driven, the problem with Marie Kondo's concept of attaining happiness, and simple design hacks that can help us get through our everyday lives. Happy listening!
Background Music: Precious Memories by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Nibir Deka is trying to get a media start-up called Inside Northeast up and running. We hear about his journey which not only tells us a lot about a much-neglected corner of India but also reveals the travails of a media company anywhere in the world — subscriptions, advertising revenues, fake news, content aggregators like Google and Facebook, artificial intelligence and the sheer difficulties of getting a good story out.