The Art Beats with Nishant Kotai: Recent Episodes
Nishant Kotai
Here you can hear my books. I write all kinds of fiction : sci fi, thrillers, fantasy and more. Join me as I discuss my journey and share my opinions on various aspects of life including writing, movies and all the things in pop culture that I like and dislike.
In my opinion the times when we have a limited set of resources, we immediately tap into the best of ourselves and things begin to flow automatically. The end result is something magical and in this episode I share my experiences how we shouldn't completely stop pursuing the task or our beloved project when scarcity of resources hit us.
As a writer myself I have gradually come to realize the importance of reading and how it has helped me in numerous ways not only in terms of daily vocabulary but also in broadening my perspective. Join me as I share my personal opinion on why reading is so crucial for all of us.
Another year has ended and with that we have a year full of memories both good and bad. But that is itself the crux of reinventing yourself at the cusp of the horizon of a new year ahead which brings us a new day and we should make the most out of it by discarding some things that may have affected us this year. Let's discuss what are those things.
We come across many people in our lives who give us subtle and sometimes straight forward hints of ignoring our point of view. It becomes irksome especially if a task has to be completed and you believe your solution is the answer to it but the end result is spoilt due to that one self entitled person who wilfully ignored your suggestions.
This is based on my personal experience and your point of view on some of my techniques may differ. In this episode I share my ways of starting with a new novel. Despite of being a subjective process, I believe there are some aspects in writing which can be mapped and can serve as a blueprint for all of us to pen down our own next adventure.
This is more of a single man's opinion and observation and in no way shape or form am I pointing fingers or being judgemental. This happened last weekend as I walked into a bookstore and observed despite of a sale on books as well, the store beside it had more crowd and it just made me think how books aren't given the due importance.
Released back in 2013, we didn't have many good horror films and Conjuring came out of nowhere and injected a breathe of fresh air in the horror genre.
Dracula has been a fictional character which has evolved over the years with countless renditions in pop culture and in this episode I will share my thoughts on the novel which started it all, 'Dracula' written by Bram Stoker in 1897.
Some situations in life demand more from us and the worst thing to happen is to face it all alone. But it isn't all that bad as I share my own experience of handling situations and or work projects alone. Because I believe when you reach the end of the line by accomplishing the task alone you become a best version of yourself.
10th October is celebrated as World Mental Health day and let's tackle the tricky topic and discuss how we can eliminate the gloomy feeling and welcome positive vibes and eventually keep our lives stress free. In this episode I will share some hacks which have personally worked for me when I get stressed out hope it works for you as well.
A journey of two siblings who are living in a shanty house hiding away from the dangers lurking in town. A brother will do anything to keep both of them alive.
Sharing with you the first chapter of my novella 'Hack of all trades'. Thanks for listening to my podcasts I hope you all enjoying these ones and you can buy the ebook on Amazon if you want to delve deeper into the story.
This is one of my novellas which is available on Amazon in e book format and I am excited to share the story with you. This episode contains the prologue of my book. If the story intrigues you, you can check it out on Amazon.
As I always preface my episode with the fact that everything I share in strictly my point of view the same is the case in this one as well. I consider Batman to have a deep story and character motivations and I personally find him to be the most logical superhero out there. And it goes without saying he is my favorite superhero character as well.
I came across this destination which is in North Eastern Ethiopia in the African continent in one of the documentaries of Netflix 'Alien Worlds' and since then I wanted to share my thoughts about this intriguing place on Earth which has a harsh climate but is still a fascinating travel destination.
Based on my personal experience I realized that over the course of time after completing the school education, my scheduling and organized habits took a hit and as a result I began to see the lasting effects of lack of scheduling and planning our day to day activities in general. Join me and let's discuss about the pros of having a somewhat planned set of activities for ourselves.
I can handle a few explicit scenes added in a movie if the script really demands it and lends to the characters well. But somehow I can't help but feel that somehow it is always over-depicted in pop culture and there really isn't any need to have full frontal nudity in all forms of entertainment may it be games, movies or books.
This is sort of my personal take on this subject as I am of the opinion that sometimes when we realize our true potential and wish to pursue a new goal altogether, the support of parents is crucial as their say in the matter can make or break the path ahead.
The opinions that I share in this episode are based on my experience alone. Join me as I discuss the root cause of 'Validation' and why we should stop looking for it.
Join me as I share my thoughts about 'The Shining', the horror movie based on Stephen King's novel by the same name directed by Stanley Kubrick. Despite of being released back in 1980, it still manages to deliver the scares.
In this episode I share my personal must have apps though keep in mind that I am an Android user and their availability on apple devices can be different. I am sure you must be using most of these but it will be great if you can find something different in this episode.
All my thoughts are based on my personal experiences and merely my opinions about mental block. I am a writer and have faced situations where I get no new ideas to progress my story in the book but over the course of time I realized that mental block is an illusion.
Join me as I read the chapter 2 from my horror novella 'Cohesion' available on Amazon in e book form. This will be the last episode from this book as I wanted to share with you a taste of this book by reading the first two chapters. Do give it a read if you found the story interesting. Thanks for listening!
Join me as I read my horror novella 'Cohesion'. This episode will have the prologue and chapter 1 from e-book anr you can buy the same from Amazon. Hope you have fun with this one.
This age old assumption that video games are only for kids and it is some form of a harmful medium of entertainment is wrong in my opinion. Join me as I discuss with you some examples of how gaming creatively tackles real world themes and weaves into itself a mature form of storytelling which only video games can pull off.
In these series of episodes I will share some of my favorite documentaries which you can check out and in this episode I share my thoughts about 'Alien Worlds' a documentary which explores the possibilities of what kind of animals and atmosphere may exist on exoplanets based on the tests conducted on earth in similar atmospheric conditions as that of the exoplanet. This documentary is on Netflix so do check it out when you can.
Spanish Flu which was a form of Influenza Virus ravaged the earth in 1918. Combined with the high mortality rates of the First World War, this deadly disease left in it's wake 20 to 50 million estimated deaths and even India wasn't spared by this dreadful pandemic. Join me as I discuss with you the facts and how it spread its claws in India.
We all are humans and by nature we tend to appreciate the attention and acknowledgement given to us by our relatives, colleagues, friends and strangers alike. Join me as I share my opinion on instant gratification and how it isn't necessarily a bad thing as we can turn it around as a motivating factor in our endeavors.
Games are often ignored when it comes to seriously discussing the various aspects in it and especially storytelling. Games have evolved in a span of a decade and have become powerhouses of mature storytelling. Join me to discuss about storytelling in video games as I share some examples of my own.
Join me as I talk about my favorite medium of book reading but I have found that e-books do have their fair share of advantages.
There is a stage in life when we realize all our past efforts didn't help us get the desired results. That is the point in life where we must apply the process of elimination and restart our efforts and make conscious decisions to avoid mistakes of the past.
It is more of my personal experience that we have distanced ourselves of merely looking up in the sky and appreciating the nature around us and the walk in the gardens we used to take without worrying about our deadlines is missing, at least from my life. Join me and lets rediscover the simple joy of guessing the shapes of the clouds.
There are some splendid locations which sort of form an identity of a movie,book or a video game for instance Hogwarts in Harry Potter series has a personality of its own and helps relate to the lore in mysterious ways.
Lets talk about what is Micro fiction, its importance and why is it so crucial in the broad scheme of storytelling.
Writing is a tough job and it js especially hard when you have nothing written down. But worry not, once you get hold of your strength the rest of the work gets done instinctively. Join me as I share my start in writing.
I share my personal favorite horror tv series. Regardless of whether you are into horror genre or not this series is worth checking out due to its story alone.
This is somewhat of my personal experience as I noticed recently all my family members including me have their own individual form of entertainment and have been watching it alone which sort of has pushed the concept of living room to the brink of non existence. Do you have similar experiences as I do? Join me to know my point of view on this.
2001 Space Odyssey is my personal favorite when it comes to space or sci fi genre of movies. It invokes all the thoughts and questions we have about space and presents more 'What if' questions and hints to those answers as well. Considering the movie was released in 1968 it all the more is worth relishing.
This episode we will have a relaxed discussion on a lighter topic. What do you prefer? Completing your work late night or getting up early and catching up with the pending tasks. Join me as I share my thoughts on this and what I personally prefer.
There is nothing more interesting than a tale of a fantastical magic land and a place of wonders which care less of realism and more about the countless possibilities of imagination. Join me as I discuss my favorite fantasy series.
I have come across this dilemma and have seen people discuss this as well. Join me as I share my thoughts on this and I hope you take this in a healthy way as it is from my personal experience that I share my point of view in this age old topic.
Welcome to my very first episode ever and join me as I share my personal experience in my writing journey and how the tough times in life aligned me to pursue writing and I hope it helps you filter out your goals or pending endeavors and you find success in it.