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In Conversation with a Young and Talented Singer: Aniket Dhingra

Question: Firstly, Best of Luck from the Team TTI for launch of your Single ‘YOUNGER’ on 31st Jan 2016. Secondly, will you tell us something about your Single? What is the theme or Genre?
Aniket: Thank you so much the Team TTI for the interview. Love knows no age barriers. ‘Younger’ is a song about a guy, who happens to fall in love with a girl older than him. He feels that she ignores him and hence he is doubtful if a love story could be shaped out. It’s an upbeat song showing the desires and commitment of the ‘Younger’ to convince someone more mature to him by his witty, impressive and stylish lyrics. The genre being pop with a slight essence of blues, country and folk music, ‘Younger’ is a very unique song and a concept that remains yet untouched.
Question: Are you a music lover from the childhood or it happened in the years of your school life? When and how could you realize that you are made for singing amongst all the other forms of art? What motivated you to take up music as your career?
Aniket: I am a music lover since my childhood days. My mother says that when I was very young, I used to take my meals only when she would turn the radio on. We had a cassette player on which my dad used to play a lot of songs of Kishore Kumar at my tender age, when I didn’t even know who the legend was and I am so grateful to him for that. Therefore, I developed passion naturally for both the singing and music. I chose singing from all other forms of art, because singing, I feel, is the expression of my own soul. A lot of people can sing, but the cleaner one’s soul, the better one sings. I am also comfortable in other aspects of music like composing, song-writing and recording, which makes me a better singer.
Question: How did you spend your childhood? Are you a studious kid or a naughty one?
Aniket: Laughs. I still have a kid in me, which will live forever! Speaking of my childhood, I have stayed in Mumbai, Sydney and Delhi, which helped me a lot in gaining experience in terms of culture, people, food, songs, travel and improving my English as well. I was always into cultural activities, be it the plays or solo singing competitions or inter school dance competitions. I was never a studious kid but always used to score well.
Question: Did you ever question your decision of taking up music? How did your parents react when you first asked them that you wanted to take up music?
Aniket: No. I never questioned myself. My mom and dad are the most adorable people in my life. They have always been supportive but never spoon fed me. They made me independent and I couldn’t have even been more grateful to my dad for the support he extended.
Question: Since you are an aspiring singer-songwriter. Who is your ideal?
Aniket: Lots of musicians are my ideals. Beatles (John Lennon), Adele (for her vocal techniques), Kishore Kumar (for expression, voice and everything else), The Weeknd (in terms of production), Ed Sheeran and Jason Mraz (Songwriting)
Question: When researching on you I found that you have done Summer Camp and Sunday Club-I & II from the National School of Drama. Are you interested in taking up Drama? How were your experiences there?
Aniket: The experience was beautiful. According to me Theatre is a very integral part in building a better society. I still love characterizations and voice modulations. I can change voices, while talking and singing (laughs). Acting made me a confident performer.
Question: Are you afraid of the growing competition?
Aniket: I just hate the word competition. I don’t visualise myself as a competitor. I feel that artists and musicians in India should broaden their mental horizons and use the word ‘collaboration’. The musicians and artists should always think of creating better art and better music. This can only be achieved with a team effort.
Question: What kinds of songs do you like to sing?
Aniket: I am a Western and Indian Singer – songwriter. Other than singing my own songs, I sing English Pop (old and new), Acoustic, Contemporary R&B, Country, Soft Rock, Bollywood, (old and new).
Question: What are your future plans?
Aniket: I am currently recording my next English single ‘Teenaged love’.
Question: Last but not the least what would you like to say to the youth?
Aniket: I would like to say that we all have one or the other talent with us. Rather than being a selfish artist or being egoistic, I would like to be generous and loving. We should help each other for growing and make the society a better place to live in.
Aniket’s social media links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aniket.dhingra.5
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbU6tXX45mJzH5raJWj5u_w
WordPress: https://aniketdhingra.wordpress.com/

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An Indian YouTuber with an Amazing Comic Timing : Rony Dasgupta

Rony Dasgupta, from The Rawknee Show, is an Indian YouTube Content Creator from Mumbai. No roasting, but it is the amazing comic timing that differentiates him from others.
He makes videos with an aim to spread happiness and make people laugh. We had a quick rapid fire with him. Check out the video to find out his responses.
The Talented Indian recently had an opportunity to have a quick rapid fire with Rony Dasgupta. He gave pretty interesting reply to our questions. Click here for watching the full episode of Rapid Fire.
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Exclusive Rapid Fire With The Trio That Redefined Vines : RealShit

RealShit, the famous trio, that make videos on topics that we come across daily. Piyush Bansal, Deepak Chauhan, and Shubham Gandhi are the 3 pillars of RealShit Vines. These three youngsters gave up conventional jobs and decided to do something different with their life despite the fact that they were enrolled in prestigious institutions like Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (Delhi University), Amity University, and Kirorimal College (Delhi University) respectively.
Vines culture in India is growing so rapidly that you see so many new viner coming up every day. The only thing that separates RealShit is the originality in their content. If you have to succeed then one has to be original and creative. Apart from that, of course, their hard work, dedication and patience played a key role in their success.
They always wanted an interesting and happening life, so they decided to do something different. The trio is highly inspired by Zaid Ali, as they used to love his videos and on 13th June, 2015 they decided to give it a shot.
Ever since then they never turned back and are making videos and entertaining the world. Recently, we got a chance to have a quick rapid fire with the trio. During the rapid fire they answered all the questions with interesting responses.
Click here to watch the interesting responses.
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Exclusive Rapid Fire With The Master of Vines : Harsh Beniwal

Harsh Beniwal is a Delhi based Actor and Viner, who is known as one of the fastest growing viners in India. He was born and brought up in New Delhi.
21-year-old Harsh Beniwal is a Delhi resident. He was studying to do his Bachelors in Computer Applications but quit mid-way for a career in the entertainment industry. Harsh is extremely active on social media and regularly uploads videos. He is clearly a hit with youngsters.
Harsh in his early days joined a dance society there and found his passion. He always dreamt of doing big in Bollywood and loved to be called as a filmy guy.
Soon Dubsmash came in his life and he tried a couple of things over to make him popular over the social media sites. This helped him to discover his latent talent in a big way. Soon Harsh Beniwal emerged out to become the best viners which are known to one and all. Harsh is a true foodie in himself apart from being a fitness freak which makes him regular at the gyms.
With all his forthcoming projects, he is keen to continue doing his vining things to stay connected with the lovely audience. He is a dog lover and wishes continue to do things on his own to emerge out as ace actor one day.
Click here to find out how he answered the questions asked by Sumedha in a quick rapid fire with him.
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Sejal Kumar : From being an SRCC Graduate to a successful YouTuber

Sejal Kumar, India’s leading fashion YouTuber blogger, has 6,20,000+ subscribers on YouTube handle. Born on 1st January 1995, Sejal Kumar is a 22-year old Delhi based YouTuber. Her mother, Dr. Anjali Kumar is a famous gynecologist, working with Artemis Hospital. Her father, Anil Kumar is a retired army major. Sejal Kumar has an older brother named Rohan. Since Sejal Kumar’s father is a retired army major, she got to travel a lot. She vividly remembers playing in waterfalls in Arunachal Pradesh with her brother during her childhood days.
She did her graduation in Economics Hons from SRCC. She started her YouTube channel during her second year at college. After completing her graduation she is now working full time on developing her brand.
Sejal Kumar has a habit of eating homemade food with Tomato Juice being her most favourite food. She is also an early sleeper and can’t stay up past 10 pm.
Sejal Kumar has won Miss Crossroads held at SRCC. She was also selected for the pageant campus princess 2016, sub pageant of Miss Diva, where she won the titles Miss Multimedia, Miss Rampwalk.
Sejal Kumar has done many has also been featured in many commercial ads. Some of the brands she has worked with are Airtel, Parachute, Roposo.
Sejal Kumar creates easy DIY tutorials for dressing up for YouTube and her latest video also includes funky hairstyles that you can try. An area which we find her excelling in is making DIY’s videos! She loves being on stage, likes to be have the limelight on her, and why not? When you are confident enough to start showcasing, there is no looking back. One may also find her dancing, acting and singing along with making YouTube videos!
Recently we had a quick rapid fire with Sejal Kumar. Click here to see how did Sejal Kumar respond to our questions.
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In Conversation with One the of BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Women : Kanika Tekriwal

Today we have with us Ms Kanika Tekriwal. When we start describing her, she is the founder of JetSetGo, The New Face of Private Aviation. She has also been featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 and BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Women.
(Source: Facebook)
Ques) First of all, how do you feel to be amongst the BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Women?
Response) The journey has been nothing short of amazing. I’ve been blessed to have had an excellent year with BBC 100 women and Forbes 30 under 30 Asia. The milestones, achieved in life, keep one very much motivated in moving forward, take greater challenges and achieve. They helped me restore faith in myself when I was in doubt or low. This, I believe, is still the beginning of the journey. There is a long long way to go and achieve, put Indian Aviation on the world map and disrupt.
(Source: Facebook)
Ques) What is the JetSetGo all about?
Response) As the Uber of the skies and an aggregation platform, JetSetGo provides Indian customers for the charter planes for the first time the choice, transparency and flexibility to book a private jet online on web as well as on mobile platforms. Extending the experience from the ease of the customized online booking process, JetSetGo, then, provides superior unmatched level of services at every customer touch point through the journey process on the ground at both the departure and the arrival airports and on board, based on the purpose and choice of the customers be it business or leisure charter. For single leg trips, through its online demand aggregation model, it maximizes the chance for sale of empty travel legs to other customers, thereby adding value to original leg customer by giving a credit against original charter cost and for the empty leg traveler a charter at a more attractive price point. In addition, unlike the current pricing practice, where a customer is charged for a minimum charter cost, irrespective of the actual journey time, JetSetGo pricing for customers is for actual time, flown from Point A to B.
(Source: Facebook)
Ques) Surely, the journey to the top is not easy. You might have had to go through some of the really tough times in your life, where many people would simply give up. Could you please elaborate about the hardships you had been through the journey to the top?
Response) I wouldn’t say I have faced any difficulties as such, but yes there have been very minor challenges, because I had to work in a male dominated industry. Initially, it took time for the people to take me seriously for the business I am carrying. Sometimes, when I am assertive, I am considered arrogant, whereas a man being more assertive than me is considered passionate. But, these are very non consequential things as such.
(Source: Facebook)
Ques) What made you so determined that helped you in winning over the struggles?
Response) Use every “No” as a stepping stone to success and turn every “No” into a “Yes” through your journey.”
Ques) Realizing the problems of any industry is one thing, but taking an initiative to make things better is totally different. What was the driving force that motivated you to turn your idea into reality?
Response) It took a lot of perseverance to actually keep going in the early days. Someone once told me “India – business aviation, you guys won’t be able to do anything” I took it upon me from that day to put India Business aviation on the world map and every time something does not work in my favor, I simply revisit the goal and carry on.
(Source: Facebook)
Ques) During the initial stages, could you ever imagine how such an idea could be implemented in our country, where the concept of charter flight is totally unique?
Response) Yes – I always knew this would work in India.
Ques) You have proved the maxim ‘The sky is the limit’ true and you are a living example of it. What is the next on your agenda?
Response) World domination 🙂
The Talented Indian takes immense pleasure in wishing Ms Kanika Tekriwal good luck for her future endeavors.
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