I'm pleased to present a new podcast episode with co-authors of the Indus Valley Annual Report, Anurag Pagaria and Nachammai Savithri.
“I think the biggest takeaway for me has to be about the storytelling bit... and how important it is to tell a story. And I think I will not even take the credit for it. I will give most of the credit to Sajith because of driving the whole process, right? If you look at him, he has done it three times. So the driving of the story, how do you tell a story? What is the story? What are you trying to answer? All of those things are something that I learned along the way.” That's Anurag Pagaria of Blume Ventures, who has co-authored the excellent Indus Valley Annual Report 2024, along with Nachammai Savithri (or NS) and the inimitable Sajith Pai. Let’s dive in. You can enjoy my conversation with Anurag and NS at your favourite podcast location: Browser Podcast apps: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Podcast Addict | Pocket Casts Happy listening! Further reading links: If you find the content valuable, please rate and review this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to it (links above). It’ll help others like you discover these insights! This podcast was hosted by me, Ravishankar Iyer. Audio editing by Kartik Rajan. Transcript editing by Aniruddha Nerli and all-around support by Sanket Aalegaonkar. Thanks, Ravi PS: Got this email as a forward? Get your own copy here. Access this email on a browser or share this email on Whatsapp, LinkedIn or Twitter Hello! You are getting this email as a part of the '3-2-1 by Story Rules' Newsletter. To get your own copy, sign up here. |
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