Creative Spark-plug is a show about design for emerging design professionals. We talk to leading architects, designers, and creative thinkers from all fields about their work and ideas. We dive deep into their thought process, introducing you to the creative and innovative minds that shape iconic products, buildings, and cities around the world. Hosted by Rajesh Sharma and Baashobe Majumdar both designers and entrepreneurs themselves, who are curious about bringing design to reality. Creative Spark-plug is a show where we discuss everything design and creativity.
Danish Husain on Challenging Status Quo | Creative Spark-plug | EP- 56
We got an amazing oppurtunity to be at The Malhaar Music festival in Goa where we could interview the people who were performing at the festival and it started with this amazing chat with Danish Husain the actor..
He was working in banking when he found himself drawn towards theatre. For three years, he continued working in banking during the day while pursuing theatre in the evenings. In 2002, he finally left banking and dived all in.
This conversation isn't simply about leaving a job and following a dream. In this episode Danish takes us deeper into what it means to build a creative life; the uncertainty, the craft, the role of appreciation, the importance of lived experience, and why talent alone is never enough.
We talk about:
• Leaving a secure career to pursue acting
• Why courage may not be the real reason people change
• How appreciation can give people the confidence to grow
• Why acting is a craft that requires learning and discipline
• The importance of lived experience for an actor
• Why great acting can communicate without dialogue
• Indian storytelling, literature and forgotten cultural traditions
• Why language and storytelling still matter in the age of social media• Creativity, politics and moral courage
• How empathy changes when we try to see the world through another person's eyes• Why talented people need an ecosystem to grow
• Creating better opportunities for artists and young creative talent
Danish also shares an idea that may resonate with anyone who feels stuck in their career or life: You don't always need to know where you're going. Sometimes you first need to recognize that where you are is no longer working.
This is a conversation about acting, creativity, theatre, culture, identity, empathy, career choices and the courage to become who you are capable of becoming.
If this conversation resonates with you, share it with someone who is questioning their own path. Subscribe to Creative Spark Plug for more such conversations..
28 Jul 2026
The Hidden Psychology of Great Buildings | Bijoy Ramachandran | Creative Spark-plug | EP- 55
What makes a building unforgettable? Why do some spaces change the way we think, feel and behave?
In this episode of Creative Spark Plug, architect Bijoy Ramachandran shares how great design goes beyond beauty. He explains why creativity is really about paying attention, why meaning matters more than style, and how buildings become part of people's lives.
This conversation is for architects, designers, founders, artists and anyone trying to create work that lasts.
You'll learn:
• How creativity really works
• Why great architecture changes behaviour
• The role of humility in creative success
• Why context matters more than trends
• How to build work people remember
If you're building anything - companies, products, art or ideas - this conversation will change how you think.
25 Jun 2026
My Voice in My First Instrument, The Flute is my Second Voice | Varijashree | CSP | EP-54
Varijashree Venugopal could identify ragas before she could form sentences. Today she's a Grammy-nominated singer and flautist who treats her voice as her first instrument - and the flute as her second voice.In this episode, Varijashree shares her journey: growing up in a household where music was her "first mother tongue," the discipline behind the talent, building her own syllabus as a genre-defying artist, and how a song with no translatable lyrics still moved strangers across the world to tears.Creative Spark-plug is a black book of creative journeys - real stories from creative people, to inspire anyone chasing a creative life or feeling stuck in one.
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Vijay Narnapatti
Sandeep Mukherjee
Aparna Vinod
John Mathew
Pooja Rao
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4.7 / 5
16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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76
Social presence
91
YouTube
74
Engagement
60
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