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The Power Of Voice In Earning Money With Your Art and Culture
There’s no shame in earning money from art or by sharing your culture. You don’t have to be an artist or an entrepreneur. You can be both!
Voice plays an important role in how successful you become and how you (and others) perceive you and your business. This includes your own voice (inner, verbal, and physical voice) and the voice of others around you.
While success is not defined by how others treat you, would you see more success when people build you up or pull you down? How you talk to yourself (your inner voice) also matters.
Ajanta Chakraborty is co-founder of Bolly & Culture Groove. In this interview with my friend, we celebrate the marriage of art and business and address the shame people have around earning money with their art towards successful entrepreneurship
We also talk about how Ajanta dealt with the cultural perceptions and biases that she faced, energetic resonance, and surrounding ourselves with people who support our voice.
Ajanta shares with us how she and her husband Vivek became accidental authors, that 3 year olds have the attention span of an ant, and more personal moments such as the discomfort around being misunderstood in the U.S. due to Indian English having a different syllabic emphasis than local speech.
In This Podcast About ‘The Power Of Voice In Earning Money With Your Art And Culture’ You’ll Learn:
- You CAN be an artist and run a successful business earning money from art and your culture
- How important it is to be surrounded by supportive voices in your life
- How to BE a supportive voice in someone else’s life
- How to speak without actually speaking
- You don’t need to have a perfect voice to speak
- The influence of accent on how you feel in situations and about yourself
Here’s a glance at this episode:
Leaving Tech to Become an Arts Entrepreneur
Let’s Transform the Shame Artists Feel Around Making Money
Bollywood Dance Entrepreneur: Support & Lack of Support from Family
Working with Children: First Generation Indian Americans
Becoming Accidental Authors: Indian Culture & Tradition
Borrowing Someone Else’s Voice & Self-Love
Being an Immigrant: The Discomfort of Being Misunderstood
“How I Found my Most Empowered Voce During the Pandemic”
“How Cindi Lauper’s Voice Impacted me When I Was a Child”
As We Grow Older We Are Drawn to People Who Support Our Voices
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About Ajanta Chakraborty
Ajanta Chakraborty is the co-founder of Bollywood & Culture Groove, an India Dance, Education, and Fitness company that spreads the joy of Indian culture through movement and literature. Ajanta is also an award-winning co-author of a bestselling children’s book series with 13 titles called Maya & Neel’s India Adventure. Ajanta actively works towards raising awareness about ethnic dance & fitness formats, helping parents and educators raise multicultural kids, and helping corporates provide exciting cultural experiences to their employees. Her work has been featured on NBC, ABC, FOX, Elle Magazine, Neilsen Media, Sun-Times, Univision, Al Jazira, and more.
How to find Ajanta
Ajanta is based in Chicago. Visit Home – Bollywood Groove & Culture Groove
You can find her books at Maya & Neel’s India Adventure Series – Amazon Bestsellers! – Bollywood Groove & Culture Groove.
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