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The takeaway from each conversation is unmissable and unputdownable – this is the only Life you have,
so don’t postpone your Happiness!
so don’t postpone your Happiness!
AVIS and Vaani in conversation with Sundari Sivasubbu, the author of 'A Bumblebee's Balcony'. This was in their #happynessconversations™ series in July 2019. The venue is the iconic, 200+-year-old Madras Literary Society in Chennai. Sundari was born with cerebral palsy. In this conversation, the happynesswalas™ explore Sundari's amazing journey: How does she celebrate Life while living with an irreversible condition?
Picture credit: Vinodh Velayudhan
For Vaani and AVIS, their raison d’etre, their ikigai, their Life’s purpose is Inspiring ‘Happyness’™! Everything they do is driven by this singular focus.
Starting in January 2015, they have been curating non-commercial, free-for-public conversations. Through these conversations, they explore lived experiences – human stories – and distill lessons on Life and Happiness.
They have hosted around 200 conversations featuring over 300 guests so far.
Vaani and AVIS’ conversations are very popular. The couple are now regarded as specialists in curating and hosting world-class conversations. And their audiences love them. Because the happynesswalas™ always draw simple, easy-to-hold, practical Life lessons from the journeys of their guests. The takeaway from each conversation is unmissable and unputdownable – this is the only Life you have, so don’t postpone your Happiness. Instead learn to be non-worrying, non-frustrated and non-suffering; learn to be happy despite the circumstances!
All the videos of conversations curated and hosted by the happynesswalas™ are available on another website and on this YouTube channel. Please click on the buttons below to access these videos/stories.
Starting in January 2015, they have been curating non-commercial, free-for-public conversations. Through these conversations, they explore lived experiences – human stories – and distill lessons on Life and Happiness.
They have hosted around 200 conversations featuring over 300 guests so far.
Vaani and AVIS’ conversations are very popular. The couple are now regarded as specialists in curating and hosting world-class conversations. And their audiences love them. Because the happynesswalas™ always draw simple, easy-to-hold, practical Life lessons from the journeys of their guests. The takeaway from each conversation is unmissable and unputdownable – this is the only Life you have, so don’t postpone your Happiness. Instead learn to be non-worrying, non-frustrated and non-suffering; learn to be happy despite the circumstances!
All the videos of conversations curated and hosted by the happynesswalas™ are available on another website and on this YouTube channel. Please click on the buttons below to access these videos/stories.
The Bliss Catchers™: This series (hosted between 2015 and 2023) explores the journeys of those who have gone on to do what they love doing the most in Life. Please watch The Reason Why You Live - a 2019 documentary, made by conservation educator and #BlissCatcher™ K.Ramnath Chandrasekhar on the journey of The Bliss Catchers™. This is the longest-running and most popular conversation series curated by Vaani and AVIS. Viewing time: 12.33 minutes.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
the happyness conversations™: This series (hosted between 2015 and 2021) explores the lived experiences of those who have every reason to be unhappy and yet who have chosen to live fully with what is. They have chosen to be happy despite their circumstances.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
The Uncommon Leader™: This series (hosted between 2016 and 2020) explores the stories of those who have demonstrated entrepreneurship and leadership. These are people who are doing what they believe in and love doing. They are driven by purpose. Their journeys offer managers a powerful, learnable point of view.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
The Artist’s Soul™: This series (hosted in 2017 and 2018) explores the journeys of renowned artists from various fields and their idea of Happiness.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
Please click on the button below to access all videos and stories in this conversation series.
Note: If you have a powerful story and are keen to be featured in a future season of The Vaani-AVIS Curations, please contact them here.
Vaani and AVIS hosting their 100th conversation in April 2019 at Odyssey, a bookstore in Chennai. Picture credit: Vinodh Velayudhan
