BOSTON–Award-winning composer and playback singer Shankar Mahadevan has seen it all: four national awards, hit albums, teaching music in 67 countries via his online academy, and a heart attack at age 48. In an exclusive video interview with Chai with Manju, Mahadevan talks about this all and about his simple

CAMBRIDGE, MA—He is known by many names: Guru of Joy, Spiritual Guru, the Humanitarian and an ambassador of peace. During his Get Happy tour of eight cities in the United States, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar sat down for an interview with Chai With Manju, and talked about happiness, love, gender

ANDOVER, MA– Padma Shri Sudha Murty (also spelled as Murthy) is one of the best known-philanthropists in India and serves as the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and as a Trustee of the Infosys Foundation USA. She has written 24 books– including novels, non-fiction, travelogues, technical books and memoirs. She

BOSTON— Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, one of the world’s well-known spiritual leaders who has touched lives of about seven million people across the globe, will speak at the United Nations on Monday and Tuesday as the world celebrates International Day of Yoga. He will also visit Boston in September. When Sadhguru

NEWTON, MA—When  comedian and actor Omi Vaidya of the Bollywood blockbuster “Three Idiots” fame came to Boston to serve as the Master of Ceremonies for Akshaya Patra’s annual fundraiser (which by the way raised a whopping $1.52 million) we sat down with him and talked about his favorites, including the

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain mesmerized the packed audience in Cambridge’s Sauders Theater in late March. After all, he was performing in one of his favorite theaters along with the members of his Masters of Percussion group. Just before going on the stage, he sat down for a brief chat

NEWTON, MA—When it comes to sarod, there is no one like Ustad Amjad Ali Khan in the world today.  He is a living legend who carries in his veins the teachings of five generations of Indian classical music. When he recently visited Boston to perform as featured artist at the

WALTHAM, MA—Jit Saxena is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and mentor. He founded two public companies: Applix and Netezza. In 2010, he sold Netezza for $1.7 billion to IBM. He currently sits on the boards of Actifio, Applause, Cazena, ClearSkyData, Demandware and Evergage. In an exclusive video interview on ‘Chai With

BOSTON—It was 1988, shortly after grocery giant Stop & Shop’s stock had plunged in the 1987 market crash. To fend off a hostile takeover by a corporate raider, the company went through a $1.23 billion leveraged buyout with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. By 1989, the Goldberg family, which had