Why Art Isn’t a Mainstream Career - Shriya Padke & Ishita
09/20/23 • 47 min
Parents have their own perspectives and look down on arts as not-so-good career choices such as law, medicine, or engineering. Shriya and Ishita talk about stereotypes of career choices in India and how they both overcome the challenges around art not being a good career path.
In this fascinating episode, Shriya shares her story about growing up without any pressure from her family, and Ishita is sharing her example of what usually happens to Indian kids when they’re trying to get into an artistic career.
No matter what you want to do in life, remember you need to have passion for it that will help you pass through the struggles of hard work. Life is about living, not surviving - so live it with your spread wings. If you are too scared, then find time to live your passion on the side or how ever you can, just don’t forget your talents!
Show notes:
🇮🇳 Shriya is an Indian who has never lived in India: coding and medicine as usual career choices. 01:26
🤗 No career pressure from Shriya’s family: from double science to acting. 02:33.
🕺🏽 Ishita and Shriya’s fathers were both acting, but then changed their career paths. 04:41
🎼 Ishita was raised to have coding as her backup, but actually writing music is at her core. 06:33
🏃🏽♀️ Running away from mathematics and STEM: the signs around Shriya and acceptance at NYU. 10:10
📱 Don’t waste your talent: Ishita is building an app for artists. 11:24
🧠 Rules and blackmail mindset - maneuver the mindset of parents. 13:00
🎯 There is no secure musical education in India - it all starts from education. 15:36
🆚 ‘What will they think of me” mindset vs. accepting music as a career choice. 17:37
🥥 Shriya is a half-open coconut. 20:13
😇 The influence of their fathers: writing and creativity that runs in these families.23:00
▶️ Go for it and take up your dream: don’t consider it as a plan B! 24:42
🔥 Shriya’s ‘For the Plot” philosophy: taking risks because we only live once. 25:49
!!️ Competition is in every career: when plan B is not a safe ground but a distraction from the real path. 27:11
⚡ The power of positive reassurance: how to deal with criticism around you. 30:44
👩🏽🎤 Stage anxiety and accent issues: copying Katy Perry, Beyoncé, and Rihanna’s pronunciation. 34:57
🦋 Spread your wings: Life is about living. 42:31
🌟 Don’t let your dream go: do it at least on the side. 44:50
Links
Connect with us : www.ascendnow.org
Shriya: https://instagram.com/3hriya?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Ishita: https://instagram.com/ishita.parakh?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Parents have their own perspectives and look down on arts as not-so-good career choices such as law, medicine, or engineering. Shriya and Ishita talk about stereotypes of career choices in India and how they both overcome the challenges around art not being a good career path.
In this fascinating episode, Shriya shares her story about growing up without any pressure from her family, and Ishita is sharing her example of what usually happens to Indian kids when they’re trying to get into an artistic career.
No matter what you want to do in life, remember you need to have passion for it that will help you pass through the struggles of hard work. Life is about living, not surviving - so live it with your spread wings. If you are too scared, then find time to live your passion on the side or how ever you can, just don’t forget your talents!
Show notes:
🇮🇳 Shriya is an Indian who has never lived in India: coding and medicine as usual career choices. 01:26
🤗 No career pressure from Shriya’s family: from double science to acting. 02:33.
🕺🏽 Ishita and Shriya’s fathers were both acting, but then changed their career paths. 04:41
🎼 Ishita was raised to have coding as her backup, but actually writing music is at her core. 06:33
🏃🏽♀️ Running away from mathematics and STEM: the signs around Shriya and acceptance at NYU. 10:10
📱 Don’t waste your talent: Ishita is building an app for artists. 11:24
🧠 Rules and blackmail mindset - maneuver the mindset of parents. 13:00
🎯 There is no secure musical education in India - it all starts from education. 15:36
🆚 ‘What will they think of me” mindset vs. accepting music as a career choice. 17:37
🥥 Shriya is a half-open coconut. 20:13
😇 The influence of their fathers: writing and creativity that runs in these families.23:00
▶️ Go for it and take up your dream: don’t consider it as a plan B! 24:42
🔥 Shriya’s ‘For the Plot” philosophy: taking risks because we only live once. 25:49
!!️ Competition is in every career: when plan B is not a safe ground but a distraction from the real path. 27:11
⚡ The power of positive reassurance: how to deal with criticism around you. 30:44
👩🏽🎤 Stage anxiety and accent issues: copying Katy Perry, Beyoncé, and Rihanna’s pronunciation. 34:57
🦋 Spread your wings: Life is about living. 42:31
🌟 Don’t let your dream go: do it at least on the side. 44:50
Links
Connect with us : www.ascendnow.org
Shriya: https://instagram.com/3hriya?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Ishita: https://instagram.com/ishita.parakh?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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