In today's Chaitime we talk to anchor, art critic, music aficionado, journalist and author Sanjay Patel. Sanjay Patel is from Indore, India and he has had a unique honor of meeting almost every music personality of the industry. This year he completed his 40 years of public life. I had an opportunity to talk to him during my visit to Indore in 2017 and have him share his experience with music stalwarts: Mehdi Hasan, Prahlad Tipaniya,  VG Jog. In this interview, he shares his broad experience as an anchor and journalist.

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ChaiTime Radio is a weekly Stanford-based radio show celebrating global arts, literature, music, film, and culture. With more than 2.13 million streams across 100+ countries, the program reaches a worldwide audience through KZSU, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and SoundCloud. Over the years, ChaiTime has featured an extraordinary range of artists, thought leaders, musicians, authors, social reformers, and academics, including Begum Parveen Sultana, Javed Akhtar, Padma Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Anna Hazare, Suresh Wadkar, Kailash Kher, Mahesh Kale, Shaan, Rajdeep Sardesai, and numerous distinguished scholars from Stanford University and the University of California system.

Pranjali Sirasao is a researcher, educator, linguist, and media producer whose work bridges language, culture, technology, and community engagement. She has held faculty appointments at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis, and has contributed to language and AI technologies at Google and Apple. Pranjali is the Founder and President of ChaiTime Media, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to cultural storytelling and community connection. She also serves as Co-Organizer of Kavya Connection in San Francisco and as a Board Member of the Ethnic Arts Foundation, USA, while volunteering with the Sankara Eye Foundation and Omkar Trust. Since 2012, she has been the producer, host, and creative force behind ChaiTime Radio, documenting and amplifying diverse voices, traditions, and artistic journeys from around the world.