Kabir Sehgal’s (infinite) creations

Modern Minorities

English - September 12, 2022 04:00 - 46 minutes - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
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“I don't wanna work at a company for 30 years, and then my entire identity is gone. So I ended up writing four books. And my officemates would say, ‘How do you do all this stuff?’ You gotta find the intersection points.”
Kabir Sehgal is a many things: A bestselling author of sixteen books (across nonfiction and fiction). A multi-Grammy-winning jazz musician. A producer and writer of documentaries on immmigration an work. Kabir and his work have been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN, National Geographic and many more places. He’s done work with the late Congressman John Lewis, Muhammad Yunus, Andrew Young and many more. Sehgal is a US Navy veteran and reserve officer who served on active duty with special operations in the Middle East, and he received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He served as a speechwriter on presidential campaigns. But despite NOT being related (that we know of), Raman discovered him years ago...when someone gifted his daughter the book “The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk” - a book that has become a family favorite, and that we’ve gifted to friends with new kids around the world. So how does someone go from Wall Street and the Military to jazz music and kids books? One cup of chai and samosa at a time.

LEARN ABOUT KABIR

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instagram.com/kabir.cc // twitter.com/kabirsehgal

FILM PRODUCER https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8903549/

MUSIC PRODUCER: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kabir-sehgal-mn0002637161/credits

AUTHOR: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1285051.Kabir_Sehgal

BOOK: The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk: goodreads.com/en/book/show/24885579

HBR: “Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers” https://hbr.org/2017/04/why-you-should-have-at-least-two-careers

ALBUM: American Dreamers Project (won 3 Grammys:): https://open.spotify.com/album/2mAJfyyvdfRuraIVqjUQJA

MENTIONS

TV: Succession - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7660850/

BOOK: Bullshit Jobs (David Graeber) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34466958

BOOK: Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Mason Currey) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15799151-daily-rituals

BOOK: The Omni-Americans (Albert Murray) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/174142

PERSON: Trey Young (Atlanta Hawks) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Young

PERSON: Lebron James - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James

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Kabir Sehgal is a many things: A bestselling author of sixteen books (across nonfiction and fiction). A multi-Grammy-winning jazz musician. A producer and writer of documentaries on immmigration an work. Kabir and his work have been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN, National Geographic and many more places. He’s done work with the late Congressman John Lewis, Muhammad Yunus, Andrew Young and many more. Sehgal is a US Navy veteran and reserve officer who served on active duty with special operations in the Middle East, and he received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He served as a speechwriter on presidential campaigns. But despite NOT being related (that we know of), Raman discovered him years ago...when someone gifted his daughter the book “The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk” - a book that has become a family favorite, and that we’ve gifted to friends with new kids around the world. So how does someone go from Wall Street and the Military to jazz music and kids books? One cup of chai and samosa at a time.