Uday Benegal is one of India’s most acclaimed and influential independent musicians. Best known as the frontman and creative force of the pioneering rock band Indus Creed and the acoustic pop trio Whirling Kalapas, Uday talks to Salone about the joy of turning grey, shedding baggage, why he prefers bikes to cars and how important it is to acknowledge the end of any relationship.

Dhruv Shrikent was a high-profile investment banker and Druv Kent is an internationally acclaimed musician. Fortunately, they are both the same guy. In 2013, Dhruv left the safe havens of Deutsche Bank and became a full-time musician. Salone in this candid chat explores the insecurities that come with the profession of being an artist and the cost of chasing your dreams.

Romi Purkayastha is a writer and blogger who eats and breathes food. She loves to travel and is known to arrange food walks and curate exotic lunches and dinners. A self-proclaimed Dal lover and a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, Romi took to stage a little later in her life. Salone and Romi in this heartfelt chat talk about what is it like to ‘arrive in life’ and the disappointments that come with it.

Joy Fernandes is an actor, director, writer and as Salone fondly likes to call him, a clown. Joy truly lives up to his name and is known for spreading happiness around. He detests classroom knowledge and believes in the wisdom that comes with experiences. Salone and Joy, in the second episode of Midlifers, access the comic and tragic sides of the same clown in all of us.

Quasar Thakore Padamsee is the son of legendary Alyque Padamsee. Theatre runs in his veins as much as chai does. Salone and Quasar explore the relationship he had with his late father, worldly wisdom that he inherited from him, how is 30s different from 40s and why Chai has more resonance than coffee in theatre.