Bharat Katha

Meet Jitendra Jauhar, Jitendra lives in New Delhi and belongs to a family of freedom fighters and philanthropists.In the first part he shares with us his family upbringing and his views on the current obstacles faced by India.

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Meet Javitri Devi, Javitri washes dishes in people’s homes and clean houses and do whatever daily work she can get her hands on. She left her village over thirty years back with her daughters and moved to a small town, to make a living and to just basically survive. She shares with us her innermost desire.

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King Akbar, his witty minister Birbal, Anna Hazare and revolution... how are they linked together?
Meet Bhagwat Saran, Bhagwat runs a small general store and has interests in History and Economics. He shares his views on the new Indian revolution.

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What’s the connection between Bhakti Yoga and Sufi Seer Bulleh Shah’s poetry?
Meet Mukti Narayan, I found him in the city of Haridwar. He was born deaf. He is an Auyrvedic medicine practitioner (Vaidya) and a Hindu (Vaishnav) philosopher.

His ability to read lips (most of the time) helps him converse like anyone else. He wasn’t very keen in speaking in front of the camera but his grandson convinced him otherwise.

I started the conversation by asking him – “Why is there a need for Kundalini Awakening in Yogic school of thought?”

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Meet Attar Singh, Attar comes from Shamli village in Uttar Pradesh. In his village he works as a seasonal worker and every summer he travels alone to the holy city of Haridwar. He says he comes to Haridwar for a glimpse (Darsana) of mother Ganges (the river) and to do only one thing and that is to sing folksongs on the life of Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati.

Meet Prem Raj Soni, a filmmaker from Mumbai (Bombay) shares his views on the Indian culture and the culture of Bollywood and on how the films reflect the changes happening in a country.

In the concluding episode Rumy discloses a very personal thought, a concern on the reach of his beliefs. Is he among a few in his generation who holds command to what they believe in? He also shares his views on "The Indian Time".

Is poverty a sin? Are we all responsible for the social inequality? Are the bureaucrats curse on the society? In this part of the episode Rumy shares with us some of his views on Poverty, Mahatma Gandhi and Public Servants.

I met Rumy randomly in a Parsi locality in old Mumbai (Bombay). He was walking his dog and stopped to enquire what I was doing as I was taking picture of an old building. He wondered if I was interested in architecture as he is an architect by profession. I then told him about what I was doing and asked him if he would be interested in participating in my project; he immediately agreed and invited me to his nearby home.

Parsis descend from a group of "Zoroastrians of Iran" who immigrated to India during 10th century AD, since then Parsis are integral part of Indian society and are active participants in every branch of the society. In this first part of the episode, Rumy initiates the conversation by talking about his understanding of Parsis, his childhood ambition, his life in USA, the Vietnam war, the real reason he decide to come back from US, and his views on marriage and his children.

Meet Panna Gabriel, a transgender(known as Hijras in India) who tells us what it's like to grow up as a Hijras and how she manages to hold up her chin high in a society that has until recently been very unsympathetic to transgenders.

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