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India with Sanjeev Bhaskar (Standard format, CD, Unabridged)
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Sanjeev Bhaskar, comedian and writer behind 'The Kumars at No. 42'
embarks on an epic and highly personal journey through modern
India. Sanjeev's characteristic humour and unique perspective form
the heart of this audiobook that accompanies his travels for the
BBC2 series. Exotic and diverse, richly colourful and intriguingly
complex -- India is one of the most exciting countries to visit in
the world today. Sanjeev Bhaskar of 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The
Kumars at No. 42' , grew up in 70s surburban west London, so his
regular family visits to India to see his relatives gave him an
endless fascination for its bizarre contradictions. Now Sanjeev is
going back with a BBC film crew to delve deeper into what makes
this country such a compelling phenomenon. As Sanjeev travels from
Delhi to Bombay, Jaipur to Calcutta, he meets ordinary and
extraordinary Indian people from every background, and brings his
natural warmth and sense of humour to these encounters. Although
often baffled by the eccentricities of India, our endearingly
good-natured guide never fails to find humour in these situations.
'Sanjeev's India' is also a personal journey as Sanjeev meets old
relatives who reveal their moving and often traumatic stories of
India's turbulent and bloody past, and comes to understand a little
more about his own roots. During his trip Sanjeev is invited to a
middle-class wedding in Delhi as well as witnessing the poverty of
the slums in the Calcutta backstreets. He wryly observes the
polo-playing Maharajah jet-set in Jaipur as well as the kitsch of
Bombay Bollywood, and experiences the Ganges lit up by a million
floating candles for the ancient ritual of Diwali and the majestic
colonial architecture of the British Raj. With such an engaging and
thoughtful travelling companion, we find ourselves going beyond the
cliches to reveal a country steeped in history yet at the forefront
of new technology, at once confusing, astonishing and
jaw-droppingly beautiful.
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