BBC Hindi has announced the launch of Kalki Presents: My Indian Life in Hindi, after three hugely successful seasons in English from the BBC World Service.
The podcast, presented by Kalki Koechlin, is about being young and Indian in the 21st century. The Bollywood actor will meet and share young Indians’ remarkable stories from all over India.
The first episode is about Tanya, a private detective who says everyone has a secret. We hear about some of the cases she has investigated. There was a student who Tanya followed to an unexpected place, a fiancé who couldn’t give up his dream and a husband whose affair potentially put his life at risk.
In episode two, Kalki interviews a famous gamer with 34 million subscribers but none of them know who he is. He says he thinks he knows how Spiderman feels – his identity hidden from the world.
Notably, the podcast won’t shy away from exploring some challenging subjects, and issues like dealing with body shaming which can impact mental health, and myth busting. In one of the episodes, Indian actor Rytasha Rathore opens up about being stereotyped about her weight and being offered a certain type of role, to which Kalki also adds her own experience of being stereotyped.
Kalki Koechlin says: “I am delighted to present the BBC podcast ‘Kalki Presents: My Indian Life’ in Hindi for BBC Hindi after hosting three phenomenal seasons in English. Through this podcast, I will bring you amazingly inspiring stories of young Indians, who have overcome tough challenges and achieved onwards and beyond.”
The podcast Kalki Presents My Indian Life is an All Things Small production for the BBC World Service. All Things Small - part of Rainshine Entertainment - is a Mumbai based company, which focuses on telling true stories from South Asia. My Indian Life is its first project with the BBC.
