Guest Info

Rajesh Gopie is a celebrated actor, writer, and performer in South Africa who has starred in several international films. His theatre production was also taken to India.

About the Show

In this podcast, Chief Explorer Rajan Nazran and Kulvinder Ghir join Rajesh Gopie, a celebrated actor, writer and performer in South Africa, to discuss what it means to him being of Indian origin and born in Africa. 

Rajesh Gopie throws light on the involvement of politics in fundamental aspects of life and injustice in South Africa. He gives the listeners an understanding of South Africa unknown to the masses. He shares his perception of what South Africa actually stands for. 

He illustrates the conditions of Indians in the last fifty years and talks about the first riot and a brief conversation with Gandhi. He further chats about the mentality of people and how it plays a significant role in society. Towards the end of the chat, he highlights the achievements of several successful Indian personalities and names a few of them.

Stay tuned and listen to this eye-opening and engaging conversation to learn more about South Africa, its people and what it means to be there.

Produced by Global Indian Series for the Global Indian Network.
Script by Rajan Nazran
original idea: Rajan Nazran

Introduction music: (credit: https://freesound.org/people/zagi2)

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