In this explosive episode of Kindness With Amy, we are joined by 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 - one of India’s most fearless and sharp-witted stand-up comedians, a former radio writer and voice-over artist who spent nearly two decades behind the mic before becoming a recognized face on stage and YouTube. Known for his bold viewpoints and unfiltered honesty, Sandeep brings a perspective few artists dare to voice publicly.

Sundeep opens up about the 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, questions why India facing rape, unemployment, underfunded hospitals and overflowing wards keeps insisting that s𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 “𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭.

He reflects on the 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, exposes how animal sacrifice and tradition continue unchecked in many communities, and shares his own shift away from meat after learning how doctors often give incomplete nutrition advice. He even speaks about what emotional repression in Indian men is really doing to society and why violence toward animals is never isolated violence.

Raw, bold, emotional, and unsettling, this conversation forces us to ask: 𝐈𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨?

Timestamps:

00:00 Trailer

01:28 Introduction

03:51 How Sundeep got into stand-up comedy

07:25 Having doubts about your progress

10:03 Sandeep’s opinion on the Supreme Court order about dogs

15:03 Importance of gut microbiome

18:17 Government priorities are questionable

20:27 Sandeep’s story of starting and quitting non-veg

24:33 Don’t believe doctors blindly for nutrition

27:26 Every creature has a delicate role in the ecosystem

30:28 Can dogs be vegan?

36:59 Why Sundeep’s cook stopped eating meat

39:12 Hacks to quit smoking

43:47 Killing animals for God

46:13 Pigs decorating their houses

46:37 Why speaking for the ‘weak’ in society is important

47:43 How animals bring bliss to Sandeep’s life

53:40 Dogs vs human kids

57:08 Animals vs children in Gaza

1:01:57 Indian men, repression, and animal abuse

1:04:08 Why Sundeep doesn’t like Rekha Gupta, Vijay Goel, and others

1:07:13 End

In this episode, we sit down with 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, the 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. One haunting video turned his life upside down at 38, awakening a purpose that has since transformed the global vegan movement. For over 14 years, he’s challenged industries built on exploitation, redefined what effective advocacy looks like, and inspired a new era of action for animals, the planet, and our collective conscience.The conversation dives deep into why social norms keep cruelty invisible — “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭.” It takes a hard look at 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.Matthew explains how 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.He emphasizes the need to shift from blaming individuals to exposing the cruelty of factory farming itself, reframing advocacy in a way that builds allies instead of resistance. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲. For the full conversation, examples, anecdotes and much more check out the full podcast!

In this explosive and eye-opening episode of Kindness with Amy, we sit down with 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐢, founder of 𝐔𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, a courageous animal rights activist who has spent years working with major NGOs and witnessing their inner workings up close. With raw honesty, she exposes the harsh realities that many hesitate to speak about the 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐠𝐨-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 that often overshadow genuine compassion in animal welfare organizations.

As the conversation unfolds, @manavi.rai.7 shares her firsthand experiences, revealing how many long-established NGOs have drifted far from their founding mission. She talks about trustees who treat these organizations as their personal property, where decisions are influenced more by politics and pride than by empathy and purpose. Amy and her guest peel back the layers of illusion to show how the very institutions built to serve animals sometimes end up serving their leaders instead.The discussion dives deep into the emotional side of activism, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝, and the courage it takes to question unethical practices in spaces meant for kindness. Together, they call for a much-needed 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.This isn’t just another podcast episode; it’s a wake-up call. A bold reminder that kindness must come with truth, and that𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝.

👉 Watch the full episode now to uncover the truths that could redefine how you see activism and inspire you to stand for compassion that’s real, raw, and fearless.