Today, we are joined by 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐡 - a celebrated 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. Beyond the screen and spotlight, Genelia represents something far deeper: the courage to question long-held beliefs, the honesty to confront uncomfortable truths, and the compassion to change once you truly see.What started during COVID as a health experiment slowly became a powerful inner reckoning. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐲 - until you stop and truly see it. She opens up about how motherhood reshaped her empathy, why she could no longer look at animals the same way, and how choosing a plant-based lifestyle helped her feel aligned with her values for the first time.The conversation challenges some of the 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. Genelia breaks these ideas down with calm clarity, pointing out how the foods most Indian households grow up eating are already plant-based, and how fear around protein, strength, and nutrition is often driven by misinformation rather than facts. She also speaks candidly about 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞.As the founder of Imagine Foods, Genelia dives into the real protein conversation in India explaining why deficiency is widespread across both vegetarians and non-vegetarians, how traditional foods like dals, millets, seeds, and legumes already hold the answers, and why food doesn’t need to be aggressive, extreme, or perfect to be impactful.This episode isn’t about preaching or perfection. It’s about questioning what we’ve been conditioned to accept, choosing kindness over convenience, and realising that change doesn’t come from force — it comes from awareness, empathy, and better information.👉 Watch the full episode of Kindness with Amy to hear Genelia Deshmukh’s powerful journey, unfiltered truths, and why she believes compassion is the future.

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!