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So adjust your earbuds and settle in. It's time to ignite the spark of inclusion with Inclusion Bytes. And today is episode 144 with the title Breaking Barriers, Building Futures. And I have the absolute honour and privilege to welcome Sandeep Amar Guppta. Sandeep is a transformational coach and speaker who empowers leaders and professionals to overcome growth barriers and create meaningful futures through an integrated approach blending spiritual insight, human potential and economic strategies. When I asked Sandeep to describe his superpower, he said it is his ability to bridge ancient wisdom and modern thought in order to unlock human potential. Hello, Sandeep, welcome to the show.

Hi, Jo. I'm very excited to be here. Thank you very much for inviting me and I love being here.

Thank you. We were chatting in the green room before we went live that I'm based in the UK and you're based in which part of India?

I am based in the northern part of India, the capital of India. That's New Delhi. And at present it is cold and getting colder, but nothing like what you experience in UK.

This is about 10 degrees where I am in the south of the UK. What's New Delhi like at this time of year in December?

New Delhi this time would be something like 14, 15, goes down to approximately 8, 9 in the early morning hours. But this is the pattern, you know, which continues while where you are, the temperature will continue to fall. It won't fall so much as far as Delhi is concerned, but we do have the Himalayas where it's snowing. It goes to minus 30, 40. But Delhi, where I am, is quite comfortable, you know, in the winters.

India itself is almost a continent in its own right. It's a massive country. We often don't appreciate it when we're in the northern hemisphere. Just think about it, it's down there somewhere, but really It's a massive place in its own right with a massive population. Was it 23, 20 something states within, in India?

Well, 32 states, you're right. India is a very ancient country, one of the oldest traditions it has and it has everything right from the mountains to the seas to the deserts to the forest to the rainforest. Diversity of culture. All colours are here. And surprisingly, let me tell you one thing, you know, India became a hotbed for clinical trials, you know, a couple of years back. Why? The genetic composition of India has got genes from virtually all the races across the globe in India. So if you, you know, evaluate a drug in the Indian subcontinent and in, in, and in India in particular, you can be rest assured it is going to work at least in 60, 70% of the world population. So India is a fantastic country.

A lot of history, a lot of colour, a lot of romance, a lot of movies. You name it and we have it.