What it's to be an Indian with British passport

Meet Rahul. He's a British citizen who spent his childhood in Singapore, studied in the UK, and moved to India last year. Rahul shared why he feels safer in India than in the UK, the reason he believes Indians are the most creative people in the world, and why he was shocked by the level of digitalization in India compared to the UK. Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 INTRO
00:26 Comparing Mumbai and Singapore
02:20 How Indians use social media
03:48 Comparing India and the UK
05:13 Accident on the local train
06:32 Should you hug Indians?
07:03 What do you miss from the UK?
07:31 Is British food better than Indian?
08:56 Safety in Mumbai
09:36 What can the UK learn from India?
11:35 Digitalization of India
12:29 How WhatsApp affects life in India
13:10 First Impressions of India
16:18 Weddings in India
16:44 Comparing Bangalore and Mumbai
18:35 Walking on the beach
19:20 Being a songwriter in Mumbai
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[@maryreyes368]

I found this friendliness also in Thailand. I would love to visit India.

[@British_vlog24]

Before saying that look at Spanish woman Influenzer Fernanda r*pe incident in In dia. Obviously this guy will gloat about India he's from Indian descent😅 haha

[@TheOnlyTruthTalker]

Thailand is a much better place than India.

[@facthub9964]

​@@TheOnlyTruthTalkerreally they both are best in their own way you can't categories

[@TheOnlyTruthTalker]

@@facthub9964 No, Thailand is better in every way.

[@shreeraaman1667]

Thailand is highly overrated. The locals are always out to scam foreign tourists. Cambodians are far more sincere people.

[@tuberichter]

I am 50 and German 🇩🇪, my mother has some Indian roots and so i am thinking about deporting myself to India 🇮🇳- never been there and pretty sure i will spent the first weeks on the loo 🚽 😂

[@MaxChernov]

😂happens to new comers sometimes

[@objectsmedia4523]

Always wash your hands before you eat food. If you haven't had any experience with spices , you should go south and then travel north. Spice levels vary . Check out the place before you go to eatm street food is not for eveyone that goes to Indians. Try Goa . You will comfortable among a large number of European's get a lay of the land per say. Then you can start out .

[@ln6593]

Never take soft drinks with ice. Drink bottled water or hot drinks till u adjust.

[@helium740]

Best of Luck. You will be fine.

[@parulsinha3092]

Just take probiotic powder with your food and you will be fine.

[@RajivSambasivan]

He nailed it. It is really the people in India. You are bound to find empathy and connection somehow. With all the people and all the things you read in the news, its easy to be cynical about this, but ironically, if you take the time, you will find some fantastic people.

[@TheOnlyTruthTalker]

India is too dangerous, especially for women. Look at what happened to the Brazilian tourist.

[@Itsvivx99]

India is truly a generous country, I really like the vibrant Indian culture It's great that we have a lot of Indian communities in Singapore

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Thanks so much for watching Rajiv! So glad it resonated with you. I make music here in Mumbai - would love you to check it out 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrc

[@MS-lk1cn]

​@Bradford99 India has such a rich culture that's why they have such humility and are so generous and kind. I love India and the people ❤

[@maverick7323]

I read your article on Quora and saw your video on Desi return as well. 😊

[@avaestalin7515]

The Auto driver helping situation happened to me as well in Mumbai..not only Auto wallah’s generally people have helping tendency.

[@vipulmpatel9101]

Oh my god. Rahul is describing me. I ask lot of questions. Where you are from, how many siblings. I am in los angeles for 36 years. I guess that indianness never goes away. I am very chatty. Sometime i get pushback. Some people are so happy to chat with me. I talk to lot of homeless people about how they became homeless. Most of the homeless are super friendly. Once they know you.

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Hi Vipul, so glad you could relate to it! I make music here in Mumbai - would love you to check it out 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrc

[@3CCC385]

India is a Beautiful country

[@SuperREDXIII13]

It would be good if you could breathe there.

[@Lakshyam9]

​@@SuperREDXIII13yeah We all walk around wearing oxygen masks 😏

[@SuperREDXIII13]

​@@Lakshyam9 Yeah do your study next time. India has the worst air quality in the whole world and yeah you probably need oxygen masks 😂

[@pulithevar8135]

​@@SuperREDXIII13It takes few seconds to google this shit , But your brain probably the size of an apricot. Lul . India is actually eighth polluted country in the world according to current data. Chad is actually the most polluted country currently which is located in central Africa.

[@luxyt1255]

@@SuperREDXIII13i feel like, u guys only look at north india, ofc north india is polluted, try visiting southern states

[@cloudforce463]

I loved the guest observation and examples. Thank you!

[@Benzene-xw7oq]

Bro summoning indians left and right.

[@ssp4350]

Hi max ,you have taken some of the best interview in mumbai , though i liked erstwhile bombay name

[@Pawanyadav-hl9cn]

Photo tagging is personal..❤❤

[@Iamdrunkonwater]

Asian food is best no doubts! Better than overloading on sugar every morning! And i see the world is slowly realizing and accepting it!

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

You may think but there a large chunk of people who have fast adopted the fast food culture, and that has brought about a epidemic of obesity, you will observe this trend in the belly fat that now inflicts a large portion of Indian.

[@TheOnlyTruthTalker]

kzbin.infoyTJlHgTzrhY?si=amZ-T0JQh1jwgI_b Not Indian food tho 🤣

[@Iamdrunkonwater]

@@anuradhainamdar8967 i mean everything abused to a great extent will have side effects but that doesn't mean asian cuisines arent best! Every cuisine has its downside for example italian and french strongly depend on sugar for breakfast And mind you when we take out the snacks and just primarily focus on meals from breakfast to dinner i dont think anything beats us in that considering you eat the authentic cuisine rather than all the snacks and fried stuff from cuisine such as indian cuisine with idli, dosa, upam, dhokla, poha, aloo paratha, etc are breakfast option which even if consumed daily wont cause obesity

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

@@Iamdrunkonwater You have a point.

[@binyaminasher1972]

I am agree with you Indian are so good

[@shashvatshukla]

Max your Hindi subtitles look computer generated. Let me know if you need help with that.

[@applejack7561]

Good conversation

[@pradeeppatki4936]

Wonderful 👍

[@bigmikessenioradventures]

I will be honest, I am still working on enjoying the Indian cuisine. But I will not give up as it look great. Thanks for the videos

[@arupsan]

I surely miss popia , prawn cake . Very cheap delicious quick lunch from sim lim , Clarky ….,jazz ..

[@--Asha--]

Please visit India, US. Both are best.👍

[@EAGLEYES112]

Thanks Max. India is undefinable. One moment' it's Yeah and Wow, then it's, Yuks and Shucks!

[@sayanmandal1289]

He is Indian by ethnicity does that make sense!...🥴

[@rahulkrishna1657]

Off course

[@daljitrana7321]

Yes I am also born abroad I think you are right sometimes I feel like that respect to you 🙏🏿

[@RanganathGJ-Mysuru]

You are right 👍

[@Leanmachine148]

I was waiting for that comment hahaha. Check out white peoples’ interview them and say the same thing. If Indians don’t want to go back to India people ask them to go back to their country and if they go back also a problem.

[@kdrama1218]

It does actually

[@SachinSharma-pv2vz]

Maximum, if possible please stay till 30th March.

[@sarademello4319]

Love your content Max. I'm curious about people's perspective on India especially if they are from abroad as I, too, was born abroad and came to Indian very young. It was then a different India.😊

[@bestvideos35]

You are indian?

[@Krankenwagen571]

Le me guess , you were in Goa prolly

[@sarademello4319]

I live in Goa

[@kibwengoientombe5556]

Totally normal

[@dipakrajbhar7833]

I suggest you make a podcast with Charlie Lee from Korea and and one more foreigner DHRUV YADAV no one can tell India better than these two guys❤

[@abfinance91]

❤

[@viswambharannair5476]

👍👍👍

[@vinithagodbole6321]

The interviewer, interviewee n hindi subtitles, full onn triple entertainment.

[@k.k.c8670]

Mumbai is great. But Delhi sucks...safety wise . My 2 cents

[@mad_in_2020]

Sad but true.

[@arpitxarma]

😊😊😊

[@dramani100]

I am in my forties and I totally missed the boat of Facebook & networking etc 😂

[@indrajitgupta3280]

I know this will sound silly, but the getting around the place bit weirded me out. You can get around Singapore so easily, right. So is that in comparison to Mumbai, alone, or is it about India, 1.4 billion people, spread over an area of considerable size? How do we even begin to compare that tiny little city and this ginormous country?

[@arpitxarma]

😊

[@k.k.c8670]

He is talking about how most Asian societies operate.

[@nidhisawant4313]

Most of the eastern world just is very communal. Most of the west is individualistic. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@facthub9964]

​@@nidhisawant4313yup India is different you can find all types of people

[@nidhisawant4313]

@@facthub9964 what does "type of people" have to do with what I said? Just asking...

[@parthshelar995]

I could see the title of video in Marathi !?!?!

[@-doctor_ji]

Alhamdulilah

[@myyoutubelikes]

That guy looks so much like an IT teacher/academic. Mumbai is too unclean for my tastes, London is now almost that way. I prefer the NW European cities, clean and fairly quiet, to the over-populated squalid and "thriving" desi places.

[@FunNFury]

Please interview Drew Hicks, his youtube is Indiadrew, He is an American, I think he has integrated well in India more than any foreigner ever, it would be interesting to know his perspective.

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Thanks for watching! Drew is great. I make music here in Mumbai - would love you to check it out 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrc

[@user-xj2ff4un8r]

Yes, he looks like an Indian.

[@plum_loco]

He is of Indian descent, but from Singapore.

[@Gopinathk17]

Hyderabad is one of the best Cosmopolitan cities in India.

[@user-ik9jv1cr1o]

😅❤👍

[@darkknight9209]

If you ever think your life is tough..... just see indian, life is tougher yet we are happy take down every challenges 😂

[@patestrella7131]

He is originally from India…

[@blzy3333]

🙃

[@sureshuniverse3339]

I feel my country is more chaotic and Vibrant and joyful. West is more individualistic and not vibrant and not Joyful. If not mingling in people we call it as psychological problem. Thats the reason we call everyone with a relation. I call my friend with all relationships. So if i am alone also he is my friend, relative, philosopher and guide. I dont see this much in Western attitude. Bharat Mata ki Jai Jai Shree Ram

[@premicism9955]

please subtitle his English. hard to understand.

[@psgistheworstclubineurope]

You learnt English from the toilet 😅

[@premicism9955]

@@psgistheworstclubineurope not as articulate and exact as you are. sorry for not comprehending his English for I belong to the cattle class. not convent educated like you Sir. forgive my naivety.

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

Try autogenerated cc , it works pretty well

[@Redmi-xu1yo]

India is the best no1 in the world 🌎 cup 🏆

[@LM112233445566]

Mumbai is what the rest of 🇮🇳 must aspire to be

[@Krankenwagen571]

Bangaluru is more ideal I guess

[@moinsardar26]

India is not about only mumbai and Delhi and bollywood alone… india is a diverse country and really have great places in south like kerala, Tamil nadu, Bangalore, goa, mysore, Hyderabad and sooo sooo many to pen down… people are so dumb and just see just mumbai and bollywood is only india… atleast try to get some knowledge bro… i wish all these visitors or tourists do try to get knowledge about the all the great states in india as well coz every state is unique and every state has their own different and unique traditions and cultures unlike other countries… Mumbai is just one of the cities in Maharashtra in India just as all other states… u will get to experience it only u visit other states… so please don’t summaries or depict India as just Mumbai and bollywood… india is and has lot more than that

[@NeetuSingh..]

Ya. In London, not even a rat can enter your house. Forget humans. They have no manners. They will just talk to you on the gate only if you go to their house. In India, it's like if someone comes to your house, you don't make that person wait on the gate for too long. It is considered as bad manners. You are immediately invited inside & give you water and ask you what would you like to have - like chai, coffee. If it's a lunch time, they won't even ask you if you are hungry, the food will be served and they say khana to khana hi padega.

[@JeetVora04]

All your videos I find 1 or 2 things that feel like the foreigners got wrong but this guy, he got everything wrong 😂

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Hi Jeet, this is based on my personal experience, as everyone's experience is different! I make music here in Mumbai - would love you to check it out 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrc

[@worldinpritesh2343]

Mumbai is not city is emotional ❤

[@thepassingpawn]

Max stop using the same stock footage about india. Like those two guys walking together 6:47. And when are you gonna go to a different state and interview someone from there?

[@therealsaraswati]

Hilarious! True! I feel like I know those guys.

[@lovelife_always74]

I agree with with! He needs to make an effort to show other stuff

[@TheAbhishekJadhav]

Pura Bharat juggad pe chal raha he 😅 No 1 economy juggad marke hi banegi.

[@reyonedragongamer]

Sahi khaha , 😂 🤣

[@ashwantbikramshah9755]

What..?! This guy doesn't count.. I bet he has his grandmaa or grandpaa living in India..

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Hi! Yes, I did have grandparents who lived there, but this is just my experience as someone living in India for the first time :)

[@someguyoninternet7542]

FIRST

[@JayKughan]

How did this guy not discover Malaysia? It would be best of all "his" worlds based on what "he's" saying. Separately, he ignored all questions about comparing Singapore/UK to India. He literally just decided to play "India Tourism Consultant" throughout the entire video. He's either a dodgy or maybe just a lonely fellow.. or hey, maybe he has other mental/emotional situations that weren't spelt out here. Whatever it is, there are too many "gsps" in this interview. Never-ever seen a Max video that's left me feeling this way.

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Hi Jay! Thanks for your comments. This is just my personal experience of India, and I do need to visit Malaysia more :) I make music here in Mumbai , would love for you to check it out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrcsi=-k8JF4DXmNVQCqrK

[@sidd1785]

He lived his life in UK and then visited India. He discovered life. If you have never visited India, you apply a foreign lens and talk trash. The foundation of that land is different. It is the work of yogis over thousands of years. If a country is poor, it doesn't mean it is doing everything wrong

[@ritaranee4787]

😂😂😂😂

[@paritoshnimbalkar]

Please remove the forced Hindi subtitles

[@humanvoice369]

Ghar vaapasi😅

[@Redinc913]

Looks indian blood😂😂😂

[@AL-ip3vk]

Westerners, Europeans, are individualistic, whereas in the East, we are family oriented.

[@user-vy4cu8ui2x]

systematic social engineering by the corporate state. because when you break the family, you hopelessly depend on the corporate state. you can be easily manipulated like a farm animal. so far, they have not succeeded to do that in India. as long as we have family & sense of kinship to extended family they cannot break us.

[@mariofernandes649]

Bullshit it's a lie there are worse things in India and you are hiding it and now Indian are kicking their parents out there are so many videos take time to watch its so sad family 👪 oriented

[@AlexAlex-lg7hc]

Coming to the "east" sooner than you think. The "west" was also family orientated up until the late 80s. Not now, although some parts of the "west" are still fighting to stay like that. "Progressive" society is where it is at. Stay alert.

[@brgv_]

London has cultural, art musiums, India don't have... For obvious reasons

[@ss-ib8gm]

Mumbai has museum, elephanta caved, ajanta caves etc London museum is 95/ stolen from other civilization

[@Mit_yourfriend]

Nonsense. India has plenty of museums, wonderful wildlife, natural beauty, heritage sites, temples, palaces, caves, mountains etc etc. I am from London born and raised. Yes London has museums and a lot of things going for it but India is amazing, so much so, I am planning to move there.

[@anandaragi4298]

And recently a incident took place in jarkhand we feel sorry and shameful for that and in 1.4 billion people country you seee some craps it doesn't define our whole diverse country

[@prasadbhadane608]

Har jagah jaake ye guilt ka burkha pehenna jaroori he kya? Jitna critisize koi nahi krra usse jyada khud o guilt le rahe ho. Have a spine and make things better from your end. Drive well on the road, park your car better, behave well with neighbours and fellow subordinates, be respectful to people you deal with, don't have comparison mindset with neighbours and relatives. Make self better and all. What good is apologising without good action going to help with na? 😊

[@anandaragi4298]

@@prasadbhadane608 agreed bro from last few days I can't able to digest that news and whenever I see something on the internet what other country people looking at india this is hitting Me hard

[@rajib8231]

​@@fleur257you are wrong Maam.. maybe you don't have trust in Indian men .. not all are bad. You can visit South.. you need to have some connections to help you out with language and landscape.. and know where to go and what to avoid. It's common to all countries

[@rajib8231]

It's also to be in the right place at right time.. will you go and stay at a cheap hotel in US . Good and bad exists everywhere. If someone pitches a tent in a remote place in jharkhand where locals would not do, who is responsible?! There should be some sense in planning and self preservation before going on such trips. It's really reckless on their part

[@anandaragi4298]

@@fleur257 I am south Indian too but I don't want to mention I am from south I always put my country ahead of anything it's so annoying alwasy people commenting we are from south please dear don't do that

[@ElopeStudio]

over promise under deliver. never trust

[@pwrofmusic]

😂😂😂😂 I'm born and brought up strangely in a place not in India but it is one of the states in India called Goa where the people are actually Portuguese. I don't feel like I'm an Indian as I don't have any Indian culture but Portuguese culture. So what I can say having lived in different states in India is that it is shit and sucks to the core. Once I was 18 I came to my roots of Portugal.

[@sm61788]

Max the Russian thinks he’s a Western European who’s a SG PR now lol😂. I noticed in all of his videos, there’s always a condescending tone in his voice when he “curiously” asks guests about India, a faker who wants content for his channel. He’s so pro orient 😒

[@ssridhar2004vas]

No. Max is really good. He is honest and he query a lot. But nothing bad. Keep going max.

[@himanshubaghel3101]

😂😂

[@rahulkrishna1657]

💯 percentage

[@user-lt5no1xt1z]

No, he's not bad at all, I love this chabbel

[@dilipkumarpatel8313]

Talking more about Singapore than India. What a boring video.

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Thanks for watching! I make music here in Mumbai - would love you to check it out 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrc

[@devendrasinghdalal2900]

Rich culture because of the looted artifacts. High time that Britishers return these artifacts and we are willing to forgive you for the loot of gold, silver worth $ 45 trillion.

[@reyonedragongamer]

Sahi khaha 😂 🤣 chori karke shoup kar raha hain avi poora uk loot chor hain 🤪

[@aaya4262]

Please stop using Hindi subtitles.... India not only Hindi language

[@user-jz6cr9sw2l]

Mad cow plague broke out in India. More than 20,000 cows took to the streets and government buildings were occupied. Facing the raging herd, the police's efforts were in vain and they quickly ran away. Niu Shan Niu Hai rushed into the government compound. Very serious, there is a mad cow disease plague in India! Mad cows are on the rampage! Thousands of villagers fled their villages, running for their lives! Thousands of mad cows rushed from the countryside into the city, trampling tens of thousands of Indians to death!

[@AL-ip3vk]

He is a british citizen but speaks like american.

[@mariofernandes649]

You say British citizen find happiness in India its a lie

[@mahankali15]

This guy is comparing Bharath with Singapore. Silly fellow.. Singapore is not even half of Mumbai. And he is giving interview like a Czar.. funny.😂

[@rahuladvanimusic]

Hi there! Thanks for watching. I love studying and learning about India - it's been a lifelong interest - and I make music here in Mumbai. Would love you to check out my music :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzRiZxjg9mnhrcsi=jIqZO2IZ700-6uVi

[@reyonedragongamer]

😂😂