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Namaste New Zealand (4) - Series One, Episode Four

Television (Full Length) – 2018

Holi's all about joy and celebration and just being happy.
– A reveller at Holi Festival of Colour sums up the mood
I've been doing yoga for the past six months and I've lost a lot of weight. I'm 66 years old and yoga keeps me very fit.
– Satwan enjoys the yoga classes at Woman Care Trust
In Auckland I found a place with 118 stairs. I noticed a lady exercising on the stairs. The lady climbed the stairs 25 times. So I thought to myself, no doubt I'm older than her but I should attempt to accomplish that, too.
– Keen runner Balbir Singh on starting his exercise regime aged over 70
They weren't too impressed in the beginning...it was because it's not the most stable income but I think over time my parents came around and realised, well, he's not going to do anything else, so...they just resided to the fact that this is what I do.
– Comedian Tarun Mohanbhai on his Indian parents' reaction to his career choice
People just think "oh am I going to be in this show?". Well really, no, you're not, you're not that exciting.
– Comedian Tarun Mohanbhai on his stand-up show Uber Funny, based on his time as an Uber driver
No I don't think we do...I think there's a fraction of every single culture that are a bit too serious for their own good ... like at the moment there's a big PC movement going on, so it's making it very challenging for comedians to ... like say anything they want, like freedom of speech has gone out the window ... it's very risky being a comedian in this day and age, yeah.
– Tarun Mohanbhai on whether the Indian community 'take themselves too seriously'