EP 11 India in Spain

[00:00:00] There is for you full stories of amazing people.

[00:00:05] And we are in my bedroom.

[00:00:08] I'm getting it. By the time I go.

[00:00:10] Yeah, my bedroom.

[00:00:11] Mal means beach.

[00:00:13] And beige means beauty.

[00:00:15] Oh, beautiful beach.

[00:00:17] You did some investment banking

[00:00:20] so that you could fund your flamingo.

[00:00:21] Am I right? Yeah.

[00:00:22] So I left everything and then like I came here. as I walk through the streets I figured out that people might be from different countries but they are settled here in Marbere and have connections with India. Intrigued? I was intrigued too. Here is for you full stories of amazing people who just were born

[00:01:40] somewhere else or have ancestors somewhere else but have chosen to be here in Marbere and all have with India. So tag along with me to Orange Square Mabella. Thank you for your time, Asami. Thank you. Thank you. She looks gorgeous indeed. Thank you. Very flamingo colour. Yes, yes. Can you guess why I'm mad at her? So, tell me, I figured out this connection between

[00:03:05] flamingo and India, and I as you know Japan is very different, culture. We're not supposed to express, we're not supposed to speak, we're not supposed to

[00:05:26] after I graduated university and the job that I got was financial companies. I was saying investment banking, guys and things in London actually.

[00:05:31] Really?

[00:05:31] I used to live in London.

[00:05:33] We had the big major companies.

[00:05:34] You backpacked from watching Jennifer Lopez do Clemenco from Japan,

[00:05:41] came to Spain, in Marbella.

[00:05:43] For summer holidays, see what it's like. I grew up in a business in the financial family and I just didn't like anything that I used to do. I wanted to do something that my heart saves and feelings, people to people, not to all the time in numbers.

[00:07:00] So I left everything and then I came here. You said it's all about expression. Expression about feelings and it's more like the gypsies. How they used to live in Spain, it was that they were being discriminated. And they were not supposed to speak their language either. They were not supposed to hang the line together either. But we need to be a little bit more in the box. This is more expressive. But then 60 people more express it. They were true to their feelings. And then they share emotions. And even the negative emotions like sadness, and frustrations, and sorrows, and deaths, and anything.

[00:09:41] Like they accept it and they think that it's a beautiful thing

[00:09:45] and transmit it to beautiful art. to be through your own. Like these days, also, yeah, through yourself and accept who you are and embrace who you are. These days are more like, more won't be in a classic way, but the traditional one is that, yeah. Except who you are, who you are, who you are. Authentic you, authentic you. That's the thing.

[00:11:00] That's the thing I love.

[00:11:01] Authentic you, authentic you, how beautiful.

[00:11:04] Now if someone wants to learn from a Sami,

[00:11:07] a Sami, tell everybody how Have you ever been to India? Never. What is India for you in one word? Whatever you know. That's kind of wonderful. And beautiful. And beautiful. And then actually I'm going to go in this year. Oh, sometime. I'm having a project that we are organizing from a festival. Oh, brilliant. So, where are you going in India?

[00:12:21] Delhi.

[00:12:22] So, if you can find Asami. I just heard interview with a Lorena. Super nice and wonderful talking to her. And we were talking about connection with India and the flamenco, the passion and the

[00:13:40] authentic.

[00:13:41] That is the most beautiful part and we have a name common.

[00:13:45] What's me on the Pacific. How is gypsy even different from the other living? Is it still? We love the free, we love the people. We love the river, the leaf in the road, you know. We are always free. You're always travelling also is something that one thing.

[00:15:02] Are you travelling still?

[00:15:04] Do you travel a lot?

[00:15:06] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. When I listen to the Indian music, I feel like flaming. My grandfather, one of the most dense that he likes is the Bollywood. And always when I was a child, I saw in my house family the part of Spain that the original Flamenco. But right now, the Flamenco is around the world. Have you ever been to India? I always want to go to visit the country. Yeah, I would try. I would try.

[00:17:40] And if you want to think of India,

[00:17:42] what's the one word that comes in the mind?

[00:17:44] I think the people is very friendly.

[00:17:47] The country is so open-mind. by just walking in the streets of Marvair. So why don't they go to them as well? I'm in Puerto Bendis with Simon. And this beautiful spread of furniture. Show it around, show around. Now come back.

[00:19:02] Simon is from Britain. Yeah, originally.

[00:19:04] And where is this furniture?

[00:19:05] This is your place.

[00:19:06] Tell me about this place.

[00:19:07] Tell me about your furniture. And where is your favourite place in India to go to Bifun in Chiang? I'd say Jogpur. Jogpur for the Blue City. The Blue City? Yeah. And what all is here? Can you take me around a little bit to show it? Well, I'll give you a quick... Yes. These two pieces here that we just sold out for. They're going to be packed up. These are in India.

[00:20:20] So these two pieces are from India, from where?

[00:20:23] They're from Jaipur.

[00:20:25] They're from Jaipur, OK?

[00:20:27] Yeah.

[00:21:24] they can change a style very quickly. So that's what makes them great to work with. And how did you get attracted to the Indian furniture market?

[00:21:28] I don't really know. I think I went to a trade fair there and we tried a few

[00:21:32] different items and then it worked very well and it just really it works very

[00:21:38] well with the Indonesian furniture. They complement each other. So we've

[00:21:42] always bought from Indonesia prior to buying from India. So to buy from people who actually make this buy. Yeah, we buy it in factories and the artisans, I suppose. We're not buying directly from third parties. We're going to do it, it's where it comes from. Are you your favourite food? My favourite food? From India. I'm from London, so we're spoiled for Indian food. So, you know, we've got everything in London,

[00:23:00] so I'm always been, I like to go, when I'm in India,

[00:23:03] I prefer to go full-veg.

[00:23:04] Yeah.

[00:23:05] So I like to eat vegetarian food. India that sells. What is it? I think our biggest sales are the other mirrors at the moment. If you go inside the shop, you're stacking up at the moment, you can see lots of mirrors inside. Oh mirrors, so let's go and see the mirrors first. Oh these are the mirrors selling the most. Gorgeous, gorgeous mirrors. Okay. Yeah, mirror to the world.

[00:24:23] What a wonderful place. A mirror to the world really. A man's diamond from London. India brings tell me what is the connection and yes yes this is from yeah I just hope like this even the six car all are from India oh can I verify being in the shop yes oh beautiful a little bit of India on me in Spain all

[00:25:41] even this is from India Indian cotton. Yes I'm caught on in made in India. Where is this from? Yes in the end from New Delhi from Delhi. So where do you go in India? New Delhi. Only New Delhi. Okay. All both from there. Brilliant. And what do you love about Delhi?

[00:27:03] How did you get actually first of all how many years have you been in India?

[00:28:20] Not so many. Five years, five times, not so many.

[00:28:24] More times I have been I order and then come back to the hotel because I am not so many times to discover but I love food. Food is very good even in the street. of people coming from elsewhere, choosing to be in this country and carrying a little bit of India connect in their hearts. Such are the stories that I want to find and look for and have had wonderful times speaking to.