Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago. Since that moment, a lot of stuff happened: from the composition of the Vedas, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism, roughly 2000 years before Christ, to the independence from the unfortunate British colonialism in 1947. India is now one of the fastest-growing states both economically and demographically: but which social problems is it facing?

Let's find it out with our international guest Sayak Adhikari, coming from Calcutta in West Bengal! Sayak is currently completing his Masters in Quantum Molecular Dynamics at Fritz Haber Center, in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago. Since that moment, a lot of stuff happened: from the composition of the Vedas, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism, roughly 2000 years before Christ, to the independence from the unfortunate British colonialism in 1947. India is now one of the fastest-growing states both economically and demographically: but which social problems is it facing?