Videos

Dialogue @ Nation Next with Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil | Interview

February 21, 2017, 10:00 PM

Amar Ashok Jajoo | Nagpur

In an interview with Nation Next, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil speaks about his life as India's openly gay prince, his struggles and section 377. — Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil (Photo by: Nation Next)

Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil belongs to a royal family which has a history of more than 650 years old. Hes the son and probable heir of the Maharaja of Rajpipla in Gujarat. Prince Manvenrda who was raised in a traditional and conservative way created ripples globally when in 2006, through a media interview, he came out in the open as a gay. Since then hes often called India’s first openly gay prince and the royal poster boy for LGBT rights in India.

From being somebody who was disowned by his family after he revealed his sexual orientation openly to have been appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show thrice; a lot has changed for him in the last decade. Today, this prince is internationally known, he runs the organization – The Lakshya Trust – which aims at creating awareness and preventions of HIV / AIDS and he is also the brand ambassador of global organization – AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). In a video interview with Nation Next, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil speaks about his life as India’s openly gay prince, the struggle he went through, section 377 and reveals why he really isn’t in any mood right now to settle down!

Here’s the complete interview!
Photojournalist: Kartik Thakur
Edited by: Himanshu Pal

Videos

Sumeet Raghavan on comedy: One has to understand what’s vulgar, what’s sensual

Published

3 years ago

May 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Editor : Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Mumbai

Sumeet Raghavan

Actor Sumeet Raghavan, who played the iconic character of Sahil Sarabhai in the popular TV show ‘Sarabhai Vs Sarabhi’ in an interview with Nation Next in November 2018 spoke about clean comedy, work in the show ‘Jai Hind,’ below the belt humour and explained why one needs to understand what’s vulgar and what’s sensual content.

Videos

Urmila Matondkar interview: Chidambaram’s arrest puts a question mark on India’s democracy

Published

6 years ago

September 11, 2019

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

In a ‘Dialogue @ NATION NEXT, actor turned politician Urmila Matondkar censures the arrest of former home and finance minister of India P Chidambaram by the CBI. Putting a question mark on the current state of Indian democracy, Congress leader Urmila Matondkar speaks about the ‘actors who queue up for pictures with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, grilling of MNS leader Raj Thackeray by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and how Bollywood actors receive flak for joining Congress.

Watch the full interview below:

Also read: Urmila Matondkar quits Congress

Videos

Ranveer Allahbadia interview: Meet the man behind popular YouTube channel BeerBiceps

Published

6 years ago

August 27, 2019

Amar Ashok Jajoo |

Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps (Photo by: Nation Next)

Ranveer Allahbadia , who’s the man behind the popular YouTube Channel #BeerBiceps, in an interview with Nation Next, spoke about the logic behind the name BeerBiceps, his struggles as a college student, his YouTube channel, and also shared tips for budding YouTubers! Ranveer was recently in Nagpur for Nagpur Startup Fest organised by Nagpur Municipal Corporation.

Credits:

Producer: Vikrant Shandilya

Anchor: Amar Ashok Jajoo

Camera: Bhavesh Mahalle

Video Editor: Himanshu Pal

Here’s the complete interview!