Welcome back to the Plant Based News Podcast!

Our guest today is Anjali Harikumar, widely known as Be Extra Vegant. Anjali is a self-taught vegan Indian chef and content creator. She's not only a passionate advocate for veganism but also a PhD candidate working on cutting-edge nanophotonics research in Grenoble, France. Anjali shares her love for veganized Indian recipes through her social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

Follow Anjali here - https://www.instagram.com/beextravegant/?hl=en

Host: Robbie Lockie

Editor: Polly Foreman

Audio Editor: Phil Marriott

Social Media: Darrell Sawczuk

Producer: Xisca Taylor

00:00:00 An introduction to Anjali Harikumar

00:03:42 Discovering the vegan & plant-based lifestyle

00:08:07 Okjar

00:10:13 Spiritualism: challenging the idea of including animals within compassion

00:17:51 The Land Of Ahimsa: Dolly Vyas-Ahuja’s documentary

00:21:58 Veganizing Indian recipes

00:27:06 Beextravegant: Anjali’s content on social media

00:33:12 How to be relatable and original on social media

00:37:40 Nanophotonics: the study of the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, and of the interaction of nanometer-scale objects with light.

00:40:20 Fighting misinformation and disinformation

00:43:00 What Happens When: A Plant Based News web series that debunks some of the common myths

00:46:00 Avoiding the feeling of being overwhelmed by the pressures of being a vegan content creator

00:59:38 Hosting a dream vegan dinner party

01:02:06 Stranded on a desert island