December 1, 2025

01/12/2025 59 min
December 1, 2025

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The Bridge is brought to you by KSwiss and by Carvaan by Saregama.Episode 419The Monday Episode on Rukus Avenue Radio’s THE BRIDGE hosted by Sammy Chand is a power packed episode. You get a range of information from the Indian community and a well curated suitcase of music from Sammy himself. He starts off with the number 1 song from the weekend called Gal Sun by Sabat Batin, and ends it with the new Karan Aujla song with Nav. Sammy’s got songs from some crate digging he did this weekend. Sammy’s hour was joined by Meera Sharma with the Mindful Minute, and Katie Dartford from the United Nations News Department. Sammy is joined by the Non Profit organization called Shanti Bhavan as they are our choice for Giving Tuesday on The Bridge. Sammy is joined by Prabhleen aka Jugni, the host of the new show The Jugni Podcast which takes the airwaves on Rukus Avenue Radio in January. Sammy talks to Jay and Sarah, the hosts of Cultural Contours, about the tradition of touching feet in Indian culture. Sammy talks to Ruby about the Emmy’s and how Diljit almost won for the film Chamkila. Dr Roy tells us that India shines at the International Emmy’s Red Carpet, Mumbai celebrates the release of Avatar, Fire, and Ash, and Bengaluru’s Jotsna Venkatesh Naidu wins gold at the ICN World Natural Games. Karan fills us in that India’s economy grew 8.2% last quarter, making it the fastest growing major economy, driven by domestic spending, tech exports, and infrastructure investment. Meanwhile, Southeast Asia faces devastating floods, displacing millions and highlighting the urgent need for climate resilience.11:14 Dr Roy18:58 Meera Sharma24:13 Katie Dartford29:24 Shakti Bhavan Children’s Project33:50 Jugni35:04 Andro40:48 Ruby Basi46:52 Jay and Sarah54:00 Karan58:35 Doyeeta