Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges is so powerful, it could convert atheists like me

Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges is so powerful, it could convert atheists like me

Contemporary Western life has largely done away with religion – a loss we feel most keenly when other losses come to call, as Indian-born, British-bred Amol Rajan explores in his new BBC documentary, Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges. Rajan’s father died three years ago, and he’s “been in a bit of a funk ever since”; his Hindu mother, meanwhile, seems to have a “toolkit” for coping that eludes him. Hoping to process his still-raw grief and reconnect…

Amol Rajan’s Ganges vanity project

It must be great to be a BBC news presenter. The side hustles! Anyone made too weary by stonewalling politicians and all those late nights under an umbrella in Downing Street will almost inevitably find, courtesy of a generous boss, some light relief in the form of an easier, lovelier gig elsewhere (unless you’re Mishal Husain, the most talented of them all, in which case you’ll unaccountably have to head to the wilder shores of Bloomberg withou…

How releasing his father's soul left British journalist high as a kite: ROLAND WHITE reviews Amol Rajan Goes To The Ganges

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Amol Rajan 'terrified' amid crowd crush during Ganges pilgrimage

What did you miss? Amol Rajan has said he was “terrified” when he got caught up in the panic after 30 people were killed in a crowd crush at India’s Kumbh Mela festival. The University Challenge host made a pilgrimage to the Hindu festival at the Ganges, hoping that it would help as he struggled with the death of his father. The event – the world’s largest religious festival with half a billion attending this year – sees people bathing in the ri…