 Soil is a living entity, a handful of soil has five to seven billion organisms in it. We have to keep it alive for it to, you know, make all the life, every life that you see, whether it's a plant, tree, animal, bird, you and me, all of us are from the soil. That's true, that's so true, that's where we get the hood from, you know, you saw, you saw right about that, you know, that's so true. Everything, just everything. So the soil is a major part of us. Yeah, I mean there's nothing we've got from somewhere else, everything is from this earth. We're asking everybody, people who have any kind of following for one hundred days, just to talk about soil and the significance of soil. That would be a great thing to spread around. Who's your favorite player? Right now. You're taking, you should be like, it's Chris again. I'm just kind of, good morning to you. Pleasant morning to you as well, you know. Wonderful. It's a pleasure to meet you virtually. So Chris, this moment, I think you've heard about it already, probably you've seen the video. Yes, I have. Essentially, see, this is something that's been so neglected. For example, I met many of the environment ministers from various countries after the COP26 and they're telling me, one week they were in Glasgow in this international meet and they did not hear the word soil. Unfortunately, all the climate change initiatives or the whole movement is being driven by activists who only want to knock the industry because it spills money. But nobody wants to attend to the real problem where nearly 36 to 40 percent of the global warming is happening because of bad agricultural practices. Very easily this can be turned around and it'll be very beneficial for the farmer. We changed the river policy in India in 2017 through a rally called Rally for Rivers. And now we are active in one particular river basin called Kaveri River Basin. You've been in Bangalore. So, you know... Yeah, yeah, I love Bangalore. One of my favorite city, yeah. I'm from Mysore. I don't know if you've been to Mysore. No, I've never been to Mysore, no. Mysore is a close by city to Bangalore. It's a cultural city, very close. Okay. Nana, I've never been there and I love Bangalore so much, you know. That's one of my second home, pretty much. I'm from that state, Karnataka. Yeah? Mm-hmm. Yeah, I know Karnataka, I know Karnataka. I know Anil Kumbh and Rahul Javed. Yes, yes. Those guys, yeah, yeah. What about your initiative, you know? Yeah, on the ground, this is covering, you know, like 83,000 square kilometers of land and 5.2 million farmers in this region. The goal is to plant about 2.42 billion trees in the next 12 years' time. That is going on wonderfully well. Right now, about 125,000 farmers have been benefiting from this. We've converted them into certain soil regenerative practices, including tree-based agriculture. Their incomes have all gone up anywhere between 300 to 800% in a matter of five to seven years. So this is essentially an economic plan, which will have significant ecological impact. And every responsible scientist in the world is pointing out that by 2045, we will be producing 40% less food. And our population will be 9.2 billion. That's not a world in which anybody wants to live, nor do we want to leave our children in that kind of world. And UN agencies are predicting by 2035, there will be a massive number of civil wars, especially in African nations and other third world countries. Because of food shortages, this will begin to happen from 2035. There are many measures they are taking right now, but this is not considering that we can turn the soil around. All we are asking for is is very simple. Agricultural soil should have three to six percent organic content so that soil is alive. Soil is a living entity. A handful of soil has five to seven billion organisms in it. We have to keep it alive for it to make all the life. Every life that you see, whether it's a plant, tree, animal, bird, you and me, all of us are from the soil. Everything that we hold, including your cricket bat, is from the soil. Listen, that's so true. That's where we get the hood from, you know. It's all right about that, you know. That's so true. Everything, just everything. So the soil is a major part of us. Yeah. I mean, there's nothing we've got from somewhere else. Everything is from this earth. There is nothing else we have here, whether the clothes we wear, the food that we eat and our lives, our homes, everything is from the earth and soil. So turning this around is a simple process. It's just that it needs a committed and determined approach. Governments are not doing it simply because the democratic processes are always choosing governments for four to five years term. They would like to do things within that span. Nobody wants to invest in a long-term engagement, something that will take 20 years of time. They're not interested most of the time. And above all, I have spoken to many world leaders and many of them want to do it, but there is no people support. People have not thought long-term. Everybody is thinking of day-to-day kind of requirements. So this is an attempt to get about 3.5 billion people to speak. See, in a democratic country, there are two most important things that we have, the vote and the voice of the people. This is the most important thing. So we want 60% of the world's electorate to speak. From March 21st, we're asking everybody, people who have any kind of following to... for 100 days just to talk about soil, they don't have to support a particular movement. They just have to talk about soil and the significance of soil. So if this happens, we are preparing a soil document, hundreds of ways in which you can regenerate soil, depending upon the region, the latitudinal position, the economic conditions of a given country, and also the cultural... I know agricultural traditions that may have. Considering all this, there are hundreds of ways where it can be done. So we are not talking about any one way of doing it. We are not... Fundamentally, this is not against anybody, that's the most important thing. This is not against fertilizer factories, this is not against pesticide, this is not against insecticide, no. It is farmers' prerogative, how much of it he wants to use. Using these things is not the problem. Excessive usage is the problem right now. And excessive usage has come simply because of the depletion of soil that's happened. This can be turned around right now. We are writing to all the political parties, over 730 political parties in the world. All of them, we are sending letters which are being hand delivered. And to all the heads of state, and Caribbean, of course, I'm coming there to personally meet them. I can't wait for you to come to visit the Caribbean. I'm really looking forward to that, you know. So I'm really looking forward to hosting you, especially in my hometown, Jamaica. I know you have the other Caribbean to visit as well. You know, but, you know, I definitely want to be there when you arrive in Jamaica, to be honest with you. And meet the Prime Minister, so I'm really looking forward to that. So don't miss the ball, man. You've got to hit it for a six, huh? Oh, you know what? I'm the six-hitter, so I'll never miss. So I think this Bangladesh, very crafty spinners will give you enough practice before you come back in March. You know what? They're giving me a little bit of trouble here, you know. So I might have to keep a habit of high-off enough, you know, for them, you know. But, you know, it's their condition. You know, the universe boss will come up age. Pretending to something you mentioned about the style, you know, spreading awareness. You know, we, like a sportsman, we have the platform. You know, social media is big and it's huge. That four-minute video I watched earlier, you know, about the style. If you can have something like that where everyone can share on their platform, you know, that would be a great thing to spread around. It will go viral as well, you know, to spread awareness. From March 1st, the real campaign will begin. Every day we will be releasing at least one, most probably three to five short videos will be being released on most of the days for these 100 days. So we will give you access to that and you can post it whichever way you want. Okay, okay, yeah, fair enough, fair enough, yeah. That's fine with me. So I'm 65 but I'm riding this 30,000 kilometers. You're 65? Yes. Yes. You're a young man, you're a young man. And I see you're riding from the UK to India. Yep. Wow, you know, I never actually ride a bike before. If I could, I just joined it. I could join it one at a leg. I'll sit on the back, is that okay? You can. When you come to India, the last part we are doing about 14 cities we are doing in India, from Delhi down to Cauvery. So one of those legs, if you want, you can ride with me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that would be nice, that would be nice. Absolutely, I'll look into that and see the dates when you're going to be doing that. From June 5th onwards, I will be in India. From June 5th to 21st, I'm riding in India. Okay, when it starts, when it starts in the one in the UK? This is on 21st of March. It is the Equinox day and it also happens to be the world forest day. June 5th when we reach India, it is the world environment day. So we are having an event with the Prime Minister and it also happens to be 75 years of India's freedom. So I'm also carrying that flag of India 75 with me. Wow, you're the hero. Sad girl, the hero. This is going to be amazing. I'm sure when this is all finished, it's going to be something. I won't know for the world to see such thing. So I'm really looking forward to that. That is the first thing that we want to change the narrative in the world towards soil. And all these 192 countries, we are giving this soil document, which they can make use of in whichever way they want. And post that for smaller countries like Caribbean countries also, we will be setting up a probably 25 to 30 member committee, which will, if they need assistance on how to regenerate soil, we will handhold them with scientific knowledge and everything we are setting up a body like that. Okay, okay, that's good. That's brilliant, brilliant stuff, man. And all the UN agencies are working with us. We are partners with UNCCD, which is the agency for combating desertification and also UNEP and also World Food Program. All of them are partnering with us. So full scientific force is with us. Okay, the trees I mentioned are going to be planted. Is it only going to be pretty much in India or it's a global thing? So this is, I'm also part of the trillion tree campaign, World Economic Forum. But what we are doing in Cauvery is important because we want to create a large scale sample as to how wonderfully it can be done. We've been doing this for over 23, 24 years now. And the way the farmers' lives have changed, we want to demonstrate this. We will be making a presentation or a documentary about it so that worldwide farmers can take it up, not as saving the world, but as an economic plan that it is good for them. Because I don't believe in going to a poor farmer and telling him, save the planet when the city people are consuming, everything that they're consuming. So the only way is to present it as an economic plan for the well-being of the farmer, which will naturally result in ecological well-being also. Okay, good, man. You have it all covered. You have it all covered, you have it all covered, man. It's going to be a nice documentary, for sure. Absolutely, it's going to be something nice and special. Can I have to something separate from the soil? Yeah, anything. Who's your favorite? Which team is your favorite? IPL team. Of course, the Chennai team. Because I'm in Tamil Nadu, I have to… Chennai champion, Chennai super kings, MS Dhoni. You know, like last time the KKR team was in the finals and they called me and said, Sathguru, you must bless our team. I said, who is playing against you? They said, Chennai. I said, see this one thing I can't do. Yeah, you have to see that one out. They say, sorry, you guys, they're already holding this one. Chennai is my team. So there's no, I can't send blessings to you KKR. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know, yeah, Chennai is the team. And the number one team definitely in the IPL, you know. Dhoni has made a difference. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now he's acting in a movie or something. He's a full-on actor, yes. He's a star, man. Dhoni's a star. So he's a movie star. Well, I'm sure he will pull it off. Whatever he put his hands on, turn gold. Yes. Yeah, but he's a super. So tell me something, you know, Chennai super king, your favorite IPL team. So who's your favorite cricket team? I don't know. Who's your favorite player? Right now? Yes, right now. You mean the current players or all time? All right, current player. But I would love both answers. Yeah, but I'd love both answers. But I'll say current and overall. Oh, among the current players, well, if, well, Virat Kohli is there. You're taking, you should be like, it's Chris Gayle. It shouldn't be like looking left and right. It should be Mr. Gayle. It is right in front of you. You, I don't, I don't see you as a cricketer. I see you as a, you know, warrior. Because the cricket bat looks so small, like a sword in your hand. It doesn't look like a bat. Yeah, that's why I used to use the bat. It's called Spartan. We used to use that phrase or that saying, you know, it's a warrior. You know, I'm a warrior. I say, you spot on pretty much. You spot on with what you said. You spot on with what you said, you know? You know, but overall, you know, I'm sure you have seen, you know, a lot of players. Overall means my all time favorite is definitely Vivian Richards. Yes, sir, Viv, you know, the master, master blaster. I don't think anybody played like him. It's really. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Viv, Viv, well loved the legend, legend, legend. He is, he's super, you know, fantastic. And he's, he's part of India as well, as you know. Yes, I know that. Yeah, he's part of India as well. So that's good, that's good. But that's a good name. It's a good name to pick, good name to actually, you know, have in a corner as well. Because we watched, you know, today's players, I am not watching them so closely here and there. I see a little bit. I don't have the time. At that time, those days, Clive Lloyd Richards, we watched every, every ball, every ball. Okay. So you gotta like it for Westerners then. You have a like it for Westerners team in the 70s and 80s. Yeah, that time Indian team was terrorized by you guys. Oh, yeah. Those three W's. Yeah, yeah. Wrong quarrel weeks. Yeah, yeah, I remember them. Breaking the wickets with the bowling. Breaking the wickets. Joe Garnamaitra holding those fast coders, you know. Yeah, Andy Roberts. Yeah, yeah, that was amazing. I guess we owned the game that particular, you know, era within the sport. Those 20 years, I think the Caribbean teams really owned the cricket for sure. Yeah, that's true. We have some great amazing legends, you know, within the sport. I'm outside of Westerners as well. So it's really good. I think now present teams in the last 20 years, probably the West Indian problem has been that these countries have kind of grown apart. They're not really playing together probably as a team at home, which is showing off in the international games. I don't know what I thought so looking at them. Because there are great players, but still they don't win because there is no competition. That's true, that's true. Once they're not unified, you know, you're always going to struggle. It doesn't matter, you know, which talent you have in your team. It's always going to be a problem, you know. So once everyone is not on the same level, it's always going to be difficult to win games. It doesn't matter how star-studied your team is, but you keep it simple. Like a team like New Zealand, not so star-studied in names, but they always, in big events, they make it to the finals of an ICC event. So they're always up there, you know, because they have something. They play together, you know. Yeah, they play together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think maybe that's part of your culture as well. So that kind of, you know, show it within their game. So which I always admire, what I always admire about them. I really admire that about New Zealand ever since. Yes. Since Stephen Fleming, since Stephen Fleming was a captain, you know, about them. Yeah. Good thing. The World Cup, they had such an unfortunate situation, you know. I was there for that match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, they had the same unfortunate situation in the UK as well in the 50s. I was there for that match also. So you've been to the finals, then? Yes. Oh, that's good, man. That's good, that's good, that's good, man. You know, you're a leader still. I've been so sports oriented at one time when I was young, but last 30 plus years, I had not attended a single sporting event. So in the last three years, I made up, I did the World Cup football in Moscow. I did the, you know, what is this? Yeah, the World Cup, Cricket World Cup in UK. I did the Wimbledon. I did the U.S. Open and what, one thing I did. I did the Formula One twice and... Yeah, which one had the Formula One you went to? I went to Baku. Baku, Baku, I'd have never been to that one. Oh, it's a nice place. It's in Azerbaijan. And that turned out to be one of the most exciting races where Louis, Louis Sammelton crashed out on the corner. I was standing right there next to the corner and he over-braked and it just crashed out. Oh, man. I went to the last one in Abu Dhabi. That was an amazing, amazing one. You know, he was leading up onto the last lap. No, the thing is, it is almost like for the last five years, it's become like it's just Mercedes and Mercedes, nobody else can win. But Baku was exciting because the other teams came up, the Honda teams caught up. Yeah, it was, I mean, it's good for the sport. You know, Red Bull win it, Red Bull win it. I won it last year. So this year is going to be interesting again. So it should be something good to watch again. I'm looking forward to it, really looking forward to it. But have you ever been to the Caribbean before? This is the first time I'm coming, really. Okay, well, good to accept you. If you find me a good golf course, I may come every year. You know what? I'm going to practice my golf swing. I'm going to practice my golf swing. I haven't tried, you know, I haven't tried golf really and truly. I don't think they've made a ball for you. Are you a good, are you a good golfer? All right, I play okay. You're pretty decent. I play eight, nine, 10 in that range. Well, I have a lot of catching up to do. So hopefully the one they asked you on the golf course. I mean, a lot of cricketers play golf, but I don't play golf. I've never really tried it. I'm always sleeping in the morning, sleep too much. So I'll start putting in some practice now, you know, see if I can catch up to your standard. So that's good. I can beat you on something. I can't beat you in cricket though. Well, we have to try first, you know, you can't say it yet, you know. We never know on the day, any given day, things can change. No, but if you hit a six in golf, it's called out of bounds. And that means I've got to start over again. Yes, and then you lose points for that. Oh, wow. No, definitely need to practice then. Definitely need some practice for that for sure, you know. So we will, I'll catch in the golf course as well. So I'm looking forward to that as well. Let's do that, Chris, and all the best for you in Bangladesh. Do well there. Yeah, yeah, I appreciate it. You're not all the best. But I'm really, I'm surely happy to meet you. Yes, wonderful to meet you. And talk to you as well. Yeah, it's amazing. We'll catch up to you. I'm really looking forward to, yeah, looking forward to seeing the person for sure. Thank you, thank you very much. And thanks for your time and I appreciate it. God bless you, man. Thank you, thank you very much.