In this informal, bilingual vlog, Haritosh Srivastav (Speaker A) takes viewers to the Basingstoke Vegan Festival held in Festival Place. He opens by apologising for a long hiatus, introduces his new Casio 900 Flow vlogging camera, and explains the growing popularity of veganism among Indian vegetarians. The vlog then moves on‑site where he meets event manager Sarah and several vendors. Sarah showcases a range of sustainable vegan products—including organic powders, refillable skincare, soy‑wax candles, vegan shoe polish, crystal jewellery, and an online store (www.iwantthatcoolfeeling.com). A seitan vendor (Wicked Seitan) is highlighted, with a call to follow their Instagram. The vlog also features vegan baked goods (brownies, cupcakes, pastries) and other food stalls. Sarah explains that the festival coincides with World Vegan Month, runs on the first Sunday of each month as a pop‑up shop during winter, and offers freebies such as cookies, coconuts, and Lush items. Social media handles for the event (#veganfestivalbasingstoke, Sparkle Vegan Events) and vendors are shared. The video concludes with the host tasting food, thanking Sarah, and encouraging viewers to follow the festival’s online channels and suggest future vlog locations.
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Hi guys, kaise hai aplo? Sorry, bahut din ause vlog nahi hai hai toh it's a new vlog for me aur nahi akku strike karne wale hai. I know, I know, mujhe bahut vlog dalne chahiye, main nahi dalta ho, but I am so sorry. But aaj kuch special hone wala hai, so stay tuned aur bahut hi majane wala hai. By the way, I finally got a vlogging camera, which is a Casio 900 Flow. Uh, you guys can tell me the quality in the comments and what you think. So, what's special about this camera, I'll tell you in a bit. But one common question is, we are vegetarian people, we are vegetarian in India. Vegetarian khanamiltah hai, wah kaise survive karte ho aur kya hota hai. Kher, ham yahan pe survive karein, kahi salo se, US maybe rehenge aur UK maybe. So vegetarian log survive karte hai. In fact, vegan khanah jo hai, woh ab bahut jada popular hai. Vegan lifestyle ban gaya hai aur bahut sare lo hai jo vegan khanah chate, vegan khanah chate hai. Aur aaj hai ek special day, jiha basing stoke mein hai aaj vegan festival, Basingstoke Vegan Festival. Apne bahut sare food festival ka naam suna wale, yeh food festival, seafood festival and European food festival, etc., etc. But aaj hai yaha pe vegan food festival, aur waha pe ham jaane wale hain, unke organizers se maine permission le li thi, and she readily agreed. So thank you to her. Aaj hum jaayenge vegan festival mein, Basingstoke Vegan Festival, aur batate hain aur dikhaten hain, apko ki vegan festival mein Station. That was funny. Okay, first look, vegan event is here. Vegan Festival. Hi, I'm doing a vlogging. Hi, hello, thank you. Oh wow, we got some free stuff. Thank you. Yeah, so vegan festival. Hello. So what's the special about all this?
Um, so most of this stuff my wife makes, um, handmade. She casts the resin pieces herself.
Okay.
So what exactly is this?
It's actually a powder. It's 100% natural, 95% organic. The only reason it's not completely organic is because you cannot get organic non-animal zinc and you cannot get organic straight probiotic. Now this is fully compostable from the product to the packaging, and this is refillable from these.
Okay.
These are products that don't cost the Earth, so for your wallet and also the environment. It's one product that does everything. So if you, for example, if you've got family members that have different skin ailments such as eczema, acne. If you've got a young child that's got, like, say, nappy rash or teething rash, one product that does everything.
Wow, thank you. That's— Wow. Hello.
Hiya.
How are you?
Fine, how are you?
Vegan?
Yeah.
Good. You want to try something sweet? Now, the general misconception is that you don't have these things without eggs and anything, but I believe this is all vegan, right?
Thank you.
No problem, man.
Yeah, this is— so yeah, people who are non-vegetarian, they have some really, really good alternatives here. You must try it out. Yeah, it's good.
Yeah, it's getting more popular now. Even people that aren't fully vegan, yeah, are having less meat in their diet, and this kind of is a decent replacement.
Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, guys, check it out. If you want to be vegan, you can still have the same taste.
Yeah, especially when it comes to those.
Yep, yep. Thank you, thank you.
So on Instagram, follow me @wickedseitan, and seitan is not spelled that way.
Yeah, it's not Satan. Yeah, it's S-E-I-T-A-N. Yeah, please follow him on Facebook. He seems to have some really good variety. All right, we've got some lot of candles. Okay, we'll go there, we'll go there. All right, do you want to give us an overview of what exactly is this? Um, I know we didn't plan it.
Okay, so I made vegan brownies. We've got a normal chocolate, a chili chocolate, and chocolate orange, and some nutty ones here. I'm doing some pastries.
Yeah, yeah, we can see it's very tempting. What's inside? Can you open and show us?
Yeah, these are chocolate cupcakes.
You want this cupcake, Louis? You want cupcake? He is only about that pink one.
Yeah.
You are on Instagram, right?
Yes, I am.
Please follow him. Please follow her on Instagram, The Home Mia Vegan. Okay, all right. Thank you, thank you so much. Hello, can you tell us what exactly is this?
Yeah, so you've got a wide range of different items to choose from. So for your home or for yourself, depending on what you're looking for. So you also have various soy wax candles made with a soy wax, biodegradable glitter, and a wooden mix in a frankincense and lavender. You've got vegan shoe polish. You've got the room sprays and reed diffusers up here as well, which are oil-based.
topped with an ethical crystal. We then also have our crystal pieces, our couple stones, our beautiful quartz bottles, and then also a jewelry range. And, um, in our winter time, green patches. So we have a little bit of everything.
Yeah, we can see there is a lot of crowd over here.
Very busy today. Yeah, we also have like an online store.
Do you want to talk about the details? Any What is the website and all?
Yeah, so it's, uh, www. I want that cool feeling.com, uh, and you'll find our range of products.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Have a lovely day.
You too. Hi Sarah! So guys, we have got Sarah here. Sarah is managing this whole vegan festival, and thank you so much, Sarah, first of all, for allowing me the opportunity to record this one. This is really good.
Oh, thank you so much for coming. Yeah, we're really excited to be here today. Yeah, first one inside this pop-up shop.
Yeah, yeah, this is one festival we really, really look forward to every month because we are vegetarian, and what better than to go for vegan?
So Choice for everyone, like you say, whether you're veggie, vegan, or like to try something new, then you've got to come today.
Awesome, awesome. So what is special for this month? Do you have a theme like that?
So this month is World Vegan Month, so that's why we're celebrating with the brand new launch of our pop-up shop. So we've been giving out freebies today from cookies, coconuts, and Lush items as well. We ran out pretty early, so sorry if you missed out.
Yeah, I got one, mine.
But we've got a wider range here today, so from cakes, gifts, skincare, we've got a vegan butcher, a baker, and some candle makers.
Yeah, yeah. Wow, that's amazing. So when does this event happen?
Is it—
so this happens on the first Sunday of every month here in Festival Place. So we'll be in our pop-up shop for the winter period, and then we'll be going back outside this summer.
So yeah, nice and sunny.
It looks sunny today.
It looks sunny today, actually. Yeah, I know it's about 12 degrees, but yeah, no, I must compliment you for your lovely dress. I think it's really shiny.
We like to attract attention here. Yeah, I'll also be doing eco-goose tattoos for kids and grown-ups as well, so I'm keeping everyone entertained, but we like to have fun here at the Mini Museum.
Yeah, how has the response been so far?
It's been really good. We've been really busy actually, so we've had a queue here first thing this morning. We didn't expect, and all the children have been going since the very, very start. So we're really pleased how today's gone.
Right, right. And you got some Facebook and Instagram pages as well?
We have. So yeah, if you follow us at Sparkle Vegan Events and also #veganfestivalbasinstoke.
Yeah, yeah, guys, please follow #veganfestivalbasinstoke and you'll find lot of new updates. I'm going to indulge in some of the food that I got here. So thank you so much, Sarah.
Nice to see you.
Lovely to see you too. Thank you. Okay guys, so that was Vegan Festival in Basingstoke. We really, really enjoyed here. There are a lot of varieties to do. Check out their Facebook page and Instagram page, and I'll come back with some more vlogs. Keep giving me the idea, suggestion, and I love to visit those places. Thank you so much.
