Youth Voices and India Japan Relation

India Japan Laboratory of Keio University in Japan was initiated in November 2019. The year 2023, the fourth year for conducting India Class, saw the registered number of the students swelled to 180 from 115 in 2020. Every year since 2020, India Class has offered learning opportunities about India and Japan-India bilateral relationship via online mode during spring semester through 14 weekly lecture-based classes. Some students have had direct interactions with Indians or having lived in India before joining India Class. Majority of the students’ experience with India has been principally coming from the media. After the entire course was over, the students were requested to choose one particular topic of their liking out of 14 classes and write a report of 1000 words. Most of the students have read further on their subject of interest. While political and economic analysis have been mostly based on what they have learnt in the class and additional readings, many interesting interpretations and observations were expressed by those who reflected on what they have learnt through their own experiential immersive learning through yoga, music of both Indian and Japanese instruments, and virtual cooking class of an Indian meal. The reports by the students in 2023 carried varied aromas with elaborate details on food culture and music tradition of India while some constructive suggestions were offered on Indian polity, economy environment, and society. This chapter provides some of the key analysis from these reports.