You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience.

And maybe that's you.

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

Music So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds. I was like a living god, a living relic, you know, to sit on a throne as an 18-month-old baby.

And I had to sit through all these ceremonies.

So people would come to me to receive blessings,

and I had to give them blessings.

And I had no contact with the West at all, you know, so I was completely isolated.

And sometimes I would play with other kids, but I was always different,

and they wouldn't allow the kids to really touch me because they didn't really want me to be influenced.

When all... kids to really touch me because they didn't really want me to be influenced. When Osel Hita Torres was just a toddler, he was invited alongside his parents from Spain to India

to fulfill an extraordinary mission. He'd been recognized as the reincarnation of a revered Buddhist monk and teacher

and was told it was his destiny to carry on his work.

His parents, devoted followers of Buddhism, were down for the ride.

But as Ozil got older, he veered from the path that had been chosen for him.

So that was really when I started to decide, you know, that, hey, I'm not going to stay here forever.

I'm going to use this time now to learn as much as I can, but once I turn 18, nobody can stop me.

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