Amid the Indian government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, the debate and demand for homegrown have increased. People everywhere started to look for possible replacements for some of these popular apps.

A unique, multilingual app designed and made in India has come close to fulfill these needs. Spark.Live, a short video sharing and live video consultation app is a premium platform owned by Home Screen Network.

Since its inception, it has already clocked 1.5 million downloads, 100 thousand daily visitor count, and 70 million monthly video views and still growing.

Spark.Live, perhaps the first-ever vernacular platform in India that provides consultancy in multiple Indian languages. It is a live video consultation and booking platform that offers a range of expert services delivered in top spoken Indian languages such as Hindi, Bangla, Kannada, Tamil, and English.

Soum Paul, founder, and CEO of Home Screen Network said that “‘From India to the World’ is the motto with which we have operated from the very start. Our unified platform enables users from India and around the world to watch, follow, message, video chat, and consult any of the experts in the heartland of India – expert yoga and fitness gurus, dance and music teachers, therapists and counselors, dietitians and Ayurveda doctors and many more.”

The application also adopts the best practices in user data protection and in facilitating a secure payment interface as those Chinese apps are banned because they are prejudicial to the “sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of the state and public order.”

The reach and scope of Spark.Live can be viewed as substantial. Apart from being a worthy replacement for Chinese apps, Spark.Live also provides crucial opportunities to individuals from every nook and corner of the country to earn their livelihood using this platform in their own language.

Mr. Paul added, “We are facilitating income generation for experts from home, who are able to seamlessly run their business even during the time of this crisis.” During this critical period, when India battles the COVID-19 outbreak and a massive loss of jobs, the Prime Minister has embarked on Indians upon a mission to be self-reliant and Spark.Live is turning out to be the ideal platform.

The app provides individuals an opportunity to become not only self-reliant but also to fight back the odds with the help of homegrown tech. It has provided its platforms to many such experts whose commercial activities suffered a major blow during the lockdown period, with many losing their regular clients. The platform provides a seamless expert-client experience without the need for physical proximity.

The services offered by Spark.Live has also benefited users immensely. It is not a fun video viewing platform but actually getting real-time mental and physical health advice, diet and nutrition guidance, attending regular fitness/yoga classes or dance/music lessons, receiving astrology/reiki/meditation guidance from the comfort of one’s home, at affordable prices.

Spark.Live also offers many free informative interviews and Live events and classes with doctors and experts, as well as partnerships with notable organizations such as CRY denoting its commitment to help people.

The team believes that information is power and should not be subjected to gatekeeping, especially based on language. Spark.Live’s driving force is to be the architect of the democratization of online content in India. This can be termed as an app of “Bharat” comprising rich diversity of our languages and cultures, along with providing users a safe, secure platform to engage with a wide range of experts, professionals, and specially curated content.

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