Me at 25
• making no money
• depressed
• not acting on my potential
Me at 26
• host of a profitable podcast
• relatively happier than most people
• have more projects than I can manage
1 year can change everything.
Don’t give up.
Overheard in a cafe:
"I can never be my father. He worked for everyone and took his family out of poverty. He provided for all his brothers. But I don't even like working. I am depressed. All I like is walking my dog and sitting in the back of the car."
UPI is great.
IMPS is great.
Crypto is great.
Credit and debit cards are great.
Hell, even cheques are great.
But I'm a 90s kid.
Nothing makes me feel richer than holding cash in my hand.
It's tactile, it's real, and it provides a warm sense of comfort.
Anyone else…
I’m 26 and I still think the world is moving too fast for me. I just can’t keep up. AI, fintech, new social media platforms — it’s like right when you finally stand straight, someone pulls the carpet from under your feet.
A part of me revolts at this pace of change.
A part of…
Me at 25
• making no money
• depressed
• not acting on my potential
Me at 26
• host of a profitable podcast
• relatively happier than most people
• have more projects than I can manage
1 year can change everything.
Don’t give up.
The podcasting manifesto:
Graduated from Boston University: 2019
Initial setup cost: ₹ 10,000
Number of podcast episodes: 300
Number of views: 400 million
This is HOW I've built one of the BEST podcasts in India 👇🏻
Article 370 was abrogated 4 years ago on August 5, 2019.
In this clip, IAS
@shahfaesal
describes why he changed his mind on 370, how Pakistan gave rise to separatism in Kashmir, and how the state has benefited from the abrogation.
Full podcast out tomorrow on Dostcast.
No wonder so many men gravitate to Joe Rogan, Peterson, and Andrew Tate.
They're an antidote in an era where dudes put up with literally nothing, sit on their ass all day and complain.
Indians have big ‘it is what it is, karma will decide, bloated but goated, dying but fighting, three parathas for breakfast, encroach on road to build a house, fuck mental health I just need government job’ energy
The older I get, the more I'm convinced that true wealth lies in the most unglamorous businesses.
Real estate.
Construction.
Waste management.
Pharmaceuticals.
And so on.
If you can't start it, invest in it.
Day 20 of taking magnesium bisglycinate and theanine for deeper sleep on
@hubermanlab
recommendation and I think I'll have to cut back. Not because there's anything wrong but because sleep of such high quality feels illegal.
If you're not filthy rich or drop-dead gorgeous, be well-read and have a sense of humour. Will open more doors for you than you can think.
In other words, if you're ugly, work hard.
This third-rate paid shill doesn’t know that slang/low-brow culture has always been a protest against elites. Graffiti in New York. Republican Spain. Or even desi hip-hop.
English comprehension zero, history zero, sociology zero, and he has the audacity to give lectures on…
Confused idiot is trying to fight English, by using the most 'crass' Hindi he can come up with.
Hindi is a beautiful composite language; it can take English's pants off any day - provided you know the language & not reduce it to MC / BC / latrine
(which BTW is a French word)
Tehelka omelette dropping at 8 PM today.
Swear words were used.
Facts were wielded.
Laughs were had.
The most riotous non-left trio on a podcast that refuses to play it safe.
@dostcast
with
@kushal_mehra
@Iyervval
@shambhav15
drops at 8 PM tonight.
Anyone with a webcam, earphones, and a laptop with internet can start a podcast.
Zoom is free.
Audacity is free.
OBS is free.
iMovie is free.
Kinemaster is free.
No more excuses.
Hate how Salman Khan ridiculed
@PuneetSuper
during his entry in
#BiggBossOTT2
— even smirking a bunch of times because Puneet calls himself ‘Superstar.’
Graceless.
I hope Puneet wins.
My team and I drove from Delhi to Bareilly to interview Ishaan Ali.
Got to Bareilly in 4.5 hours.
Ate at Barbeque Nation.
Team set up in hotel while I did NSDR.
Greeted Ishan Ali’s 8 person entourage.
Recorded with Ishaan.
Ate excellent chicken raara with his entourage.…
Sabse sad baat ye hai ki aadmi ka midlife crisis daaru mein nahi, adultery mein nahi, spiritual retreat mein nahi, balki YouTube video mein ek college ke launde ko harass karne mein nikal rahi hai
#sandeepmaheshwari
Surround yourself with kings.
Too many men out here associating with weaklings to feel good about themselves.
If the dude can’t protect you, banter with you, or do a crazy cross-country adventure with you, he’s not your friend.
He’s just a cuck with charm.
Find real men.
They shamed logic, spat on reason, and sold you emotional outrage.
You took their bait so hard that you became hypnotized by a hashtag.
Creators reacted quickly. Audiences commented quickly.
Now, that the truth is out, please be just as quick in accepting your errors.
Whenever I enter my house, I see young, arrogant lizards running around like they own the place. It's downright disrespectful.
In my centuries old experience as a lizard remover, here are some eternal truths about dealing with lizards👇
I genuinely believe most people don’t give a flying fuck about you.
They’re just in their own heads going through their own shit.
You’re free.
Always have been. Always will be.
Wake up.
Was in the temple town of Ujjain with my parents. We were in a restaurant. A man in his 40s said hi to me. He had three kids of his own.
He said he loves Dostcast and shook my hand many times. He told my parents that they should feel proud of me.
Some Indians add gender pronouns to their bio purely to signal they're 'in' with the times.
"Baaki saare daal rahe hai, mai bhi daal deta hoon. Cool lagega."
How to be boring at parties:
1. Talk business
2. Ask people about the meaning of life
3. Sneakily join a group of people without introducing yourself
4. Try to be included in the fun without being fun yourself
5. Pretend to be interested in others when you're not
6. Speak in a…
Everyone a creator until ब्रह्मा walks in.
Everyone a preservative until विष्णु walks in.
Everyone is a "bro, mai destroy karta hoon" until महादेव walks in.
We have fetishized rags-to-riches stories so much that those born into wealth have to manufacture fake origin stories full of hardship and struggle just to get noticed.
I would sit in Delhi and shit on Bangalore.
I didn't understand startups.
I didn't care about passionate people building businesses.
I thought it was too stupid.
But I was ignorant.
Been here for five days and I'm forced to change my mind.
This city is something else.
They LITERALLY kicked
@PuneetSuper
out on Day 1.
Some contestants said he trashed the bathroom, others say he has personal hygiene issues, others think he’s crazy and nuts and can’t stop playing the character.
Say what you will, the Lord strikes terror in the heart of these…
If I bring someone even remotely on the left on Dostcast, so many people just lose it.
But if I bring someone on the right, I am lauded for my skill, no matter how unwarranted it may seem.
Strange times.
In 2022, my podcast YouTube channel gained:
258 million views
4.3 million hours watch time
605K subscribers
This year, I'm going to try and double all of these metrics.
Last night,
@samarsheoran
and I were driving from Faridabad to Delhi. When we reached Surajkund, our way was blocked by two cars. The passengers had their windows rolled down and were engaged in rapt conversation.
At 2 AM.
In the middle of the road.
I asked Samar to blow…
If you're not happy with where you are in life, treat everything like a distraction.
Only focus on what will get you to your goal.
Remove everything else.
You need total betrayal. You need a complete drying up of the circuits in your body that track friendship, trust, and cooperation. You need to be abandoned and wronged in so many ways that you’re free of the social ties that put a cap on your potential. You need reality to rip…
I'm turning 25 tomorrow and I have no '25 lessons' thread.
Except for maybe a line from The Doors.
"We'll, I've been down so goddamn long that it seems like up to me."
The unafraid don't gang up together at the first sign of real trouble.
The unafraid don't manufacture face-saving exercises on their talk-show.
The unafraid don't run rally internet mobs through targeted hate campaigns.
The unafraid respect Indian courts.
The day GTA6 releases in India, I will cut all contact from the outside world. I will buy a PS5 and not emerge from my cave until I’ve completed the main story.
I have never been a political Hindu.
But I have always been a religious Hindu.
I have prayed in a temple for longer than I can remember.
Glad to see that Hindus across the country have a new place of worship in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
Even if you don’t wear your Hinduism…
Want to be a better storyteller?
Meet new people.
Read new books.
See new places.
Make your life interesting.
The more you do that, the better your stories.
Absolutely stunning results. Most polls have failed. Long drawn-out PR campaigns have failed. Brand Modi is heavily punctured.
I.N.D.I.A fought with their backs against the wall and surprised everyone. I grew up in the coalition-era UPA government. 10 years of Modi had removed…