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Writing, speaking, and everything else that has zero consequences | 800K subs on my podcast | Cocktails, hip flexor stretches, and crude language

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@VinamreKasanaa
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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.
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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."
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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…
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@VinamreKasanaa
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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…
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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.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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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 👇🏻
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@VinamreKasanaa
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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.
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1 year
The masculine urge to disappear from people's lives
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
Sandeep Maheshwari has lost the plot. Completely. He's off the rails. I don't know what else to say. Legit.
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1 year
I will be the #1 podcaster in India God is with me.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
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.
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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
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Antidepressant users per 1,000 people: 🇮🇳 India: 9 🇱🇻 Latvia: 21 🇷🇺 Russia: 23 🇰🇷 South Korea: 27 🇭🇺 Hungary: 29 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 36 🇨🇷 Costa Rica: 39 🇪🇪 Estonia: 40 🇮🇹 Italy: 44 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 47 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 48 🇹🇷 Turkey: 48 🇫🇷 France: 54 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 57 🇮🇱 Israel: 57 🇧🇷…
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@VinamreKasanaa
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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.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
Great friendships are low-maintenance.
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3 years
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.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
Dostcast just hit 100K subs
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Prakhar Gupta DESTROYS Sandeep Maheshwari
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
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.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
I swear to you that to think too much is a disease, a real, actual disease. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
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@VinamreKasanaa
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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…
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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)
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@VinamreKasanaa
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4 years
Freedom is 9 hours of sleep without guilt.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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Your hometown is most attractive right when you're about to leave it.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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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.
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1 year
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.
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3 years
Aaj kal ke 18-25 saal ke nalla berozgaar bacche apne maa-baap ko brown parents bolte hain taaki sabko lage ye koi kothi bangle waale hain
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3 years
The best productivity hack is doing it immediately.
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3 years
The masculine urge to move to a new city where no one knows you
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1 year
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.
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2 years
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance." Hunter S. Thompson
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
In collective societies like India, striving for complete control of how you spend your time is an act of rebellion.
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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.…
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
Jo bacche Parker ka pen khaaredte thay wo aaj kahaan hai?
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Dostcast just hit 700K subs
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Dostcast just hit 100K subs
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
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
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Dostcast now has 100 million views on YouTube. I'm glad that my bet on podcasting continues to pay off. Thank you, internet.
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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.
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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.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
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👇
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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.
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Dream Bigg Boss contestant list: Puneet Superstar The Great Khali Deepak Kalal Rakhi Sawant Kamles Pooja Misra Ishaan Ali Pramod Dubey Vicky Lalwani Bobby Darling Nidhi Chaudhary Baba Sehgal Arpit Bala Sapna Chaudhary Gaurav Motive Groom
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You think you lack talent. But what you really lack is courage.
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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.
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They'll laugh at your podcast... until you start making money.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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3 years
Marriage is adult entertainment for Indians - @prvkhvr
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If Indian engineers stop using their degree as an excuse for not getting laid, they might actually get laid.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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Just rewatched Delhi Belly. Gold from all angles.
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Your hometown is most attractive right when you're about to leave it.
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The masculine urge to disappear from people's lives
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Never be the guy who accompanies another guy for his haircut.
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Single female entrepreneur to her married friend: Teri saas hai aur meri SaaS hai, sis. We're not the same.
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You only have FOMO when you're not building something you're truly in love with.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
Please help us get our account back @GoogleIndia @YouTubeIndia @YTCreatorsIndia
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If talk is cheap, podcast. If writing is cheap, tweet. If art is cheap, Dall-E. Everything around you is being commoditized. Exploit it.
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3 years
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."
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Normalize feeling intelligent after retweeting Kunal Shah.
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Why is @VedantRusty hugging this woman
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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…
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Hold onto your old friends so you don’t have to add context to your jokes.
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Just give it your all. Don’t half-ass it. Your conscience is watching. You’ll sleep better, have better self-esteem, and become a success.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
Lifting weights is the best anti-depressant.
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The biscuit for meth-heads
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Burn the candle at both ends. Abandon hope. Abandon reason. Put in so much work that the universe submits to your will.
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3 years
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.
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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.
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I think it's confirmed. I think @PuneetSuper actually made it to Bigg Boss. Congratulations Puneet bhai 🔥
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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.
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3 years
Petition to make longer adult slides in parks. We want to have fun too.
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People hate solitude because it makes them confront what they've been avoiding.
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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…
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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.
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@VinamreKasanaa
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2 years
L*de ka new year manaayenge
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3 years
If you have even one supportive family member or friend, you are very lucky. Feeling particularly grateful tonight.
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1 year
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.
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I photoshopped @AbhijitChavda into this photo because I really want him to get on Dostcast...
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3 years
A moment of silence for the kids who will never know to write in their native language.
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The cure for bad luck is extra hard work.
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Burn the candle at both ends. Abandon hope. Abandon reason. Put in so much work that the universe submits to your will.
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Side hustle culture has robbed us of hobbies. The pursuit of a hobby for its own sake is so rare to see nowadays.
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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…
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2 years
Those who have the last laugh often laugh alone. Too much wit has a price.
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Aadmi chahta hai meditation, founder-mentality, aur freedom pe tweet kare taaki sab use Naval Ravikant samjhe
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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.
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High-quality sleep should be a part of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
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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…
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2 years
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."
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3 years
Raat ke 4 baje tak uthne ka matlab ye nahi ki tum artist ho
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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A man reveals himself most after a drink. Everything before that is persona management. Everything before that is clever marketing.
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I'm in Goa reading Shakespeare, drinking tequila, and eating Burmese chicken wings. Life's good :)
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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…
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If you're good at conversation, you're good at podcasting. It's really that simple.
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2 years
There is no point broadcasting 'deep' or 'intelligent' conversations if your personal life lacks depth.
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Every young man and woman who dreams of travelling the world and a life more than mere digital nomadism, should absolutely read Jack Kerouac.
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Fuck feeling 60 at 24.
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Saccha mard drunk tweet delete nahi karta
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There are no hobbies in 2022 because we productize everything.
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