Investing Tips for Millennials: Don’t Repeat Our Mistakes
I was always curious about topics like investments, shares, mutual funds. I guess we are all curious about it just for the purpose of having more money in life. In 2020 (The time when COVID-19 came to fuck us all), me, my father, mother and brother started to take a look at the investments we […]
How to Deal with Confusion in Your 20s and Move Forward
By Niranjan Pathak This article is basically a middle finger to the lie that your 20s are supposed to be magical, sorted, and Instagram-worthy. It’s about why you feel lost even when you’re “doing fine,” why everyone around you looks like they’ve cracked the life code while you’re stuck buffering, and why that constant confusion […]
How To Stop Caring About People Who Don’t Care About You
By Niranjan Pathak 1. Why This Topic Hurts More Than We Admit We don’t just care about people… we invest our identity into them.When someone ignores us, it’s not just rejection. It feels like: “Wow, is my existence this fucking irrelevant?” The pain isn’t about what they did.The pain is realizing how much we gave. […]
How To Stop Sabotaging Your Own Life (Without Feeling Like a Dumbfuck Every Monday Morning)
This is going to be a very long article, but you need to read every single word. Including the word “fuck”. Contents: Introduction: The Art of Fucking Up Your Own Life (Even When You Swear You Won’t) You know what’s funny?Most people think their enemies are outside:their boss, their ex, inflation, traffic, aunty’s comments, or […]
Stop Comparing Yourself Before You Become a Full-Time Dumbfuck: The Real Guide to Escaping the Comparison Trap
🎧 Listen to this article ▶️ Play Article ⏸️ Pause ⏹️ Stop How to Get Rid of the Comparison Trap: The Most Brutally Honest Guide You Will Ever Read Let’s get one thing straight before we start.Comparison is the number one reason perfectly normal people become full-time clowns. Not circus clowns.Life clowns.Scrolling-Reels-at-3AM-crying-because-some-guy-in-Dubai-bought-a-Lamborghini kind of clown. […]
The Difference Between a Joke and a Bit
By Niranjan Pathak Introduction: The Day I Realized I Was Doing It Wrong There was a time when I thought jokes and bits were the same thing. Like chai and tea. Same emotional damage, same caffeine, same addiction. Then one day, after a show, a senior comedian pulled me aside and said“Niranjan, that was a […]
How We Stopped Thinking and Started Copy-Pasting Opinions
By Niranjan Pathak Imagine this. You are scrolling through YouTube, sipping chai, and suddenly you find yourself nodding violently at a video saying, “This politician is ruining the country.” Before you know it, you have shared it on WhatsApp, debated it with colleagues, and maybe even started questioning your parents’ voting choices. All this just […]
How to Handle Stage Fear as a New Comedian
By Niranjan Pathak Introduction: The Night I Forgot My Name There I was, standing under bright lights for the first time. Microphone in hand. Crowd staring. My brain went blank. I forgot my own name. I literally introduced myself as “Hi, I’m… wait, one second…” That’s when I realized stage fear isn’t a small thing. […]
Why Timing Is Everything in Stand-Up Comedy
By Niranjan Pathak Timing. The Invisible Superpower of Comedy You can have the best jokes, cleverest writing, and killer punchlines, but if your timing is off, you’re finished faster than Maggi noodles in an Indian hostel. Timing in stand-up is not just about saying words at the right moment. It’s about creating rhythm, tension, and […]
Writing Your First 5-Minute Comedy Set (Without Losing Your Mind or Your Audience)
By Niranjan Pathak So, You’ve Decided to Write Your First Set Congratulations, Bruv! You’ve decided to step into a world where your confidence will die before your punchlines do. Writing your first 5-minute comedy set is like trying to juggle while blindfolded on a unicycle. Exciting, terrifying, and sometimes messy. When I started, I thought […]
The Truth About Stand-Up Comedy: A Newbie’s Journey
By Niranjan Pathak So You Think You’re Funny? Everyone has that one friend who says, “Bro, tu toh bada funny hai, stand-up kar le!”And if you don’t have that friend, bad news, you’re probably not that funny. When I first started, I had no clue what I was doing. I used to crack jokes at […]