Our Last Week

Anuvab and Kunaal muse about the loss of rock ‘n’ roll from an artist’s rock ‘n’ roll life and contemplate the idea of ownership in a digital age. Also on the episode: What’s the best way to protest against government policy? (Hint: it’s not so much about returning, than it is about asking for more.) Can you find a date at an NGO fundraiser? And, in a Chetan Bhagat moment, what if historians start thinking about what happened in the past?

It was Kunaal’s birthday, and Anuvab has a conundrum (obviously!)… How can the passage of time be a reason to celebrate a person? But, it’s more about celebrating the fact that you managed to survive another year, says Kunaal. Also on this episode: the duo wonder why Indians are always rushing to places when they are never on time, discuss our tendency for talking during a movie and explain how the years between the ages of 35 and 40 are when you’re supposed to toast your successful life... if you have achieved success, that is.

In this episode: What will the future be like, now that cab drivers can give us star ratings? Also, Our Last Week discusses and disses Big Data, wonders why beauty makes Kunaal uncomfortable (no, it’s got nothing to do with the effects of excessive makeup) and explains how the real India can be found at night, on long-distance trains, once the clock strikes 1.

Director, check. Cinematographer, check. Casting director... NO! Amid the euphoria of Court being selected as India’s entry for the Oscars, Kunaal explains why firing the casting director is what you need to do to make films of such calibre. Anuvab, the authority on all things related to The Empire, traces the discovery of India back to the British civil servants. The duo then addresses a pressing conundrum – what would it be like if your child cheated on you with another set of parents? Also in the episode: Buying a library, the pressure of selling out and real estate negotiations.

Fresh off a trip to Kolkata, Anuvab & Kunaal have a new conundrum to solve – would you actually find Chicken a la Keiv in Keiv? More importantly, is ‘continental cuisine’ really from the continent or is it just an excuse to use a lot of butter and cheese? Also: the duo tells you why their funniest creative moments will go unheard (sure, we believe them!), discuss Europe’s migrant crisis and explain how Donald Trump proves that political ratings are the same as TRPs.

Conundrums turn towards crime as Anuvab & Kunaal turn voyeuristic, watching the media circus around the murder coverage. Also: Does possessing an anglicised accent ensure you’re treated differently by judge and jury? Do political speeches focus only on entertainment? Why Kunaal is on a high-fat diet and how Anuvab is able to understand Mumbai real estate prices.

Anuvab & Kunaal discuss whether it really matters who heads the FTII and when it is okay to throw filmmakers in jail (hint: not when they are students of an institute, protesting at midnight). Anuvab also recounts his experience of being in the audience at a stand-up show and explains why he believes everyone was drunk on the eve of August 15, 1947. Kunaal meanwhile tries to understand why porn has become boring and reveals the strategy behind Indians having several children.

Anuvab & Kunaal take Shashi Tharoor’s arguments reparations on straight to the heart of the British establishment as the co-host of the legendary podcast The Bugle; comic Andy Zaltzman joins them on this new episode. Is offering to let Indians beat the English at cricket enough to atone for the sins of The Empire? Or should they also apologise for the culinary catastrophe called the chicken tikka masala? Tune in to find out.

In this episode of Our Last Week: From sports to public behaviour, the duo examines characteristically Indian quirks; Anuvab believes Kabbadi just mirrors the real-life Indian shoving and pushing experience, Kunaal thinks Batman is not a brooding saviour of the world but just a grown man in a black rubber suit and Anuvab explains Kolkata’s competitive fixation with medical conditions.

In this episode of Our Last Week: Anuvab explains why he loves using the word conundrum. Kunaal on why you can’t discover something that already exists (think: gravity). Attending a dinner party when you’re 40-years-old. Coldplay's impromptu gig in Delhi and Russell Brand’s funnily unfunny tour of India.