the Birdy Num Num Podcast

Is loneliness a good or a bad thing?  Since you asked me to do a podcast on this, here you go.  Any other topics let me know #askITGUY

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Earlier Engineering & Motivational Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Nice Guys Finish Last But That's fine: 

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

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The Birdy Num Num podcast is a weekly podcast, recorded in Bangalore India by NRI Comedian and former engineer Sanjay Manaktala.  Every week Sanjay either talks to Indians (and more) doing creative work across all industries OR talks directly to you about topics ranging from entrepreneurship, stand up comedy, creativity, startups, corporate life, dating in India and much more.  Make sure you subscribe and pick and chose what you'd like to watch! 

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Madhuri Braganza is one of the sweetest girls I've had the pleasure of knowing.  She is always down for two things: Smiling about anything and working her butt off to keep pushing the ball forward.  As she says in this podcast: "Every day should just have something I improved upon from the last."

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Follow this podcast on iTunes or Spotify or Google, the Indian podcast that mentor-views you through life with some of the most interesting folks in the country.

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In this podcast we talk about:

0:00 - 5:00 - How she got into commercials by chance and then into Acting
6:00-12:00 - How she got cut from a movie without even proper communication

15:00-30:00 - Lessons from Rejection, Hustling, Every opportunity leads to something else, being smart

30:00-40:00 - Dealing with Trolls, keeping your head down.

Social Media:

Follow Sanjay on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

a Biryani Conversations: http://bit.ly/2LU2xcI

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Sanjay is about to quit drinking for two months and thinks some of our social circles are BS.

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review on iTunes:  https://apple.co/2R4ARmr

review on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2Hn7H24

Social Media:

Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

a Biryani Conversations: http://bit.ly/2LU2xcI

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How do you start a small restaurant in India?

Sameer Mirchandani shares some wisdom on the restaurant business in India, some restaurant startup mistakes and much more.

How hard is it to quit the comforts of a stable consulting job, frequent flier miles, career prospects and easy money for 16 hour days in the kitchen? 

Sameer owns one of the most authentic Mexican restaurants in India and Bangalore (we're talking like Mexico City Mexican) and talks about:

1. Being Proud when you see people using your hard work
2. The Curious Case of Restaurant Reviews
3. Is Swiggy and all these disrupters good for business?
4. Trying to make the Indian palette happy:  "This is not real Mexican food....I know Mexican...I've HAD TACO BELL!"
5. Many more life lessons peppered throughout the episode.

*VIDEO EPISODE ON LINK BELOW*

Bangalore folks check them out at https://www.chinita.in/ and feel free to reach out to Sam via https://www.facebook.com/ChinitaRealMexicanFood

Regular listeners, please do follow/like/share/subscribe and as always ping me on any socials with what you want to hear next.

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Social Media:

Follow Sanjay on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the

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SA Aravind was in town and came over to chat about working on stand up comedy, being blessed with youTube viewership, his approach to writing and much more.  This was a great talk because for me, being a mainly English speaker in this ever-changing Indian comedy landscape we got to riff on a few fun topics.  Questions or comments? As always hit us up on Twitter/Instagram or simply comment in the video/podcast.

If you enjoyed this podcast please do review it will help us out a lot:

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Website for all my Indian Podcasts and also my suggestions on the best Indian Podcasts

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Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

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Update July 2019: Wow so many nice emails and comments, thank you!

Why do Indian's abroad have so much patriotism that they feel the need to get angry when you question something about the country they don't even live in?

It's like...I love my country so much...I won't live in it.

There is so much hypocrisy in middle-class India it's ridiculous. 

It's like go abroad dude, make your money, enjoy yourself, pay your taxes, have a good time.   

But don't go say "I'm bringing money back to India" when in reality you're just lining your pockets and finding ways to game the system. 


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review on iTunes:  https://apple.co/2R4ARmr

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Gear I use:

Zoom Recorder: https://amzn.to/2SzIa7P

Microphone: https://amzn.to/2YgHvO7

Camera I use (all 3): https://amzn.to/2YmP0D9

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Social Media:

Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

a Biryani Conversations: http://bit.ly/2LU2xcI

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Is it ever ok to react to words with violence? Sanjay riffs on the incident in Bangalroe last weekend.  Full video of the incident here: 

http://bit.ly/2uGgYt0

Last weekend two corporate dudes tried to assault a comedian performing in front of 100 people.  They didn't like the joke which was about pedophiles (and lets even assume it was a very bad joke) and one of them threw a heavy 1KG beer mug that missed the comics head and shattered against the wall.   The other accomplice was a tech CEO of a startup which has funding here in Bangalore. Is this ok?  

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The irony of our generation is we use an app on our phone to keep us away from our phone.  Sanjay riffs about meditation and peace of mind and what he wishes he know at 20 versus 30.


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Social Media:

Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

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Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

a Biryani Conversations: http://bit.ly/2LU2xcI

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Sanjay talks about how he's outraged at the amount of outraged and honestly just doesn't care too much about whatever scam comes next.   

Focus on your house first.

Please review us on Google or iTunes or wherever! It will help! 



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Social Media:

Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

a Biryani Conversations: http://bit.ly/2LU2xcI

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Take a look at any google search (set to India) and you'll see things like:

How do I find a girlfriend?
Why is dating hard in India?
How to date in India?

Dating is crazy in a culture that initially promoted arranged marriages (which I personally think also work for their own reasons).  But since I always get great questions on social media, I thought ok: Let's record. 

Sanjay answers questions on why you're still single or how to get out there and meet people.

Subscribe to SanjayComedy YouTube! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq

review on iTunes:  https://apple.co/2R4ARmr

review on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2Hn7H24

Social Media:

Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO

Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU

RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6

Earlier IT Guy Music Videos:

IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://bit.ly/2EBYYaa

IT Guy 2.0: the Offshore Remix http://bit.ly/2LoGHhf

IT Guy 3.0: the Diwali Remix http://bit.ly/2A4vqhq

IT Guy 4.0: the Final Remix http://bit.ly/2A2Q6qo

IT Guy 5.0: the Onshore Remix http://bit.ly/2UVGAOk

IT Girl 1.0:the WOMEN IN TECH MIX:  http://bit.ly/2F36afS

Earlier Engineering & Motivation Videos:

Anu Aunty the Engineering Anthem: http://bit.ly/2R2X6gB

Why You You Think You're Sad Doing Engineering: http://bit.ly/2LpqJn9

Plan to Fail: http://bit.ly/2A43bQf

Do Nice Guys REALLY Finish Last? : http://bit.ly/2Cl5iR2

Why I ENGINEER (Advice for Graduates) : http://bit.ly/2V1f2HE

Earlier Dating Advice Videos:

5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v

DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://bit.ly/2RiAj0q

20M Views on Biryani Content:

Shape of You Biryani Parody: http://bit.ly/2TCHlL3

Biryani Yoga: http://bit.ly/2QuNJSC

a Biryani Conversations: http://bit.ly/2LU2xcI

The Birdy Num Num podcast is a weekly podcast, recorded in Bangalore India by NRI Comedian and former engineer Sanjay Manaktala.  Every week Sanjay either talks to Indians (and more) doing creative work across all industries OR talks directly to you about topics ranging from entrepreneurship, stand up comedy, creativity, startups, corporate life, dating in India and much more.  Make sure you subscribe and pick and chose what you'd like to watch! 

Support the show