Not wearing deodorant (like the real kind) is ruining your life bro-bro. Sanjay answers a question about grooming, telling someone they smell and improving your life and others. Sanjay Manaktala answers your questions from Instagram on doing a podcast with regarding to grooming. This isn't really shaving tips or hair care tips but actually, real talk about how simply taking care your body will take care of your life. Ironically I didn't shower or shave when I recorded this so you can see the vid...
Jun 22, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 14
It's 2019, and we'll spend $50 on drinks for strangers at a bar but we won't spend $2 a month to make our life 100 times easier. Sanjay talks about how when you cross 30 you need to value your time with a little bit of monetary value. Pay for that upgrade why don't you. Video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/0dD1TsXeIwE the Video Versions on the BirdyNumNum YouTube!: http://bit.ly/2Voafjh my comedy sketches and standup on SanjayComedy YouTube! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq please do the needful...
Jun 18, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 13
It’s time to learn about fashion bloggers! Ashwati Balakrishnan is one of the top fashion bloggers on Instagram and she is no stranger to the world. She has also built a company and social media marketing company on the back of it. I met Ashwati years ago when Varun (my other creative friend) helped me cast her in our Maid 3 video, and have enjoyed watching her social media rise since. She gives you all a lesson on what fashion blogging is, how it’s actually a very serious business and the way s...
Jun 11, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Dating in India is tricky. With Tinder, Bumble and the matrimonial confusing you from day one, to your friends telling you have no game, then to graduating to a relationship only to realize holy hell this is a whole other ball game. I tried to answer your questions based on what a 20, 30 and 40-year-old would be thinking about in terms of dating in India and relationships. Loved the questions and I hope you at least like my answers :) Already so happy with your IG messages for the early birds wh...
Jun 04, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Full one hour podcast with one of India's top creative professionals Alicia Souza. You've probably recognized Alicia's work all over the country whether you realize it or not. She was the creative voice that influenced the look of Chumbak, she has her own store now and works from home yet gets up every morning at 5AM. Her planners are a massive hit and she's just awesome. We talked about creativity, finding your voice, finding your style, how to be an illustrator in India, how to be a graphic de...
May 30, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Sanjay talks about everybody reacting to elections and why most people need to be angry not out of real emotion but to simply fill a void in their life. Another great quote I read after this podcast I want to share with you guys: Negative things are like 1% of our life yet 99% of what we read on the internet. WTF! the Video Versions on the BirdyNumNum YouTube!: http://bit.ly/2Voafjh my comedy sketches and standup on SanjayComedy YouTube! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2...
May 25, 2019•11 min•Season 2Ep. 9
UPDATE: Wow the feedback for this episode has been great. Keep those DM's coming on Insta! How to change your career at 30? How to change your career at 40 in India? How to change your career at 25 and risk your parents wishing you met the mother of dragons instead? In this podcat Sanjay talks about the importance of multitasking and how we live in a time where you can do many thigns. You don't need to quit your job to start something new, and know bro, "work hasn't been crazy" so much that you ...
May 22, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 8
INDIAN WEDDING PODCAST TIME! Aren't Indian weddings just fab? The billion dollar industry has its share of fun and complications. How many sangeet dances should you have? Was Made in Heaven an accurate portrayal? How do you tell a client spending a million dollars their idea is bad? What makes a good wedding without spending too much? All that and many other priceless lessons and trends for the 2019 Indian wedding season. SNIPPETS VIDEO LINK FULL ONE HOUR VIDEO LINK please review on iTunes: http...
May 17, 2019•56 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Sanjay puts out an ad-hoc episode discussing why we blindly follow the herd to tell ourselves if we like or dislike something on this impromptu episode of the Birdy Num Num podcast. Subscribe to SanjayComedy YouTube! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq Subscribe to BirdyNumNum YouTube!: http://bit.ly/2Voafjh review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2R4ARmr review on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2Hn7H24 Social Media: Follow Sanjay on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU RT and Follo...
May 14, 2019•16 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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 Subscribe to BirdyNumNum YouTube!: http://bit.ly/2Voafjh 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 Sanjay on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6 Earlier Engin...
May 09, 2019•19 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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." Follow Madhuri: https://www.instagram.com/madhuri.official/ https://www.facebook.com/MadhuriBraganzaOfficial/ Follow this podcast on iTunes or Spotify or Google, the Indian podcast that mentor-views you t...
May 02, 2019•46 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Sanjay is about to quit drinking for two months and thinks some of our social circles are BS. 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://b...
Apr 26, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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 ...
Apr 20, 2019•59 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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: review on iTunes...
Apr 13, 2019•51 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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...
Apr 08, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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 sta...
Apr 03, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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. 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 Vide...
Mar 31, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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! 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: htt...
Mar 24, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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! h...
Mar 17, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 21
0:00-12:45: Sanjay talks about the new Michael Jackson Documentary he just watched. 12:46- 30:00: 5 Tips on how you and your guests can have the best Indian wedding that people actually enjoy and talk about, not just party and fireworks. Most of these are even free. You can rent a dance floor , go nuts with the food but you have do these free things to make sure it's an awesome event! My One Hour Video Guide about #indianWedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTqGpGLT3Ok Research on Destinatio...
Mar 12, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 20
I noticed an Art of Living tablet and Buzzfeed style memes coming out of some these guru's Instagram pages. Is this considered ok? If you don't pay taxes shouldn't you not be allowed to do Facebook marketing? This topic and more on this week's #birdyNumNum podcast. @NilChristopher wrote this lovely article as well which prompted me to finally record this podcast: Subscribe to SanjayComedy YouTube! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2R4ARmr review on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/...
Feb 18, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Ten tips for the modern Indian man/women to navigate the dating scene with. Let me know your own thoughts on twitter/Instagram! 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 Gu...
Feb 11, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Why do people cyberbully and why are people so hateful? What makes someone want to tell you that you suck, you're a waste of life or that you should quit trying at what makes you happy? Constructive criticism aside, Sanjay deep dives into the mind of a troll, the pain they have inside and other fun asides about how the Book Thinking Fast and Slow was way too dense to read and the time he got trolled by a famous Indian cricketer. Subscribe to SanjayComedy YouTube! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq review on ...
Feb 04, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Update: Wow this is one of our most listened to podcasts! DM or Tweet me your comments and I'll happily talk about them in another episode. Do you think Bangalore is headed upwards or down? BLOG ON BANGALORE OVERCROWDING: https://www.sanjaycomedy.com/bangalore-traffic-are-we-to-blame-2019/ Has Bangalore changed too much? Do outsiders respect the city? Do we (myself included) take for granted that we need not know Kannada to survive (and even flourish) here? Is the government really that bad/corr...
Jan 28, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Sanjay riffs about contradictions you see living in India from how we treat gay people to projecting our own insecurities and doubts and masking that in the name of culture or honor. Why do you treat your maid to a higher standard of honesty than you treat yourself? Please drop a review on iTunes/Stitcher/Google! Subscribe to SanjayComedy! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq Social Media: Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU RT and Follow on Twitter: http://...
Jan 20, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Sanjay riffs about the increasingly cheap flights from India to Thailand (honestly a holiday to Thailand is now cheaper than a trip to Goa, if you live in India even) and talks about how people who don't like Thai food need to not do that. Suggestions for next podcast? Tweet @SMANAK OR Instagram DM @SanjayComedy Subscribe to SanjayComedy! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq Social Media: Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU RT and Follow on Twitter: http://b...
Jan 10, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Sanjay talks about how he hates new years even parties and predictions for 2019 like the instagram influencer bubble bursting. Prediction for 2019 People will use Social Media Less Mental Health is on the come up Influencers will get less money or more criteria Movies will continue to decline. More Women will ask out more men. Subscribe to SanjayComedy! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq Earlier Dating Advice Videos: 5 INDIAN TINDER TIPS (FOR WOMEN): http://bit.ly/2PY6e1v DATING MISTAKES DUDES MAKE | http://...
Jan 03, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Varun Agarwal, best selling author of the book How I Braved Anu Aunty and Started a Million Dollar Company (aka the Bangalore based Alma Matter) came over to discuss why finding passions are overrated, pursuing work you actually enjoy doing and slapping the youngsters a bit to tell them they can do whatever they want if they just stopped only thinking about the result. We cover things like entrepreneurship, grades don't matter, engineering, video and film making and more. the Video Versions of t...
Dec 29, 2018•23 min•Season 1Ep. 12
A lot of Indians will say that other Indians don't act respectfully while flying so Sanjay shares some stories from international flying experiences. If you comment before listening to the whole episode you definitely are the worst though. Subscribe to SanjayComedy! http://bit.ly/2rHtsiq Social Media: Connect on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2SQBnFU Follow me on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2EBY4KO RT and Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Br9Nb6 Earlier IT Guy Music Videos: IT Guy 1.0: the Anthem http://b...
Dec 24, 2018•10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Akshay BD who used to stand up comedy with me in 2011 left that field and went on be one of Uber India's first former employees. We talk about some crazy fun Uber stories, the startup grind, creativity in the workplace, and a lot more. See below for time markers on specific content. Favorite Quotes: "Here's an interesting experiment. Go try to sell a 500 rupee note for 100 bucks and see how takes it." “We went into the Apple store in Bangalore and just bought 200 phones." “Education is a debt wi...
Dec 20, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 10
