Atul Khatri on Modi, 90s India, and Rock Music | Dostcast

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Atul Khatri shares his journey from the Indian IT industry to becoming a beloved stand-up comedian, discussing various cultural topics along the way.

Subscribe to Dostcast Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@dostcastclips?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to Dostcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70vrbHeSvrcXyOeISTyBSy?si=be05dbdd564245d9 Join the Dostcast Janta Party on WhatsApp for regular updates: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAZwo5D8SDs5kf94N3T Want to suggest a guest? Fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ft_-1QDs7XpsSWnaPOeF21yUlhk9bzKvwHSyh4hHfBU/edit?usp=drivesdk ==================================================================== Atul Khatri was selling computers before most of today’s comedians were born. Before he became one of India’s most loved stand-ups, he spent decades inside the Indian IT industry — the real Rocket Singh life, minus the Bollywood polish. He told me the actual story of how computers entered Mumbai, when fax machines died, and what the analog-to-digital transition really felt like from the inside. But this conversation went way beyond his career. We talked about marriage — whether it genuinely gets boring, why Indian parents obsess over their children’s weddings, and the quiet comedy of hen-pecked husbands. We talked about his worst rejection, his love for rock music, his brush…

People in this episode

Host: Vinamre Kasanaa

Guest: Atul Khatri

Topics covered

• comedy
• Indian IT industry
• rock music
• 90s India
• marriage
• stand-up comedy
• cultural transition

Keywords

• Atul Khatri
• comedy
• Indian IT
• rock music
• 90s India
• marriage
• stand-up

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jethro Tull

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