In the latest edition of ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, we are joined by Kuldeep Mishra, better known as Sardar, the Executive Editor of The Lallantop; Asif Khan, fondly known as Khancha, the Executive Editor of India Today Group Digital; and Kamlesh Singh, or Tau, a senior journalist and columnist. Together, the trio host Teen Taal, one of India’s most popular Hindi podcasts.
From hostel tales and small-town stories to politics and friendship, the guests explain why sometimes the most meaningful conversations come from what they call “therapeutic bullsh*t.” Don’t miss this “most useless podcast ever.”
Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction
04:06 – Melodi Trend
05:48 – How Teen Taal Team Met
09:26 – School Life: Then vs Now
17:46 – Political Ideologies
26:38 – Teen Taal's Show Format
28:37 – How Teen Taal Started
33:33 – The Lallantop & Teen Taal
37:57 – How Kamlesh Tau Entered Journalism
43:58 – Truck Wali Shayari
47:06 – Kamlesh Tau's Childhood Stories
49:08 – Original Idea Behind Teen Taal
56:51 – Photography: Then vs Smartphone Era
1:03:47 – Teachers & Schooling
1:18:22 – Story Behind Teen Taal Characters
1:26:08 – Journalism: Then vs Now
1:32:17 – Weird Food Combinations
1:36:16 – Culture & Tradition of Eating Paan
1:43:18 – Urbanisation
1:55:02 – India's Stray Dog Issue
2:08:38 – India's Urban-Rural Divide
2:11:40 – Two-Wheelers in India
2:17:35 – NEET Paper Leak
2:27:18 – Aditi Rao Hydari's Cannes Look
2:34:51 – Incentives for Having More Children
2:39:40 – Migration Within India
2:58:36 – Criticism of Teen Taal
