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Our Last Week Returns! from 2020-01-19T07:00
Anuvab and Kunaal are back and are as bewildered as ever. Come join them every week with new questions and new conundrums, only on Spotify.
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#44: From ‘How Do You Do?’ to ‘What Do You Do?’ from 2016-12-23T07:56:09
Do people greet each other properly only when they have an agenda? What do we need to do make moments ‘truly’ memorable? What makes you relate to characters in movies? Do we live in a post-truth wo...
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#43: Who Owns Your Life? from 2016-12-09T06:42:13
With all Anuvab’s personal conversations with Kunaal are making it to the podcast, he laments their private lives have now become ‘conundrums’ for the benefit of the show’s producers. Which begs th...
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#42 In India We Don’t Have Laws, We Have “General Guidelines” from 2016-11-25T10:18:13
Can a Global Citizen Fest really eradicate poverty where a head-exploding variety of celebrities get together to sing and dance for an audience hell-bent on enjoying itself? Are human beings beyond...
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#41: Life’s Most Basic Assumptions – SHATTERED from 2016-11-11T12:10:57
This week there are no conundrums, life itself has become a conundrum. Kunaal and Anuvab contemplate the brave new world where Trump is President and their cash is worth nothing. They are distraugh...
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#40: “If the phone dies, we die” from 2016-10-28T07:49:15
Why doesn’t anyone in a position of power ever retire? Are people with a family business really that happy or are they better off with jobs? How our phone battery is giving us anxiety? As we get ol...
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#39: Top Tips on When to Top-Up Tips from 2016-10-14T11:09:37
Should you be obliged to tip for a service you have already paid for? What is the point of an air mile if it doesn’t actually equal a mile? Do you have kids only so that you can play on a bouncy ca...
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#38: Extras and the Bollywood’s Caste-System from 2016-09-30T10:35:23
Kunaal and Anuvab are back with more conundrums about the events gripping the country and its borders. Anuvab is fascinated with Bollywood extras and how the Indian caste system plays out with how ...
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#37: “We Believe in Following Dreams, They’re Just Not Ours” from 2016-09-16T07:52:09
Anuvab Pal and Kunaal Roy Kapur return with another set of fresh conundrums. Why we don’t take instructions very well. How we don’t follow our own dreams but follow someone else’s. And why a veter...
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#36: Another Comedic Compilation of Conundrums. from 2016-09-05T06:10:36
Kunaal and Anuvab on the importance of that ONE signed piece of paper in India and how it can validate your ENTIRE existence. The duo on how being a freelancer is not very different from being a da...
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#35: Imagining New Olympic Sports, the Our Last Week Way from 2016-08-19T08:13:02
The Olympic games are on and Kunaal has been staying up to watch various events, he shares his unique (peculiar?) observations with Anuvab. The duo discusses a new set of games where you have to co...
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OLW #34: Indian Monsoons - Everything Should Be Amphibian from 2016-08-08T05:16:28
Polo matches with Dras’ who’s who (who?). Instead of Shanghai, Mumbai can become Venice. Inspired by Hitler’s house in Salzburg, the duo formulates a theory on natural beauty and ugly minds. Anuvab...
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OLW #33: Grovelling at glass counters. Passport Go not Pokemon Go. from 2016-07-22T06:21:46
Have you been catching Pokémons lately? Anuvab and Kunaal have dreamed up an even better game, Passport Go, where each level you excel brings you closer to finally getting your passport. And what a...
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OLW #32: Zomato review of a Maharashtrian eatery: “Love the arrogant waiter!” from 2016-07-08T09:29:31
Why are Bengalis so obsessed with South American football? Is it Maradona and Messi or just the idea of a human being moving so quickly? As Brexit leads to Bregret, the practice of making up words ...
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OLW #31: What came first—the cat or the coffee bean? from 2016-06-24T08:48:03
Hens giving eggs is a usual occurrence, but Kunaal encounters a Coorgy cat who pushed coffee beans out of its backside! What did they call it though— potty spice latte? Anuvab wonders why restauran...
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OLW #30: Live from the NCPA, Mumbai from 2016-06-10T10:33:04
This episode of Our Last Week was performed LIVE at the Cheer! festival at the NCPA in Mumbai in front of a packed and by-and-large appreciative house (one uncle seemed very upset). For those of yo...
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OLW #29: India — The No-Trust Zone from 2016-05-27T10:25:06
Have you ever counted your clothes before handing it to your dhobi? That’s because everyone in India is a conniving thief! Kunaal explains why he doesn’t take working from home seriously— how can y...
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OLW #28: Real Political Slogans - Mera Vikas, Sabka Vikas from 2016-05-13T08:26:07
“Ma mati manush”— is that a campaign slogan or a password from Star Trek? Was the ‘Acche din’ slogan ‘inspired’ by the Chilean one ‘Happiness is coming’? In this season of elections, Anuvab Pal and...
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OLW #27: “Thoda zor se dabana”, fed-up of being poor the OLW duo go massy from 2016-04-29T08:19:50
Why did Doordarshan’s news anchors talk in high-pitched English accents? And do IPL organisers think the sport is not entertaining enough, is that why you have movie promotions, cheerleaders, synch...
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OLW #26: British Royalty meets Bollywood Royalty from 2016-04-15T11:04:24
Anuvab brings his expertise on the British monarchy to this week’s episode and suggests the former Empire sent the less fun royals to India. Then talking about accountability in large organisations...
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OLW #25: Why Batman vs. Superman Is Super Unnecessary from 2016-04-01T08:52:40
Casting decisions may or may not always make sense. Ask Anuvab! The duo discusses the way we benignly trust the drivers of kaali-peeli cabs, but always secretly question the new-age cabbies of Uber...
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OLW #24 Getting legally noticed. Stashing your cash (in London). The Hell of Living. from 2016-03-18T07:09:12
Several silly cases end up in the Supreme Court, but the OLW duo speculate that there is this one Bollywood case the judges might actually be interested in. Kunaal believes that in Mumbai, there is...
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OLW #23: Leo gets an Oscar, 10 reasons listicles are the future, Instant justice from 2016-03-04T06:55:59
Anuvab and Kunaal discuss Leonadro Dicaprio’s arduous journey to an Oscar win – and did being (digitally) manipulated by a bear finally win it for him? Kunaal cannot understand why Mad Max:Fury Roa...
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OLW #22: Unrealistic Bollywood, Make in India, Protests Unlimited from 2016-02-19T07:35:16
Anuvab and Kunaal find it hard to keep up with the endless wave of protests in the country and if you do too, they provide simple hacks for how to add your two cents into every conversation about t...
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OLW #21: Of Blowers, Indian Uncles&More from 2016-02-05T08:04:30
This week, Anuvab and Kunaal scrutinise the pretentiousness of the barrage of LitFests, the casual communalism of Indian uncles, and people who go a little too crazy while writing reviews on websi...
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OLW #20: Egyptian Diaries, Book Launches, Hindi Film Villains from 2016-01-22T07:17:26
Anuvab has to write a script about villains, and that gets him thinking – where have all the great Hindi film villains gone? It’s fine that the sons and daughters of heroes are becoming heroes, but...
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OLW #19 Uncles at Indian Weddings from 2016-01-08T07:26:13
Who’s the most important person at an Indian wedding? The bride? The groom? The parents? None of them. It’s the uncle, the self-appointed head of all things wedding-related. Is the jalebi is not ye...
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OLW #18 Special: The Best of Our Last Week from 2015-12-25T07:11:09
On this special, year-end episode, we recap the best of what happened on Our Last Week in 2015. There was Kunaal and his fear of being “followed” on Twitter. Anuvab attempted to figure out why we e...
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OLW #17: Chennai Floods, Delhi Pollution&Indian Media from 2015-12-11T05:39:13
“Hey, did you read about those floods? So unfortunate!” “Yeah, but everybody I know is fine, so it’s not that bad.” Is that how we gauge disasters? And, can competition from private companies in th...
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OLW #16: The Escapades of an Indian James Bond from 2015-11-27T07:09:52
Anuvab meets a gem of a person who doesn’t think the Paris attacks, where 130 people lost their lives, are a big deal, because, “But, in the Bombay attacks, just at VT station it was 130!” Kunaal i...
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OLW #15:"Life is an EMI" from 2015-11-13T07:52:25
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 protes...
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OLW #14: Sorry, Not Sorry from 2015-10-30T05:56:14
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 survi...
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OLW #13: My BIG data is BIGger than yours from 2015-10-16T06:43:03
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, i...
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OLW #12: Going to court over Court from 2015-10-02T06:54:38
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 y...
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OLW #11: Continental in Kolkata from 2015-09-18T06:24:04
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...
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OLW #10: TV barons make real life soap opera from 2015-09-04T07:05:06
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 b...
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OLW #9: Vladimir Putin – The real life Salman Khan from 2015-08-21T05:47:59
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...
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OLW #8: Striking back at The Empire? from 2015-08-07T05:04:39
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 ...
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OLW #7: Honesty is boring from 2015-07-24T05:25:33
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 e...
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OLW #6: What's life without conundrums from 2015-07-10T04:51:10
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 wh...
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Our Last Week #5 from 2015-06-26T06:58:36
This episode of Our Last Week features a Zimbabwean woman who is willing to pay for a husband, (the lack of) strong feeling for Maggi noodles, the ridiculousness of building society fights, 'happy ...
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Our Last Week #4 from 2015-06-12T05:50:41
In this episode of Our Last Week: Kunaal Roy Kapur on why he thinks a tractor in Mumbai makes more sense than an SUV. Anuvab encounters kids with anger issues. How to get a best deal at a funeral s...
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Our Last Week #3 from 2015-05-29T07:15:53
In this episode of Our Last Week: Modern Bollywood writers who are not conscious of parking problems. How Zimbabwe solved inflation problems by printing bigger notes. Unleashing your inner Mexica...
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Our Last Week #2 from 2015-05-15T06:05:53
In this episode of Our Last Week: Kunaal talks about his trip to Hungary, a day in the life of Salman Khan's fans, how Indian’s love to ‘buy consequences’, Anuvab gets slapped by 7 year old on a pl...
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Our Last Week #1 from 2015-05-08T05:25:38
Our last week discusses the significance of recaps in business books, drivers who want your car, service tax rates for spying (is it even a service?), space travel with dry dhoklas, the unfortunate...
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