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Meet Sneha Suhas, a 22-year-old female comedian from Bangalore. In this interview, she shares her experiences as a comedian and the challenges she faced initially.
Meet Sneha Suhas, a 22-year-old comedienne from Bangalore. In this interview, she shares her experiences as a comedienne and the challenges she faced initially.
In this series, Briefcase, we will be meeting women at work in different fields, in different roles, to gain insight into their lives and work. With more women joining (or aspiring to) join the paid workforce, we live in exciting times, and this is an attempt to chronicle those times, one life at a time.
Laughter is the best medicine. But being a comedienne is an entirely different ball game. Male comedians dominate Indian television, but women have begun to attain fame as well. There are limited numbers of women in the panorama of comedy, and they face innumerable hurdles.
How would you describe yourself?
I’m generally very happy go lucky. But I can also be awkwardly shy, however, I’m very expressive when I need to be.
How did your friends and family react when you chose this profession?
My family’s reaction? Well, they were apprehensive and were not okay with the idea, sort of. They just want me to be self-reliant and so do I. They did want me to get a master’s degree before I started doing this. But you know, parents are parents. They want for me, what every parent wants for a kid. To be happy and content.
My friends, however are just excited to see me perform and constantly ask me what it feels like to be a comedienne!
Did you always want to be a comedienne?
Oh yeah! Always! I just knew that I wanted to be a performer.
How did this all start?
I began attending open mic sessions. These sessions give you access to the mic, and you’re allowed to test your jokes on the audience. These events occur during late nights. I began doing these sessions more frequently, and now it’s my profession.
Do you get paid for your profession?
Money is rather slow in the beginning. I’ve saved up some money from being a sales manager at a company I worked for earlier.
What is the biggest challenge for you as a female comedian?
Travelling late nights after shows, alone, which usually start only after 8:30- 9:00pm.
What is the subject matter your jokes?
My life, my childhood, school, upbringing, education system, conception of women, men, movies and religion.
How receptive were your audience when you started doing open mics?
When I started, I had unpolished jokes, which got better as I started doing many open mics sessions. The reception levels are better than they used to be because of my confidence levels too.
Do you have any tips for young female comedians?
What is funny is funny. It shouldn’t matter what gender you are. Your jokes should be hilarious and you must learn to build confidence as time goes by.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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