#25 with Hussain Haidry

Hussain Haidry is an Indian spoken word poet, writer and lyricist. He gained prominence for his spoken word poem titled, "Hindustani Musalmaan". He has written lyrics for the Bollywood films Gurgaon, Qarib Qarib Single, Mukkabaaz and Taish. Please support my work on - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma In this podcast we talked about : His experience of IIM Indore and his early days of working as a CA. (2:38) Can a creative person gain some indirect values from days spent at MBA or Engineering college ? ( 11:06) How everything changed for Hussain when his poem Hindustani Musalmaan became viral. How to deal with sudden fame ? (15:43) What is the difference in the process of writing poetry and penning lyrics for films ? (24:07) Early days of Struggles in Mumbai and how he started getting the work ? (29:45) Experience of Working with Anurag Kashyap. ( 35:58) Twitter and the Islamophobic content. How to preserve the mental health in this atmosphere of relentless hate. His disappointments with Savarna liberals who tone police the voices of marginalised communities. (40:26) Hussain reading his poetry ( 01:05) Links Lat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnKX1whnBPI Hindustani Musalmaan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7n22Pkq9RE&t=14s