Ep 57 - Zarna Garg: The Unstoppable Rise of the Funny Indian Mom in Comedy

08/20/23 • 55 min

Get ready to be amazed by Zarna Garg, the Indian mom who's taking the comedy scene by storm! Ever wondered how she went from running the household to opening for Tina Fey? Well, wonder no more, because she's spilling all the hilarious details on the Sriram and Aarthi show.
0:00 Trailer
0:31 Intro 3:08 Zarna's comedy origin
8:21 Zarna had a love marriage?
12:50 Arranged Marriage vs Love Marriage
15:27 From stay-at-home mom to stand-up comedy
20:44 First day at an open mic
23:24 Zarna finds her audience
25:26 Lessons from Indian Culture
29:27 Opening for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
33:31 Zarna's new podcast
37:51 Standford's influence on Zarna's daughter
41:17 Indian kids should avoid humanities?
42:48 Dating advice from Zarna
44:46 Putting yourself out on social media
47:55 What's ahead for Zana Garg
50:26 Marketing, ticket sales, relationship building
53:00 Thank you Zarna!

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The Aarthi and Sriram Show - Ep 57 - Zarna Garg: The Unstoppable Rise of the Funny Indian Mom in Comedy

Transcript

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I have been very vocal about Stanford University, where my daughter is. They're trying to turn her into a humanity skills and I'm like, no, no, no, no no, you got to fight the works. You got to fight the workness, saying like, you know, the child should decide what makes them happy. I'm like, no, that is exactly no. No one needs to be happy. Let's start there, letting us all decide how she will get paid to recover this eighty five thousand dollar