Overview

• In a conversation on Prakhar Gupta’s podcast, the comedian recounts witnessing his father repeatedly beat his mother from early childhood.
• He says his mother died after ingesting poison when he was 13, alleging the family concealed the cause at the hospital before she passed.
• He recalls being told not to cry and being assigned responsibilities the morning after her death, leaving him unable to grieve.
• Faruqui says his father suffered a paralytic attack two years later that left about 80% of his body paralysed for roughly 11 years, which softened his anger.
• He describes severe poverty, including his mother surviving on Rs 30 a day with embroidery and large-scale cooking, and his own work in a utensil shop.