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Desi Killers, Desi Kidnappers, Desi Criminals - find them here. Brought to you by Aryaan Misra and Aishwarya Singh, powered by Lost Debate. We are your one stop shop for all things Desi, and all things Crazy. www.desicrime.com Tooooooooo much of true crime is centered around America - New York murder this and Chicago Killer that. What about the Delhi Dons and Karachi killers and Bangladeshi Burglars?! If you are tired of the the same-old American murderer, British killer, Australian kidnappe ...
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The Overthink Tank

Surbhi Bagga | Comedian, TV Writer and Certifiable Overthinker

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A podcast where comedian and certifable overthinker Surbhi Bagga overthinks stuff along with a fun guest! From pop-culture to dating etiquette, human emotions to AI - each week, she over-analyses, overshares and totally overcompensates all for the sake of this podcast. Is there something you'd like her to overthink so you don't have to? Write to us: theoverthinktank@gmail.com
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All of us have been students at some point or the other in our lives but how many of us were Skeptical Students? Indian students have a mind, they can ask 'why' and 'how' and aren't afraid to challenge conventions. Unravel this podcast with us where we talk about schools, education system, it's loopholes, preconceived notions and the much needed changes. Packed with ideas, arguments, facts and real experiences Tune in! Because questions spark conversations, conversations ignite debates and d ...
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Do you remember the first time you had your eyebrows threaded? You walked out with perfectly shaped brows, feeling like a million bucks—but also wondering, “Why did I just sit through that torture?” Surbhi's got talented artist Neha Doodles and hilarious comedian Chhavi Joshi to overthink the ouch-factor of beauty regimes. Expect to crack up a bit …
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Education can adjust but not politics? Have we actually prioritised election over education? In a state where election rallies and campaigning are being carried out in full swing, has education actually taken the backseat as schools and colleges remain shut? Or does COVID differentiate among supporters and students? Me and Ishaan try and answer all…
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Hi Overthinkers. Ever been love-bombed? 💣 Felt the sting of being bench-warmed? Or maybe you’ve found yourself LinkedIn stalking someone before meeting them, just to be sure they're legit? Well, you’re in for a treat! Surbhi sits down with Relationship Coach Ekta Dixit and Writer/Journalist Michaela Stone Cross to overthink why modern dating might …
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Can't get enough of true crime shows? Are gruesome murder stories your guilty pleasure? Ever wonder if you're watching too much true crime? Hey Overthinkers! In this episode, Surbhi is chatting with the hosts of the popular true crime podcast Desi Crime; Aishwarya Singh and Aryaan Misra, to overthink what our fascination with true crime says about …
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Do you talk to yourself when no-one's around? Ever feel like your creativity is buried under the weight of self-doubt? What if talking to puppets is the confidence breakthrough you've been waiting for??? In this very special episode of the Overthink Tank, Surbhi Bagga sits down to overthink with Seema Golcha, a ventriloquist and comedian. Seema dis…
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So, how much hair on my pillow is too much? Why does having a killer hair day put me in such a great mood? Wait, is that a grey hair??? Hello Overthinkers! Welcome to Season 7! On this episode, Surbhi is hanging out with Dr. Taniyaa Bakshi, a hair specialist, who's all about natural hair care and Zorawar Ahluwalia, who still uses a 3-in-1 shampoo, …
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Do you ever ask, "Is it okay to pamper myself a bit? Why is everything so damn expensive? Could I justify buying those sneakers now or will the guilt of not waiting for a sale consume me?! — then, this episode is for you. On today's episode, Surbhi is joined by the passionate PPF advocate and comedian, Shreeja Chaturvedi, along with sweet treat ent…
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Ever caught yourself wondering if your skin could look better? Or if your stomach should be flatter? And seriously, does my parlour aunty secretly hate me? Trust us, we have all been down this rabbit hole. In today's episode, join your host Surbhi alongside the brutally honest Srishti Dixit and the internet's favorite dermat, Dr. Agni Kumar Bose. W…
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Over the last decade, India has been home to a slew of unexpected, scandalous and devastating suicides with sinister back stories. These suicides, those of Jiya Khan, Pratyusha Banjerjee, Sushant Singh Rajput, Tunisha Sharma and more, weren’t just stories of people who gave up on their lives. They were stories of crime, corruption, power, politics …
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Are friendship breakups just as heart-wrenching as romantic ones?Who do you even call "a friend"?How do you know if it's time to "unfriend" someone??? On today’s episode, Surbhi is joined by stand up comedian/friendship expert Rahul Subramanian and actor/feeler Rytasha Rathore to overthink the psychology behind friendship breakups -how to spot a ba…
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The cases you usually hear on true crime podcasts, the ones we usually cover, have a clear perpetrator and a clear victim. One person is in the wrong, the obvious suspect, the “villain” in the case. One person is innocent, the one who has been wronged and whose justice we long for. But then come cases that flip on their head our conception of wrong…
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Ever found yourself in a relationship that seems to be going nowhere? Curious about what it means to have a "low maintenance, zero commitment partner"? Wondering if there's an answer to the infamous question, "What are we?" Get ready for a sizzling episode as Surbhi delves into the wild world of modern-day situationships AKA an undefined relationsh…
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1 bath tub, 3 dead bodies. A marriage in turmoil. A feverish lover. The house on 20 Grass Tree Close, Bridgeman Downs, Queensland Australia holds all the answers. On 22 April 2003, the police are summoned to decrypt this mystery. Clues lay scattered around the residence. But less physical evidence awaits them. The people evidence comes first. A deb…
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Have you ever wondered why we can't resist spilling the tea? What's the reason behind our compulsion to share and consume gossip? Why do we have such an obsessive desire to stay in the loop? On this episode of The Overthink Tank, your host Surbhi is joined by comedian Govind Menon and Content Creator/Reality Tv Star Vagmita Singh (Social Currency o…
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Home. A word that denotes haven, tranquility and family, but it often transforms into a hell for many. Houses are fascinating, take the cement structure of a home that hides away tales and tragedies, musings and maladies, all while standing upright and resolute. From the outside, a house can cast a certain image and connotations. A tin-roofed hut i…
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Usually, when we cover cases on this podcast, we talk of the stories of a singular victim. A woman raped, a man murdered, a child kidnapped. And that one victim’s story is enough to enrage us; to make us feel sorrow and anger. But what happens when crime organizes itself across a whole city, engulfing more than 500 victims, destroying lives and sca…
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“She said that she wanted a break from the relationship. I asked her if I should at least hope that she will come back. She said no because she wanted to stay single for some time and that might change things for her. I could not accept that.” Parse through any teenage highschooler’s diary, and words like these are all too easy to find. Breaks vs b…
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Love triangles…a concept in existence for as long as love itself. But love triangles, unlike love, are controversial. They’re viewed as scandalous, calculated, and deceptive. Perhaps that is because we never hear of happy, successful love triangles. We hear of ones where jealousy, competition, ego and possessiveness take over, only to end in a tale…
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Imagine living in a beautiful, peaceful city in India. Life is going well. You have friends, a city you call home, you go to the movies on the weekends, maybe a family lunch date every now and then. Until, one day, you find the movie halls empty, people in their houses before sundown, terror in the eyes of every passerby, and fear in the hearts of …
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“Don’t take candies from strangers.” How simple a teaching; how elegant. But how difficult for a child to resist a sugary delight; an alpenlibe or melody offered to you for free that to before dinner. Which 6 year old could say no? Had this lesson not been inscribed in our head, we too could’ve fallen for this scheme. If you now think how stupid so…
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In last week’s episode, we covered the case of Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee, a young couple madly in love until Hae disappears and Adnan is put under the scanner for her disappearance and subsequent murder. But I had left you with a lot of unanswered questions. Is Adnan guilty or not? For a lot of unsettling answers and even more unsettling questions…
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You know that feeling of being young and experiencing your first love? Heightened emotions, the constant need to see them yet feeling your heart flutter when you do, that inability to go to sleep or eat, the hiding from your parents, the first touching of your hands, the first kiss, you get the picture. I know a lot of you listening will relate. Th…
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One cardiovascular aberration after another. Stroke after stroke. Heart attacks galore in the Thomas household. 1 anomaly is understandable. But 4, that’s a bit much. Especially when the patients are in their 40s and 50s. And then appears out of thin air, a will, that allegedly of Tom Thomas. Almost as if it was conjured by someone who would benefi…
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What’s in a name? Astrologers would argue 2 syllables might entail your entire destiny, such is the power of a name. But what if your life is the exact opposite of what your name suggests. Our protagonist today bears such a name. Her name is Jolly. Jolly Joseph. One of her neighbors went on record to say “Jolly seemed like the perfect woman to us.”…
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Did you know woman is raped every 16 minutes in India? That adds up to 90 rapes a day, 630 rapes in a week and 2,700 rapes in a month. These are the official government figures from the year 2019. But most of these rapes never make it to the front page of your newspapers or the screens of your TV; they get lost among thousand other news pieces. But…
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Every film industry seems to have a dark underbelly. It seems to have countless unexplained murders, mysterious disappearances and ties to high profile criminal activity. Bollywood is the same way. From Sri Devi to Jia Khan, from Pratyusha Banerjee to Raj Kiran, crime seems to seep through our industry, leaving behind death and devastation. This is…
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Latifa was onboard a 100 ft yacht Nostromo. The ship had set sail from Muscat in Oman on February 24, 2018. The objective was to transport princess Latifa and her friend Tina to the shores of Goa, a coastal town in India. But although the seafaring voyage was meant to last a few weeks, Latifa’s journey had started long before; in fact decades befor…
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This is the story of Dubai’s missing royal; this is the story of Princess Latifa. The best way to break a spell of awkward silence with your friends, is to ask this simple question: what would you give up for a billion dollars? That’s billion with a ‘b’. And this question takes many forms: would you give up your arms, or your legs, or vision or you…
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To watch this video, go to Desi Crime's YouTube channel: link to video https://youtu.be/hk0-FuqgRNI Murder cases on Desi Crime usually have a clear perpetrator and a clear victim. But sometimes crimes are not so cut-and-dry. Some cases can flip our perceptions of what is wrong and what is right; what is good and what is evil. The story of Chamari L…
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In Part I of the Sheena Bora Murder, we told you the story of a seemingly broken family the wounds of which had led to murder. A famous Mumbai police cop had received a tip of a missing woman, a body had been buried and the name of a murderer had emerged. We had successfully covered the who-dun-it part of this mystery. Today, we’re covering the why…
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Welcome to Chai and Chithi, a segment where we take fan stories mailed in to us, as well as share some of our more personal ghastly experiences. This one has a story which Aryaan considers a family heirloom!!! Mail in your spooky, crime or desi stories to desicrime@lostdebate.com Story link: https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/guwahati/story/two-child…
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A commonality across all families is struggle, hard times, broken relationships, and dirty laundry we keep to ourselves. Regardless, we love our families. Whether it’s those horrible teenage years where you can’t stop arguing with your parents or whether you were blessed with a sibling completely your opposite or whether your mother hates her mothe…
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22 year old Nadia Malik is nowhere to be found. All we know is that her partner Bhupinder Singh picked her up in a Black Nissan Altima around February 6th. She got in probably thinking it’s a car ride that will last a few minutes. But minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, and the days turned into a week. But Nadia was nowhere to be see…
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A murder involves a murderer, the murdered, a murder weapon and more often than not, a motive. This template is true for most cases covered on our podcast, and on any true crime podcast for that matter. But where there is a rule, there is an exception. The case we have for you today is one such exception. This case has a murder, but no murder weapo…
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When in 1999, the body of a beautiful 34 year old model and celebrity bartender was found lying on the floor of the fancy Tamarind Court restaurant in Mehrauli in New Delhi, with a clear bullet wound to her head, her family and the cops thought this was an open and shut case. This was a party of 300 some people, after all. Someone has to have seen …
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Any “Travel to Australia” advertisement on television displays stills of the Great Barrier Reef and pearl white beaches. Volleyball, tank tops, scantily clothed and sizzlingly tanned bodies can be found frolicking around. But on 22nd October 2018, a body was found in one such Australian beach. The difference was, this wasn’t a tanned person frolick…
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Welcome to Chai and Chithi, a segment where we take fan stories mailed in to us, as well as share some of our more personal ghastly experiences. Aryaan is also planning a meet-up in Delhi around December or January. DM him @aryaanmisra if you'd be interested in such an event! Mail in your spooky, crime or desi stories to desicrime@lostdebate.com…
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Every now and then, in this country of a booming billion, a crime occurs that captures the attention of the nation. Every now and then, one crime is what everyone can talk about – from conversations over the 2 rupee tea at the roadside chai wala to conversations over a sugar infused diabetes inducing drink at starbucks: one story cuts across caste,…
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