“Bas followers milein” says Mithu. “Followers will come with good content,” quips Manasi, implying Mithu is anything but

Illustration/Uday Mohite

My friend shared what seemed to be a news clip of a couple being interrogated on a small YouTube news channel by a reporter, bizarrely, in dark glasses. The allegedly unhappy couple themselves run a YouTube channel—Mithu-Manasi channel—chronicling their love marriage, now apparently on the rocks. “No one becomes Ambani by playing bat ball all day,” says Manasi, throwing shade at a sullen Mithu.

“Was he the DM of Sitmarhi when you married him, that you now say he’s good for nothing?” asks the reporter. Manasi scoffs. Mithu imagines arriving into a grand future but someone has to book tickets in the present. Mithu hopes that ticket is their YouTube channel. “Bas followers milein” says Mithu. “Followers will come with good content,” quips........

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