Listen "This Season's Must-Haves: Sinkholes and Flooded Flats"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to Gurugram—where ₹100-crore apartments come with complimentary waterlogging, and sinkholes are the new swimming pools. In this episode, we wade into the murky reality of urban flooding in India's poshest neighbourhoods, where not even gated communities are safe from missing roads, and disappearing beer trucks.
Join us as we unpack how India’s elite learned the hard way that money can’t buy you drainage, or disaster management. From the rise of the “Gurugram Daredevils”—college kids turning floods into an event—to the ridiculous rise of designer handbags shaped like juice boxes and coffee cups, we’re diving deep into the absurd.
This episode skewers India’s infrastructure crisis, the widening gap between image and reality, and how wealth inequality has never been more visible (or slippery). If you enjoy satirical commentary on Indian society, influencer culture, and the elite’s endless attempts to stay dry (and relevant), this one’s for you.
Keywords: Gurugram sinkhole, Indian floods, urban infrastructure India, billionaire satire, designer fashion parody, gated community problems, India monsoon chaos, luxury real estate India, news comedy, urban India
Join us as we unpack how India’s elite learned the hard way that money can’t buy you drainage, or disaster management. From the rise of the “Gurugram Daredevils”—college kids turning floods into an event—to the ridiculous rise of designer handbags shaped like juice boxes and coffee cups, we’re diving deep into the absurd.
This episode skewers India’s infrastructure crisis, the widening gap between image and reality, and how wealth inequality has never been more visible (or slippery). If you enjoy satirical commentary on Indian society, influencer culture, and the elite’s endless attempts to stay dry (and relevant), this one’s for you.
Keywords: Gurugram sinkhole, Indian floods, urban infrastructure India, billionaire satire, designer fashion parody, gated community problems, India monsoon chaos, luxury real estate India, news comedy, urban India
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