Ep 181: Criminal UK, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, and more

<p><em>Talking about the Bhojpuri Rap</em> <em>‘Bambai Main Ka Ba’</em>:</p><p><strong>Rohit:</strong> Abhinandan, I’m not being a linguist because Bhojpuri is not my first language but it’s not <em>Bambai Main Kaaba</em>, it is <em>Bambai Main Ka Ba</em>.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>Oh, I thought Kaaba.</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Kaaba, as in the Islamic structure?</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>As Jagjit Singh said, “<em>Kaabe se parda mat uthao varna wa bhi vahi...”</em></p><p><strong>Rohit: </strong>No, no, no! “<em>Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa zaalim.”</em></p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Even that’s incorrect! Very good!&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Rohit: </strong>Oh, my God! Brilliant! So, we are on top of the things already.</p><p><em>Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.</em></p><p>This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri, Rajyasree Sen and <em>Newslaundry</em> subscriber Rohit Mehrotra discuss the series <em>Criminal UK, PariWar, </em>and <em>Tehran</em>; Manoj Bajpayee's Bhojpuri rap <em>Bambai Main Ka Ba</em>; Dua Lipa’s <em>New Rules for Covid Dating</em>; Ali Sethi’s <em>Pehla Qadam; </em>and Mariah Carey’s memoir.</p><p>Tune in!</p><br><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p><strong>0:08:</strong> Introduction</p><p><strong>03:36:</strong> <em>Bambai Main Ka Ba</em></p><p><strong>07:49:</strong><em> New Rules For Covid Dating </em>by Dua Lipa</p><p><strong>14:42: </strong><em>Pehla Qadam</em> by Ali Sethi</p><p><strong>19:44:</strong> <em>Paar Chanaa De </em>by Shilpa Rao and Noori</p><p><strong>29:34:</strong> Letters from listeners</p><p><strong>31:57:</strong> Criminal UK Season 2</p><p><strong>38:01:</strong> PariWar</p><p><strong>49:13: </strong>Oppo ad #BeTheInfinite</p><p><strong>55:35: </strong>Cred Series</p><p><strong>1:00:55: </strong>Tehran</p><p><strong>1:07:08: </strong>The Meaning of Mariah Carey</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener nor