Abijit Ganguly

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Does Abijit Ganguly drink alcohol?: Yes.Abijit Ganguly is an Indian stand-up comedian, freelance writer, and YouTuber who is well known for his observational humour. The stand-up sets performed by him are based on observational humor with occasional self-deprecation and political satire.Abijit Ganguly was born in Bengaluru and raised in Delhi. He completed his formal education at Delhi University. In 2012, he pursued his masters degree in International Business from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.Abijit tried his hand at comedy for the first time in 2010 at an open mic that was organized by the comedy collective Cheese Monkey Mafia in Delhi. After his first performance, people liked his content, and he started getting more shows at pubs, bars, and corporate events. After completing his masters degree in 2012, Abhijit worked as a business analyst with Deloitte India till 2014. Stand-up comedy was a part-time thing for him; however, after 2014, he started pursuing comedy as a full-time profession. News coverage of the Cheese Monkey Mafia event.Abijit performed at different branches of the Canvas Comedy Club, and at That Comedy Club Banglore. He has also done tours of different cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Shillong, Nagpur, etc. Abijit has also performed in Dubai, Nepal, Australia, and Tanzania. Abijit Ganguly performing at That Comedy Club Banglore.Abijit was introduced to stand-up comedy when he was pursuing his masters degree in Delhi where he attended an event at the Indian Habitat Centre. He said- I used to attend a lot of theatre at the India Habitat Centre, one day I accidentally saw the performance of Abish Mathew and I was blown away. I enjoyed the show so much that I mailed the organiser of the show asking if I could try my luck at it. Surprisingly, he wrote back inviting me for an open mic, and that is how the journey began,.Pursuing comedy as a full-time profession was a dream when Abijit entered the field of stand-up comedy. He worked at a corporate firm for a while; however, he left the job after his income from his comedy gigs became equal to that of the salary that he received from his corporate job.Abijit started performing more stand-up gigs in different cities and along with this, he started uploading snippets of his shows on YouTube. He uploaded his first video on his YouTube channel on 27 November 2014. The title of the video was Indian Mid Twenties Issue, Parents & Marriage..Abijit has done more than 500 shows, and he had a long journey from performing at open mics in cafes to touring around the world to perform his individual sets. In an interview with The Hindu, Abijit talked about how he kept on improving. He said,.In 2016, Abijit Ganguly was invited as a TEDx speaker in IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology) where he talked about how taking the road less traveled is totally okay. During the TED talk, Abijit talked about his experiences in the stand-up comedy industry and what inspires him to write new sets.