Episode 2 feat. Suchi Chowdry

Suchi is a PhD candidate at RMIT University, Melbourne, researching stand-up comedy in India. Her study focuses upon how politics and stand-up impact upon each other. She is creating data through interviews, ethnographic study, and textual analysis.

Born and raised in India, she moved to Melbourne eighteen years ago and has worked in TAFE and tertiary education. In her other life in India, she worked in advertising, journalism, and public relations. She graduated from Monash University with a master’s degree in Communication & Media Studies in 2018. Earlier in India, she graduated with a master’s degree in Comparative Literature. She lives in suburban Melbourne with her husband and two children. Suchi's recent work has been published in Open Library of Humanities (2024) with the "Humour as a Human Right" special issue series.