Farhad Karkaria and Navin Noronha on being hosts of India’s only queer podcast and a no holds barred approach to their conversations | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Farhad Karkaria and Navin Noronha on being hosts of India’s only queer podcast and a no holds barred approach to their conversations | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Anushree Majumdar |Updated: July 8, 2019 7:29:02 am

Farhad Karkaria and Navin Noronha on being hosts of India’s only queer podcast and a no holds barred approach to their conversations

In the second season of the podcast, Noronha brought Karkaria on to the show for a segment called Culture Vulture: it begins after the guest interviews and consists of recommendations for queer content in pop culture.

In Keeping It Queer, the two men share an easy camaraderie, as they trade insults, bitch about former friends and talk about TV shows.

I’ve been getting so many messages like ‘Love the honesty!’ Screw guests, we should just talk about ourselves,” says 35-year-old Farhad Karkaria with a laugh. An hour before the next recording of Keeping It Queer, a podcast hosted by Karkaria and Navin Noronha, we’re sitting in a room at the IVM (Indus Vox Media) office in Mumbai’s Khar West, home to a number of popular podcasts such as Geek Fruit and Cyrus Says by Cyrus Broacha. “I’ve been getting quite a few messages from the listeners too. Some are about the episode and things we’ve talked about. And then there are some that want to know if I’m open to hooking up,” says Noronha, 27. Karkaria laughs knowingly: as the hosts of India’s only queer podcast, heartfelt comments and thirst texts are all in a day’s work.