How this young artist is creating space for comedy online

Aashutosh Barahi, 24, started creating and uploading comedy sketches in Nepalbhasa on YouTube during lockdown for fun and they became instant hits. Now, he’s thinking of making a career out of it.

Dressed in a daura suruwal, with Dhaka topi on his head, Ba orders his son (both played by Aashutosh Barahi) to bring Nhey gah (seven) eggs from a nearby shop. The son gets confused because his father gives him the instructions in Nepalbhasa, which he, like many of the younger generation, struggles to understand or speak with ease.