Not Quite A Writer With Akanksha Aurora | A Hinge Date Gone Viral, Dirty Floor Mattresses, and Third Culture Identity

In this episode, Aneri sits down with comedian and self-published author Akanksha Aurora (also known by her pen name, Desi Buchanan aka Bombay's Fleabag) to talk about her book Chef's Kiss - the very real story of a Mumbai chef she hooked up with from Hinge, the TikTok from their first date that hit 400K views, and dirty floor mattresses she swears she'll never write about. They get into ghosting, third culture identity (na idhar ka, na udhar ka), how polyamory feels like homework, and self-publishing a book for $500 on a credit card. Classic.Follow Akanksha on Instagram @bombay_satire and TikTok @desibuchanan for Chef's Kiss and her South Asian women's writers group.Welcome to Not Quite. A space with no limits for the misunderstood - the misfits, the artists, the perpetual reinventers, and public figures whos headlines rarely reflect their truth. We're creatives, deep thinkers, entrepreneurs, and cultural icons who unpack the gap between perception and the weirdos we actually are inside.Listen.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OyrzivLEfo5EnFA1N05WQApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/not-quite/id1775940665Instagram: https://instagram.com/notquitebyaneri  ...