Sorabh Pant

How tough is it?
I think people need to put themselves in a competitive space to let things not affect you. I come from a boy’s school where I played sports as a kid. So, you are used to things being said about you. After school, I was in media, which was again a competitive space. And being a known face on the Internet, I am used to people calling me ‘takla saala’. But it doesn’t affect me today because I have had far worst in school. Sport is a great way to get around. I had once gone for a performance at a women’s college and the kind of language I saw their volleyball team using was shocking for me even as a professional stand-up artiste! But there is a fine line between harassment and humour, as there are topics such as religion and sexism. And if someone is doing it repeatedly it is different.