On a split screen, Sapan Verma, Angad Singh Ranyal, Azeem Banatwalla and Sahil Shah of East India Comedy emerge. This is EIC Charcha, their eight-month old bi-monthly show, except this time they are in their own homes and there is no live audience. As is customary with this show, they choose recent news items and crack jokes in candid fashion. The subject this time, predictably, is the lockdown itself. Ranyal talks about vegetable shopping; Shah reveals his experiences with mopping and cleaning, while Banatwalla shares his take on the call for lighting diyas. There is humour but a disconnect, too. One person has to wait for the other to finish.

Interruptions don't work as well as they do when you are live. "It's something you have to be aware of even when doing shows on the Zoom app. And disturbance doesn't just come from audience members," says Ranyal. "This one time the comedian himself was interrupted on a live show by his mother berating him about making noise in the middle of the night. Then there is always the occasional mixer-grinder going off in the background," he adds.