Gossip skeptic Hrishikesh Hirway joins us for a deep dive into the history of a (close) family full of secrets, lies, and prophecies.Follow Hrishi on Instagram @hrishihirwayGet tickets to Kelsey's book tour here!Pre-order Kelsey's book, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THIS FROM ME, here!Subscribe to our newsletter for writing from Kelsey and Alex, blog recommendations, and bonus secrets!You can support Normal Gossip directly by buying merch or becoming a Friend or a Friend-of-Friend at supportnormalgossip.com.Our merch shop is run by Dan McQuade. You can also find all kinds of info about us and how to submit gossip on our Komi page: https://normalgossip.komi.io/Episode transcript here.Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs), Ozzy Llinas Goodman (@ozzy_llinas), and Jae Towle Vieira (@jaetowlevieira). Abigail Segel (@AbigailSegel) is our intern. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Credits read by Sean Conard. Show art by Tara Jacoby.Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chapter 1: What is the context of this podcast episode?
Yeah.
And I was asking my dad recently to fill in some of the details like I knew that they had been. I kind of know the story from when they first met that like first meeting, but I didn't really know how they got there.
How did they get there?
And so does this count as a gossip story?
I'm like, how did they get there?
So my dad told me recently his version of this story. There is one person really at the at the center of the marriage. His name is Shrikashen Bagade.
Okay.
And I'd heard this name, Bagade, before, you know. And so I was like, can you tell me about him? Like, who was this person? Was it a whole family? He said, oh, well, my father, so my grandfather on my dad's side, used to tutor people in math. He was a math teacher, but he used to also do, like, you know, tutoring. And Sri Kishen Bagade was one of the people that he tutored.
Okay. Okay.
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Chapter 2: Who is Rishi Keish-Hirwe and what are his accolades?
Okay.
Also, if you happen to know of any suitable, you know, marriage prospects, I'd also be open to that.
I love the idea of here's my resume, send it to all potential employers and all my wives. Yeah, exactly.
Meanwhile, my mom, 24 years old, had just finished her master's degree in literature. She went home to her dad's place, her mom and dad's place, in a town called Osmanabad. And at that time, Bagade uncle was working there as an engineer. An adult working and... He went with his boss, who was the, I guess, like, executive engineer of the city or some kind of something.
And my mom's dad was a judge. So there was some kind of level of, you know, city official friendship. I don't know. They were having some kind of party or gathering at their house. And Bugatti uncle went with his boss to my mom's father's house. And they were all talking and his boss asked my grandfather, my maternal grandfather, oh, you know, how's your family?
I think I heard your daughter just finished school. How's she doing? And my grandfather said, yeah, you know, she's good. She's good. We're trying to find somebody for her. It's been a little tough. My mom was very picky. And this was true even then. Picky about everything. And so they were having a little bit of a hard time finding somebody that would work.
So then Bugatti uncle and his boss leave the party. And right as they're leaving... Um, they haven't gone far at all, according to my dad. And then, um, he says to his boss, you know, actually I know somebody, uh, maybe I, would it be okay? I, I actually have this, uh, cousin or maybe he called him his former two T. Yeah.
Yeah.
And they went back to the house and I was like, oh, the next day he's like, oh, no, no, no. They hadn't really gone far yet. So they just turned back around. So same day, same night, they turn back around and go back in and say, actually, we know somebody who comes from a good family. He's a nice guy. He's coming back to the U.S. in a couple weeks or whenever it was going to be, soon.
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Chapter 3: How does gossip affect personal relationships?
You think it makes sense to see a psychic in San Diego. This is something that is reasonable to you.
Did I eat seven desserts when I was in London in two days? Yes. Different rules.
Yeah. You're on vacation. So she goes to see the psychic in San Diego and the psychic gives her three predictions. The predictions are she needs to move apartments.
Okay. Is that a prediction or just advice?
Unclear. The second is that she would be pregnant by the end of the year. And the third is that her eldest son, who was engaged at the time, must wait to get married until the baby was born.
And what's the age difference here between like how old is the eldest son at this point?
At least 20.
Man. Well, the whole thing stresses me out. Again, just to think about my own upbringing, because my mom, when I was a baby, she was at somebody's house and there was another person visiting there. And that person was like, oh, you just had a baby. Do you want me to do their astrological chart? Because astrology is really big in India.
Right. Right.
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