#67 Bhaskar Sharma: Growing Up in Māngere to Building @WhoIsBuskey
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Who is @WhoIsBuskey and how did his early life in Māngere shape his identity?
Who is Busky? Well, you're about to find out in this podcast. So you're from Mangare, bro, two seven five. Two seven five, but I eat curry, bro. Getting into content creation and being inspired by Usgang and now working alongside him.
Make videos with Usgang, all the boys, and it's majority like Polynesian humor. That's cause I had no like Indian friends growing
up.
So
speak a lot about his identity and not really You know, struggling to find it and not having that sense of belonging. Growing up in Mangade as an Indian, he talked about being the only Indian family on his street. Shin, I
just saw this dude like walk in to the through the living room and he was looking at the TV and I'm just like there eating my curry and I'm like Mama
But how hard his family worked, how hard his parents work to give him, you know, a better life.
They just don't give up, they have such a positive mindset. They moved here with nothing. They created such a beautiful life for me and my brother.
It was just a real genuinely authentic funny chat that had a whole heap of inspiration in it too. So you're gonna really like this one because I did. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. Who is Busky? You'll find out. Enjoy. This podcast is made by the amazing team at Fanaticals. They put up with me, so they're pretty epic. Who is Busky? So, brother.
How's it going, my bro? Good, bro, good. A little bit nervous, but
yeah. How are you nervous? You're like this online influencer doing all these funny videos and you're and you're nervous to do this?
Brother, 'cause it's you. And 'cause it's like a form of public speaking for me. Yeah. So it's like, you know, when you're in school and then you have to give a speech. Yeah. So I'm trying to battle that um you know, yeah, you get that high raised voice, you're like
Oh yeah.
I'm trying not to get that
but get that inner critic out of just gotta silence it.
Hundred percent, bro. But I'm excited. I'm excited. You know, look up to you, look up to everything that you've been doing, have done. So yeah, it's an honor, bro. Thank you for having me.
It was cool because we caught up at the Warriors game. And then like and then it was crazy, bro, cause I I I met I I message you just to say how you know it was good to see you. And and then I I look on the on the message history and we've been talking since twenty eighteen. Two thousand eighteen. You actually had come to
our boot camps. How buzzy's that? Bro, so buzzy. I went to your one in Tucanini. I think it's because I had a broken thumb. At that time, I was like training a lot, but then I stopped because of my thumb, made excuses, started drinking, and then I kept seeing your social media posts. And I was like, oh, this looks looks like a good community because it's always better to train with people. And then hit you up, came to the one in Tuccanini. And I can actually send you the video after you recorded me, and then you're like recording. Everyone, then you see me with my thumb, you're like, Oh that's it, brother. No excuses. And yeah. Then I went to
some of your ones
in Manga
Bridge. Man, you were like a you're like one of the originals coming to those ones.
I loved it. I loved it. It was goaded, bro. And you actually were coming c with one of your mates, right? Yeah, yeah, one of my mates, um, shout out Maka. He's uh one of my best friends. He um was looking to get his uh health right. So he actually suggested you. He's like, Oh bro, let's go BBM and I was like, Yeah, yeah, Ken, bro And then it it's funny bro, because you you know how you're like trying to motivate everyone? Yeah. I'm sorry Maka for saying this, but you know You're trying to motivate everyone. You're like, encourage your partner, be there for them. And so I'm like, Oh yeah. And then my brother's doing the mountain climbers. I'm like, let's go, Uso, let's go. And he's like, Shak And then I looked at him, I was like, Bro, but Dave says a chop
It is funny 'cause um I I I I do say that a lot and I yeah, back in those days it was me taking all the boot camps and up and still now, encourage your mate.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is @WhoIsBuskey and how did his early life in Māngere shape his identity?
0:00–4:49
2
How did bullying and martial arts influence Bhaskar’s confidence and career path?
4:49–10:03
3
What motivated Bhaskar to leave university and pursue acting instead?
10:03–15:08
4
How did the first viral TikTok video change his content‑creation trajectory?
15:08–19:59
5
What strategies does Bhaskar use to handle online hate and the algorithm?
19:59–24:41
6
How has becoming a partner and a dad reshaped his goals and priorities?
24:41–31:00
7
What advice does Bhaskar give to young Indian/Kiwi kids feeling out of place?
31:00–36:02
8
What is Bhaskar’s long‑term “why” and what keeps him moving forward?
36:02–38:42
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