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Anshuman Sharma

Indian independent singer-songwriter who quit engineering in 2023; went viral with a cover sung with his mother and featured on the Still Human podcast from Bir, Himachal Pradesh.

Oct 10, 2026

Still Human - Conversations for a Changing World

Still Human - Conversations for a Changing World

Freedom Is Also a Distraction: Anshuman Sharma on Quitting Engineering to Sing | Still Human #7

Oct 10 · 53m

Robin Leo Hoffman
Robin Leo HoffmanHOST
44:55
Mm.
Anshuman SharmaGUEST
44:56
He-- Like the timing, he called me, and I was like prepared.
Anshuman SharmaGUEST
45:00
I was also crying be- before calling him or picking his call.
Anshuman SharmaGUEST
45:03
So I was about to tell him about something like, "I don't want to do engineering." Then he replied to me, like...
Anshuman SharmaGUEST
45:09
Then suddenly he asked me, "Do you have money?" Like that, "I can send you some money.
Anshuman SharmaGUEST
45:14
Uh, you can go eat outside tonight." So I got really emotional, and then I thought that if he is like paying for everything right now, that I am because of him.
Anshuman SharmaGUEST
45:24
I am who I am right now because of my parents, so.
Robin Leo Hoffman
Robin Leo HoffmanHOST
50:16
And admitting them.

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