Swati Sachdeva on being bisexual, funny and Indian in Australia

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Organic YouTube Tile - 169 (2).png — The Indian stand-up comedian went viral after coming out as bisexual on stage. Now, she’s bringing her comedy to Australia for the first time.

Swati Sachdeva is one of the few women in Indian comedy openly talking about being bisexual, but she has no interest in letting that define her work. In Australia for her first tour, Swati speaks with Dilpreet Taggar about being a woman in Indian stand-up, being boxed in after going viral, and the unexpected sense of kinship she finds among South Asians overseas. And before she leaves, we put her Australian slang to the test. Watch the full interview on SBS Spice on YouTube.

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Published 12 September 2026 7:05pm

Presented by Dilpreet Kaur Taggar

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Swati Sachdeva is one of the few women in Indian comedy openly talking about being bisexual, but she has no interest in letting that define her work. In Australia for her first tour, Swati speaks with Dilpreet Taggar about being a woman in Indian stand-up, being boxed in after going viral, and the unexpected sense of kinship she finds among South Asians overseas. And before she leaves, we put her Australian slang to the test. Watch the full interview on SBS Spice on YouTube.

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