"People pursue double Masters degree, while I started my academic career with a double pre-school experience", is how funny man Jaspreet Singh set the laughter ball rolling in a candid conversation with SBS Punjabi.
Now, armed with that double kindergarten experience, a thick Punjabi accent and a wicked sense of humour, Mr Singh, who's fast becoming a popular face of the Indian stand-up scene is now racking-up all his jokes for his fans here in Australia.
Popular for his keen observations and boundless energy, Mr Singh will soon be seen conducting his funny business on stages across Perth, Sydney and Melbourne starting early next month.
Having inherited mimicry from his mother and drollery from his father, Mr Singh says he always had comedy in his blood.
But the 28-year-old humorist from Amritsar city in the northern Indian state of Punjab does not take his inherent talent for granted; he works doubly hard to make each one of his comic gigs sound spontaneous and unpredictable.
For someone who just started his comic career a little more than three years ago, Mr Singh sure has found success early.
Today, he performs to packed auditoriums across India and abroad and gets millions of hits on each of his videos posted on YouTube.
His extraordinary knack of finding humour in the most mundane tasks like house hunting, life's savings or watching movies coupled with a unique way of delivering punches has made him a star among young Indians.
Speaking with SBS Punjabi, Mr Singh said, "People often say that Punjabis are inherently funny. But I feel by saying that, they are undermining my talent".
"I work very hard to do what I'm doing".
Computer Engineer by day and a comedian by night, Mr Singh shared that he had quit his first-ever corporate job for the sake of 'paranthas'.
The funny man who can arguably make anyone laugh at the drop of a hat told SBS Punjabi that he lives for food and perhaps then family, verbatim in that order.
"I was pulling an odd shift on a public holiday...everything was shut, and I couldn't find a morsel to eat. So I did what any sane man would. I quit because I couldn't find anything to eat.
"What do you work for? Food and family right? So I picked up my bag and walked out".
But of late, the stage has become his muse.
"Stage is my drug. A lot of people want to go out there to change the world with their comedy. I go there to perform".
"I am a fairly nice man and I think am quite funny".
Mr Singh is one of many Indian comedians who have managed to strike a chord with humour-hungry audiences and are swiftly turning comedy into a serious and viable career option.
Sujata Singh, owner of a Bangalore based private comedy club, however, warns that although there are new comedians sprouting in India almost every day, writing and performing comic sets is not everyone's business.
"Comedy is a difficult subject. You have to choose a quirky topic, connect with the audiences and have to make them laugh each time without fail and at the same time ensure that they are not offended with your jokes", says Ms Singh.
But nevertheless, the entry of subscription-based platforms such as Amazon and Netflix that have the resources to produce exclusive comedy shows has opened a whole new world of opportunities for the burgeoning number of Indian comics, some of whom have become global stars in their own rights.
