Mohawk Mangal is an Indian YouTuber. He is known for posting informative videos on various topics including social and political issues.
Wiki/Biography
Mohawk Mangal was born on Saturday, April 1992, in New Delhi, India (age 31 years 2023). Mohak studied in Delhi Public School (DPS) RK Puram, New Delhi. In class 11, he took IIT coaching at Narayana IIT/NEET College, Kalu Sarai, from which he quit after a month. He subsequently obtained a bachelor’s degree from the School of Economics at Singapore Management University. His first job was in the field of development economics, working at J-Pal (James Poverty Action Laboratory) and doing field work for a year in rural Bihar. He holds a master’s degree in international and development economics from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He subsequently worked in Myanmar for three years; first as a project manager at the International Growth Center, a policy think tank, and then as a consultant to the World Bank, where he was part of the education team. In 2019, he moved back to Singapore and worked as an assistant at AlphaBeta. Thereafter, he moved to the United States to pursue an MBA at Stanford University in California. He has also been running Soch by Mohawk Mangal, his YouTube channel, since August 2018.
Mohak Mangal as a child
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 80kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Mohak’s father’s name is Naresh Mangal and his mother’s name is Promila Mangal. Mohawk Mangal has a sister, Ishita Mangal, who works as a fashion designer and creative director.
Mohak Mangal and his family
Mohak Mangal and his mother Promila Mangal
Mohak Mangal and his sister Ishita Mangal
wife
His wife, Shaneez Mohinani, is the founder and host of the podcast “Down to Zero” and heads the climate fund at Clocktower Technology Ventures. The two have been together since 2011, attended Singapore Management University and Stanford University together, and married in a destination wedding in Jaipur, Rajasthan, in November 2019.
Mohak Mangal and wife Shaneez Mohinani
Religion/Religious Views
Mohak Mangal said he was not a very religious man. In YouTube videos, he said he would recite prayers and sit-ins only at the insistence of his mother or grandmother. He also went on to say that the word “agnostic” (an agnostic is someone who doesn’t care about the existence or non-existence of God) best describes his religious leanings. He further stated that he became agnostic, especially after reading about computer simulation theory (where people believe reality is a computer simulation), and he also made a video about it.
Profession
Youtube
Mohawk Mangal created a YouTube channel called The Soch Project (now known as Soch by Mohawk Mangal) in 2018 along with his two friends Ishleen Sethi and Shikhar Swaroop. In the beginning, the format they followed was to deliver “informed content” through memes or simply, it was an infotainment channel. The first video was titled “Fake News on WhatsApp in India Explained” and was uploaded on May 2, 2018.
Mohawk Mangal’s first YouTube video “Fake News on WhatsApp in India explained”, stills from Soch
The Soch team moved away from meme formats to a purely informational style because Mohak said following meme formats was not a sustainable approach. Mohawk started his channel because he was frustrated with all the fake news circulating in his family WhatsApp group and that’s how he came up with the idea of creating a YouTube channel that focuses on sharing information that is well-researched and backed by evidence. As of 2023, the Soch by Mohawk Mangal channel has 2.67 million subscribers and approximately 40 million views per month. The channel ranks in the top 1% of all channels worldwide. Mohawk manages a team of 13 people who spend their time developing strategies for new businesses such as podcasts and newsletters, and finding ways to keep content innovative and fresh. Mohawk also shares videos on YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels (as of 2023, he has 122,000 followers on Instagram), and is active on his Twitter (now X) account.
Mohawk Mangal with golden YouTube play button
podcast
Mohawk narrates the podcast “A2Z with Mohawk Mangal,” written by Moksha Tamma. The podcast is available on Audible (an Amazon company) and has a 5-star rating. Mohawk Mangal presents “A2Z with Mohawk Mangal,” an audio original that provides a reference for words people encounter in their daily lives but are unsure of their meaning. The podcast touches on a wide range of topics, including ideology, religion, historical concepts, and scientific terminology. Through this podcast, Mohawk explains the meaning of the words in the conversation, revealing their origins, narrative, historical context, and significance in our global landscape. The format of the podcast is such that each episode deals with one letter of the alphabet. For example, the first episode is titled “A is for Apartheid,” the second episode is titled “B is for Buddhism,” and the podcast ends with “Z is for Zionism.”
Mohawk Mangal appears on the poster of the podcast A2Z with Mohak Mangal
dispute
Comparison between Narendra Modi and Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohak Mangal faced backlash for his video titled “What’s Wrong with Indian Liberals?” In the video, Mohak talks about the backlash among “liberals” against right-wing supporters and those on the side of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mohawk said the purpose of his video was to delve into why some people think it’s wrong to disagree with them and why it’s important for people to have their own space to express their opinions, which led to his Spotlight video, which is “a problem for some liberals today.” This video, uploaded on March 7, 2023, discusses the similarities between Pt. Prime Ministers Nehru and Modi both performed religious ceremonies at key moments in their careers. The video also touches on hatred of religion, the good deeds done by Prime Minister Modi and the hypocrisy displayed by Indian liberals. Even in the comments section, the posted video received mixed feedback. There have been discussions on online platforms like Reddit where Mohawk has been criticized for drawing entirely different comparisons. Additionally, he has been criticized for mischaracterizing religious relations in India and has been criticized most for comparing the behavior of Pt. Nehru accepted it in his personal capacity and Prime Minister Modi took a formal decision. Mohawk, meanwhile, was praised for making bold statements and explaining content that resonated with many citizens.
Thumbnail of YouTube video “What’s Wrong with Indian Liberals” uploaded by Mohawk Mangal on his YouTube channel
Facts/Trivia
- Mohak Mangal describes himself as an introverted, socially awkward child until he went to Singapore to pursue his undergraduate degree.
- Mohawk Mangal uses and links to so many papers from the digital library JSTOR in his videos that they offered him a free subscription.
- In a YouTube video posted on June 20, 2020, Mohak showed that he earned Rs 1,21,000 in 24 months.
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