Saurabh Dwivedi Quits Lallantop!

If you follow Hindi digital news, that sentence is probably etched in your brain. It is the intro that started thousands of videos. It is the intro that turned a small blog into a digital empire. But starting today, we won't be hearing it on The Lallantop anymore.

Saurabh Bids Farewell To The Lallantop

Yes, you read that right. Saurabh Dwivedi has resigned.

It feels a bit weird to even type that out honestly. After 12 years of building the brand from scratch, the man who basically invented the "desi" style of digital journalism is hanging up his boots. The news broke on Monday evening, January 5, and it has sent a bit of a shockwave through the media circles.

Why Now?

So why is he leaving? That is the big question everyone is asking. According to the internal mails and the chatter, it seems he just wants to do something new. He has been doing the daily grind of news for over a decade. The elections, the screaming debates (even if his were politer than TV), the constant cycle of breaking news. It wears you down. Sources say he wants to explore "creative mediums" outside the newsroom. Maybe a book? A movie script? Or just travelling without a camera crew for once? Who knows. He actually hinted at this shift recently with his new show Ghar Jaisi Baatein. It wasn't about politics or hard news. It was soft, nostalgic, and personal. Maybe that was him testing the waters for his next chapter.

The New Bosses (And They Are Family)

The good news for The Lallantop fans is that the channel isn't going to strangers. The India Today Group has handed the keys to the people who built the house alongside Saurabh. Kuldeep Mishra is taking over the Editorial leadership. If you watch Netanagari, you know Kuldeep. He is sharp, he is calm, and he has been there since the beginning. He is not an outsider coming in to change things. He is part of the DNA. And on the production side, Rajat Sain is now the boss. Rajat is the guy who made the videos look the way they do. He has been leading the production team for years and now he is officially in charge. It is a "homegrown transition" as they call it. And honestly, that is the best case scenario.

A Personal Note

I remember watching one of the early Lallantop videos years ago. It felt different. It didn't feel like a news anchor shouting at me from a studio. It felt like a guy sitting at a tea shop, just telling me what happened. That was Saurabh's magic. He made news feel like a conversation. He made us care about "Jhumka Gira Re" stories as much as the Union Budget. He made long-form political documentaries cool on YouTube. So yeah, it is the end of an era. Definitely. But stories don't stop, right? The storytellers just change. We will miss the "Namaste". But we are also kinda excited to see what Kuldeep and the team do next. And whatever Saurabh does next, I am pretty sure it will be, well, The Lallantop.

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