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Laughter Therapy - 09 March 2026 - The Monday Morning Laugh That Every Punjabi Family in Australia Needs

Monday mornings have a reputation, and Laughter Therapy on Radio Haanji 1674 AM has made it its mission to change that reputation for good. Every weekday morning, hosts Yash and Ranjodh Singh open the airwaves and invite Melbourne's Punjabi community to set aside whatever the week ahead holds and begin instead with something far more powerful — genuine, unscripted, community-sourced laughter. Today, that tradition continues, and Monday has never felt so welcome.

When Monday Morning Sounds Like Home

There is a particular magic to the first episode of the week on Laughter Therapy. After the weekend, families are settling back into routines — school runs, commutes, early shifts — and into all of that movement, Yash and Ranjodh Singh bring warmth, energy and the kind of easy laughter that makes the day feel lighter before it has even properly begun.

This is what Radio Haanji 1674 AM has always understood about community radio: it is not just about what is being broadcast, it is about how that broadcast makes people feel. For Punjabi families across Melbourne, tuning in to Laughter Therapy on a Monday morning is an act of community. It is a reminder that tens of thousands of people who share your language, your culture and your sense of humour are all starting the week in exactly the same way — with a smile.

Yash and Ranjodh Singh carry this responsibility with effortless grace. Their hosting style is never forced and never performative. They create a space that feels genuinely welcoming, and the community responds by showing up — on the phone, online and in spirit — every single morning.

Little Stars, Big Laughs — The Children Who Brighten Every Monday

The first half of Laughter Therapy belongs entirely to the children, and what a gift that is. Young callers from across Melbourne's Punjabi community ring in live, armed with chutkule, bolian and bujaratan delivered with the kind of confidence that only children possess. There is no nervousness, no hesitation — just pure, joyful participation from kids who have grown up knowing that this show is their stage.

The chutkule shared during the kids' segment are a delight in their own right. Children have a way of delivering a punchline that no adult comedian can replicate — the timing is unpredictable, the logic is entirely their own and the results are almost always funnier than anything scripted could be. The bujaratan segment, where riddles are posed and pondered, brings a different kind of energy — a moment of collective thinking before the laughter arrives.

What this segment does for the community runs deeper than entertainment. It gives Punjabi children growing up in Australia a living connection to their cultural heritage — through the language of jokes, riddles and playful verse that have been passed through generations. Laughter Therapy is genuinely one of the finest Punjabi kids shows in Australia for this reason. It does not teach culture as a lesson. It lives it, every morning, through the voices of the children themselves.

The Community Keeps the Laughter Going — Adults Take the Mic

As the show moves into its second half, the adults step forward and the laughter does not skip a beat. Callers from across the c