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Friday, April 26, 2024
TopicPolitical satire

Topic: Political satire

Imran Khan’s ‘ghabrana nahin’ advice to Pakistanis on price rise is now a viral anthem

'Ghabrana nahin hai' is a lot like Aamir Khan's 'all is well' Except there is no promise of 'well' in sight.

‘Murari Lal is anxious’ — Gulzar says common man worried by lost leadership in latest poem

Over the years, Gulzar’s ‘Murari Lal’ poems have addressed multiple concerns of the common man, from inflation to political crises. Read his latest, set in a desert.

Political side effects of masks, and Nitish Kumar gets an ‘opportunity in adversity’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP supporters have a secret weapon in their online poll campaign — satire

Satire websites like Hansi Mazak Party and The Fauxy target the 'liberal ecosystem', which the former says comprises 'eminent journalists and paid thinkers'.

SC fines West Bengal govt Rs 20 lakh for ban on satirical film Bhobishyoter Bhoot

The West Bengal govt banned the film in February on the grounds that the political satire could cause law and order issues.

Kissa Kursee Ka: A parody that sent Sanjay Gandhi to jail and laid bare Indian politics

Directed by Congress and Janata Party MP Amrit Nahata, Kissa Kursee Ka was made during the Emergency, and irked the Gandhi clan like nothing else.

Indian comedians need lessons from Michelle Wolf: They’ve forgotten how to punch up

Laughing at ourselves is an art Indians, across the political spectrum, have failed to master.

On Camera

Why the future of cars does not look electrified

Making a jump from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is the kind of romantic prospect that would appeal to India, which jumped from a shortage of landline phones to an abundance of smartphones.

Notices, fines, court case & now a limited ban — RBI-Kotak relationship has been fraught for years

RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.