Comedian Samay Raina has been accused of ridiculing a person with visual disability and those suffering from a rare disorder like Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
Popular as 'The Rebel Kid', Mukhija's remarks on Samay Raina’s YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’ with podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia triggered social media outrage and led to multiple FIRs.
On 3 March, the top court had allowed Allahbadia to resume his podcast 'The Ranveer Show' subject to maintaining 'morality and decency' and making it suitable for viewers of all ages.
Apart from tarnishing his image, Ranveer Allahbadia’s remarks have brought the spotlight back on the intersection of humour, vulgarity, and the call to criminalise such actions.
The Maharashtra Cyber Cell is scrutinising all episodes of show, and contestants may be summoned too if 'they have indulged in obscene remarks', it is learnt.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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