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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicStand up comedy

Topic: Stand up comedy

Actor-comedian Vir Das bags Emmy Award for Best Comedy for his Netflix special

Awarded for his special, 'Vir Das: Landing', Das shares this award with ‘Derry Girls - Season 3’ produced by Hat Trick Productions.

UPSC struggle is now the stuff of Indian pop culture—stand-up, TVF series, Bollywood, memes

Doctors and engineers have been replaced by IPS, IAS officers. Their journey and struggles have taken over the screen, be it through memes or movies.

Vir Das: Landing speaks out unapologetically against India’s ‘cancel culture’

The Netflix stand-up special is a follow-up to the Two Indias’ monologue, which drew maximum eyeballs and massive trolling.

‘Lovechild of theatre, comedy’—improv is where India’s young adults come out to play

Indians discovered improv during Covid, after foreign troupes started experimenting on Zoom. Today, improv has become a means to achieve wellness.

82% Sikh youth pray frequently, highly religious compared to others, shows CSDS-Lokniti survey

More than 80% Sikh respondents also support a ban on the making of comedy movies on religious leaders, as well as stand-up comedy on religion.

Thank god for Netflix and Vir Das. India’s craving comedy and satire, but TVs are a no-go

Clearly, producers and channels know something we don’t — that Indians don’t watch TV to be amused or elevated.

Noida has a new sector. It’s called humour

Move to Noida and your dating scene is dead. Not many to swipe right.

After Neville Shah’s ‘quota’ clip, Indian comedians called out for past casteist, sexist jokes

Old tweets and videos of several popular comedians have surfaced on social media where they made sexist, casteist and Islamophobic jokes.

2 co-accused in comedian Munawar Faruqui case granted bail

The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court gave relief to Sadaqat Khan and Nalim Yadav, who were involved in organising a comedy show during which Faruqui allegedly insulted Hindu deities.

Bail for 3, but 2 still in jail — why duo arrested with Munawar Faruqui is still in prison

The five men arrested from an Indore cafe for 'offensive jokes' are Faruqui, Prakhar Vyas, Edwin Anthony, Nalin Yadav, and Sadaqat Khan. Yadav and Khan are still in prison.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.