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Saturday, November 1, 2025
TopicStandup comedy

Topic: standup comedy

Jaspal Bhatti would be an ‘anti-national’ today — satirist who always punched up, not down

Nothing escaped Jaspal Bhatti’s scrutiny — rising prices, political corruption, or burning brides. 'He performed when both the state and the public allowed space for criticism,' Varun Grover said.

What is a progressive, feminist man really afraid of? A Delhi play explores

Written and directed by Vijay Ashok Sharma, actor Amol Parashar performed a 75-minute solo show about sex, shame, and intimacy at Delhi’s Stein Auditorium.

Fear in Delhi comedy clubs. Hair loss, first kiss, uncle jokes, but no politics

Young standup comedians are following a no-offence policy in Delhi-NCR clubs like Light Room and Comedy Cartel. 'We don’t want to take risks that could end our career.'

Kunal Kamra files plea in Bombay HC, seeks quashing of FIR by Mumbai police

In his petition, Kamra claimed that the FIR infringes upon his fundamental right to freedom of expression & that his satirical remarks fall within the ambit of constitutional freedoms.

‘Just like taking supari to speak against someone,’ Eknath Shinde reacts to Kunal Kamra’s jibe at him

Kamra had performed a parody of a popular Hindi song from the film 'Dil Toh Pagal Hai, apparently referring to Shinde as a 'gaddar,' (traitor).

Ranveer Allahbadia isn’t the first. Kunal Kamra to Vir Das, many others faced legal action

Comedian Munawar Faruqui was arrested from Indore in 2021 for allegedly insulting Hindu deities in his jokes, and spent 35 days behind bars before the Supreme Court granted him bail.

Kusha Kapila is right about roasts. They are unkind, unfunny and bullying by another name

The roast mirrors a schoolyard bullying scene: the bully, the victim, and the complicit bystanders. As an audience, we embrace this role without guilt.

Traffic snarl, ‘dogs in cages’ — comedian Trevor Noah ‘roasts’ Bengaluru debacle in Mumbai show

Noah cancelled Bengaluru shows due to 'technical issues'. He is said to travel with his team of technicians & sound engineers, who 'approved the venue & equipment months before' the show.

Brahmin ignorance, liberal guilt, Karl Marx – Manjeet Sarkar spares none in ‘Untouchable’

Stand-up comedian Manjeet Sarkar's power-packed performance builds on his Dalit identity with a singular goal—to make his audience shift uncomfortably in their seats.

KTR extends Hyderabad invite to Munawar Faruqui & Kunal Kamra, says ‘we don’t cancel shows’

State IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao says Hyderabad welcoming of ‘all cultures and criticism’ while Bengaluru, where Faruqui’s last show was cancelled, ‘takes comedy too seriously’.

On Camera

Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.