Comic Relief
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India’s answer to ‘MAD’ magazine has been sadly forgotten
‘Diwana’, which ran as a bilingual weekly from 1964 till 1986, featured some of India’s finest comic strip artists and reflected the zeitgeist.
Kamayani Sharma
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In manga-crazy Nagaland, a young woman’s comic series has made her a minor star
Thejakhrienuo Yhome’s ‘Carnaby Black’ is about ‘whimsical magic’.
Sanskrita Bharadwaj
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‘Yeh Baburao ka style hai’: Why Paresh Rawal’s character from ‘Hera Pheri’ remains inimitable
Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal are set to unite for a third film in the ‘Hera Pheri’ franchise, but all bets are on Rawal’s Baburao.
Soumya Rao
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day
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The numbers show the idea of Muslim population explosion is nothing but political propaganda
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Ambitious tourism plans for Lakshadweep ignore limited availability of freshwater
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Watch: ‘Religion can be dangerous without a sense of humour’
‘I always thought religion was very amusing because it was very benign.’
Scroll Staff
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Watch: This comedy sketch imagines what it could be like to resign from a terror group
"I want to quit ISIS."
Scroll Staff
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How Calvinball is like demonetisation: A satirist uses Calvin and Hobbes to explain India
Can the surreal world of Bill Watterson’s comic strip describe the craziness of Indian politics today?
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Epic Fail: A new webcomic tries to tell the Mahabharata and Ramayana with sass
‘Indian culture is not as conservative as readers think.’
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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Watch: no one can do stand-up comedy like US President Barack Obama while being serious
Can you recall the last – any – Indian Prime Minister with a sense of humour and the sharp timing of a comic?
Scroll Staff
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'Happy gay or AIDS gay? Disappointed gay.' This standup comic explains what it means to be gay and Indian
Nik Dodani says Indian culture is both gay and homophobic.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch two stand-up comics take on India's obsession with speaking in English
Anuvab Pal and Biswa Kalyan Rath poke fun at the father tongue.
Shubhra Dixit
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'This is not a cabinet: it's a walk-in closet': Twitter reacts to new ministers
With 21 more officials being sworn in on Sunday, what happened to promise of minimum government and maximum governance?
Mayank Jain