Jon Stewart is an American icon. Since 1999, he's been giving the US his incisive, hilarious take on current affairs on The Daily Show on the Comedy Central channel. In recent years, his "fake news programme" has earned many fans in India too, with the channel broadcasting the show in the subcontinent and episodes being widely access on YouTube.
So naturally, when he announced on Tuesday that he would be retiring this year, there was surprise and disappointment. The entertainer gave no details on where he might be headed or who would be replacing him. "In my heart I know, it is time for someone else to have that opportunity," he said at the end of the episode.
In the 17 years that Stewart been its face, The Daily Show has featured India several times. There was the episode where he talked about United States President Barack Obama's first trip to India back in 2010, the episode where he tried to make sense of the massive national elections in India back in May of 2014. He also did a segment with John Oliver, who went on to be the host of Last Week Tonight, on the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
Here are some other clips from The Daily Show about the subcontinent.
Obama in India
The US president's first trip to India in 2010 generated buzz about his enthusiastic reception and his slick dance moves.
Shah Rukh in America
When Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan went to the US to promote his film My Name Is Khan back in 2009, he was detained for questioning at the Newark Liberty International Airport by American Immigration officials. The Daily Show discovered who Shah Rukh Khan was.
Modi storms New York
In September, Stewart dedicated a substantial three minutes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, even drawing parallels between him and President Ronald Reagan.
India Votes
Back in May, Stewart ran several segments on the Indian national elections as he tried to make headway of the world's largest democracy. Jason Jones, correspondent on The Daily Show, travelled to India to do some ground reports.
In this clip, Jason Jones talks to former CNN-IBN editor in chief, Rajdeep Sardesai. "After failing to export American democracy to India, Jason Jones goes on a mission to save the country's news media" reads the summary. In this clip Jones, on a mission to interview Modi about the 2002 Gujarat riots, encounters a number of look-alikes of Prime Minister Modi instead. Then there was this clip, first in the series, where Jones compares the democracies of India and the USA.
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So naturally, when he announced on Tuesday that he would be retiring this year, there was surprise and disappointment. The entertainer gave no details on where he might be headed or who would be replacing him. "In my heart I know, it is time for someone else to have that opportunity," he said at the end of the episode.
In the 17 years that Stewart been its face, The Daily Show has featured India several times. There was the episode where he talked about United States President Barack Obama's first trip to India back in 2010, the episode where he tried to make sense of the massive national elections in India back in May of 2014. He also did a segment with John Oliver, who went on to be the host of Last Week Tonight, on the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
Here are some other clips from The Daily Show about the subcontinent.
Obama in India
The US president's first trip to India in 2010 generated buzz about his enthusiastic reception and his slick dance moves.
Shah Rukh in America
When Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan went to the US to promote his film My Name Is Khan back in 2009, he was detained for questioning at the Newark Liberty International Airport by American Immigration officials. The Daily Show discovered who Shah Rukh Khan was.
Modi storms New York
In September, Stewart dedicated a substantial three minutes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, even drawing parallels between him and President Ronald Reagan.
India Votes
Back in May, Stewart ran several segments on the Indian national elections as he tried to make headway of the world's largest democracy. Jason Jones, correspondent on The Daily Show, travelled to India to do some ground reports.
In this clip, Jason Jones talks to former CNN-IBN editor in chief, Rajdeep Sardesai. "After failing to export American democracy to India, Jason Jones goes on a mission to save the country's news media" reads the summary. In this clip Jones, on a mission to interview Modi about the 2002 Gujarat riots, encounters a number of look-alikes of Prime Minister Modi instead. Then there was this clip, first in the series, where Jones compares the democracies of India and the USA.
