• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor
    • Why the India-Pakistan ceasefire is giving Modi supporters heartburn
    • A new book examines the repercussions of shutting the Indian Railways network during Covid-19
    • Interview: ‘Op Sindoor won't stop terror; conflict with India existential for Pak Army’
    • Operation Sindoor: Both Hindutva backers and leftists are wrong in claiming India-Israel parallels
    • The community that became home: Nine years of Broke Bibliophiles – Bombay Chapter book club
    • Sunday book pick: The rootless marriage of an Englishman and a Bengali woman in ‘Memories of Rain’
    • ‘Black White & Gray’ review: A gripping dissection of the true crime genre
    • The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought
    • In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict
    • Told India, Pakistan ‘we will not trade if you don’t stop’, claims Donald Trump
    • From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

humour

  • Science deconstructs humour: What makes some things funny?

    Science deconstructs humour: What makes some things funny?

    Alex Borgella, The Conversation
    · Nov 03, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • 'A conspiracy to keep the safety-pin industry functioning': Watch Aditi Mittal on bra-shopping

    'A conspiracy to keep the safety-pin industry functioning': Watch Aditi Mittal on bra-shopping

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 01, 2016 · 07:00 pm
  • Spoofs, parodies, jokes: The exploding Galaxy Note 7 has become the new Harambe

    Spoofs, parodies, jokes: The exploding Galaxy Note 7 has become the new Harambe

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 14, 2016 · 02:00 pm
  • Sapan Verma at Canvas Laugh Club

    Sapan Verma at Canvas Laugh Club

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 17, 2016 · 09:36 pm
  • Jason Byrne at the NCPA Tata Theatre

    Jason Byrne at the NCPA Tata Theatre

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 17, 2016 · 05:56 pm
  • Theatresports

    Theatresports

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 13, 2016 · 05:53 pm
  • Stand-up comedy by Ankita Shrivastava + Mohit Sharma

    Stand-up comedy by Ankita Shrivastava + Mohit Sharma

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 13, 2016 · 05:53 pm
  • Why Cyrus Broacha was forced to write a book on 'ways to make a girl fall for you'

    Why Cyrus Broacha was forced to write a book on 'ways to make a girl fall for you'

    Cyrus Broacha
    · Sep 13, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Psychology behind the unfunny consequences of jokes that denigrate

    Psychology behind the unfunny consequences of jokes that denigrate

    Thomas E. Ford, The Conversation
    · Sep 12, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Watch: Is this 'feminist' Honey Singh spoof making fun of Yo Yo or yo women?

    Watch: Is this 'feminist' Honey Singh spoof making fun of Yo Yo or yo women?

    Dakshayani Kumaramangalam
    · Aug 24, 2016 · 04:00 pm
Previous