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    Plumber's block: An Indian stand-up imagines what life would be like if everybody was an artist

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    · Dec 16, 2016 · 03:00 pm
  • Video: Sawan Dutta pokes fun at Bengalis again, this time in Amsterdam (but how long can she go on?)

    Video: Sawan Dutta pokes fun at Bengalis again, this time in Amsterdam (but how long can she go on?)

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    · Dec 01, 2016 · 06:00 pm
  • Watch the BBC's hilarious response to an MP's demand for playing the national anthem every day

    Watch the BBC's hilarious response to an MP's demand for playing the national anthem every day

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    · Nov 05, 2016 · 11:00 am
  • 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

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    · Nov 01, 2016 · 07:00 pm
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    · Oct 14, 2016 · 02:00 pm
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    Sapan Verma at Canvas Laugh Club

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

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

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    Psychology behind the unfunny consequences of jokes that denigrate

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

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