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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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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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: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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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