The Laugh Ascending (in honour of Romila Thapar)

Information request from Hardwork University Press in order to draft response to a notice from the Ministry of Utmost Misery, Govt of Bharatamata.

Anonymouse

· Sep 02, 2019 · 04:30 pm

‘Mad’ magazine may be closing, but its satirical humour and calling out of fake news is still needed

The magazine whose contributors were listed as ‘the usual gang of idiots’ will stop publishing new content other than year-end specials.

Michael J Socolow, The Conversation

· Jul 13, 2019 · 12:30 pm

From Kerala to Bengal: Five resort destinations for Congress, JD(S) legislators to put on their list

The Congress seems to have picked a local resort in Bengaluru again. That just shows its lack of imagination.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· May 16, 2018 · 08:08 pm

Scoop: Bob Dylan's acceptance song for the Nobel Prize for Literature (not really)

'I’m not a man who's won today, I’m a spirit that’s come to you.'

Shovon Chowdhury

· Oct 14, 2016 · 06:15 am

Ventriloquism, naps and other things Indian cricketers like to do on their days off (not really)

Is there any such thing as shutting down?

Gaurav Sethi

· Sep 05, 2016 · 01:00 pm

Why the JNU fracas takes me back to Gulliver's Travels

Much of what has happened across India in recent times resembles something out of a satirical novel or a dystopian play.

Sarah Farooqui

· Feb 27, 2016 · 08:30 pm

Meet Rashtraman, the fist-swinging, green tea drinking superhero opposed to radical ideas

Artist Appupen known for dark humour and criticism in his graphic novels has this new offering.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Feb 25, 2016 · 01:30 pm

First person: The nation must know what we leopards have to endure

What the Bengaluru leopard has been up to since escaping from a zoo.

Bahar Dutt

· Feb 20, 2016 · 04:30 pm

Freedom from Scottish rule: An alternative history of India-Pak relations

The two nations have a complex history. No wonder, their relationship status on Facebook is ‘it’s complicated’.

Nadeem F Paracha

· Feb 15, 2016 · 05:30 pm

Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri are Nepali ISI operatives: Anupumpkin Kher

Indian media reported that Kher's visa was rejected by the Pakistani High Commission, but that's only the beginning of this saga.

Nadeem F Paracha

· Feb 04, 2016 · 05:30 pm

Revealed! The unknown 1975 Pak-India War

New historical evidence has emerged about a hitherto-secret conflict.

Nadeem F Paracha

· Jan 29, 2016 · 06:30 pm

What China’s 2014 internet memes said about the country’s hopes and fears

Chinese seem to be dissatisfied with the country’s growing inequality.

Lily Kuo & Zheping Huang, qz.com

· Dec 24, 2014 · 11:30 am