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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Empire state of mind: the comedian untangling India's identity crisis by Sarah Sahim

With his persona of a Raj-revering Indian, Anuvab Pal dons a Beefeater jacket and judge’s wig to trace colonial legacy in the standup show The EmpireReckoning with colonialism is on the mi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM
Friday, December 11, 2015

Hari Kondabolu: 'My comedy is very American. It’s aggressive' by Sarah Sahim

When his joke about race and racism went viral, Kondabolu was pegged as the voice of protest. The Indian-American comic on making British audiences uncomfortable, losing out at the Grammys a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AM