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What is 'Katabasis'? The title of 'Yellowface' novelist R F Kuang's new book explained
September 19, 2025 6:50 pm
What do Homer's Odyssey and R F Kuang's new novel 'Katabasis' have in common? We explain the ancient concepts of katabasis and anabasis and their meaning in mythology.
Satire died on a Friday night: What Stephen Colbert's silencing tells us about free speech
July 31, 2025 8:50 pm
Stephen Colbert's Late Show cancelled: When satire gets too real, power pulls the plug. His exit isn’t cancellation — it’s a corporate muzzle.
Surender Sharma: 'I started writing satirical jokes about wives 7 years before I got married'
April 22, 2024 9:51 pm
Popular poet and satirist Surender Sharma says, "My father worried these jokes would scare women away, thinking I was already taken! While my material often features wives, it's meant to be humorous, not critical."
Popular Urdu satirist Mujtaba Hussain passes away in Hyderabad
May 28, 2020 10:19 am
Many of Hussain's books have been translated from Urdu to Hindi, English and other languages over the years.
Virat weds Anushka: Some tough questions for the newlyweds
December 12, 2017 11:43 am
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are now officially Virushka (or would they prefer Korma?), but the partnership made in heaven still has to address some very tough questions - from what was served at the wedding to honeymoon destination, the inquisition will last a while. Just don’t take it too seriously!
Inspired by Rajasthan’s bid to rewrite history: Here are 5 other facts from India’s past that we could (should) change
February 09, 2017 6:21 pm
Readers please note, any recourse to logic or fact is absolutely unnecessary here as long as we can sustain our nationalist pride through history.
Watch: IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi stars as a bumbling idiot in animated satire
March 26, 2016 4:16 pm
An animated satirical YouTube channel is taking potshots at the IS leader and his ideology.
How Girliyapa made a 'creepy' man run away
March 25, 2016 2:59 pm
This confrontation between two girls and a 'creepy' man will make you laugh out loud.
Spoof of the Matter
July 21, 2013 10:48 pm
Politicking parodies and tongue-in-cheek satire in online videos push the right buttons with the youth
Afghan TV satires aim to fix problems with a laugh
March 05, 2009 11:57 am
These days,if you need something done in Afghanistan,don't bother with the officials: comedy and satirical TV shows appear to be calling the shots.
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