Patralekha Chatterjee | Can we really laugh our way to a stronger democracy?
Published : Feb 5, 2021, 7:18 am IST
Updated : Feb 5, 2021, 7:18 am IST
It can strike the heart of power in a good-natured way, which is why many see comedy as arguably the most democratic form of speech
Despite the attacks on comedians like Munawar Faruqui, Kunal Kamra and many others, not everyone is intimidated. (Image credit: Instagram)
Can one really laugh one’s way to a stronger democracy at a time when one stand-up comedian in the country is in the jail for a joke he didn’t crack and an affidavit by another tells the Supreme Court that “the suggestion that my tweets could shake the foundations of the most powerful court in the world is an overestimation of my abilities?”
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