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The young Indian stand-up who went to jail for a joke he didn t tell
Parth M.N., Shashank Bengali
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Comedian Munawar Faruqui, a Muslim, was arrested in January in Indore, India, on charges of insulting Hindus. (Saad Shaikh)
For more than a month, Munawar Faruqui, a tousled-haired, 30-year-old comic, languished in jail for a joke he didn’t tell.
Faruqui was beginning to make his name in the crowded ranks of India’s up-and-coming stand-up comedians. More than half a million people subscribed to his YouTube channel, where his performances feature an edgy mix of social and political commentary, one-liners and takedowns of religious fundamentalism delivered in rapid-fire Hindi. ....

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