Shobhaa De | Pick your own Indias, boss! All versions are welcome
3 years ago

Shobhaa De | Pick your own Indias, boss! All versions are welcome

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s basically a no-brainer: We all have our own idea of India — even those of us who don’t live in India and are not Indian. Now with all this noise around Vir Das, it has really indeed created two Indias — the India that loves Vir Das, and the India that hates him. I’d like to think these show-offy people are also entitled to their version of India — much as some of us may loathe the thought of anybody making money out of gutka. The downside is known to all and there’s hardly any point in pretending that Vir Das made it all up in order to defame India on foreign soil and therefore must be crucified. It may shock his virulent detractors to know that it is Vir Das’ India too, as much as they claim exclusive rights over it!

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Congress divided over Vir Das' 'I come from two Indias' monologue
3 years, 1 month ago

Congress divided over Vir Das' 'I come from two Indias' monologue

India TV News  

Highlights Vir Das has clarifies on monologue: Please don't be fooled by edited snippets Das tweeted that his intention was to serve as a reminder that India, despite its issues, was great BJP leader Aditya Jha has lodged a complaint against Vir Das in Delhi Under attack for his monologue “I come from two Indias”, stand-up comic Vir Das has …

Why Vir Das' standup special I Come From Two Indias deserves to be criticised — not for being offensive, but for being obvious
3 years, 1 month ago

Why Vir Das' standup special I Come From Two Indias deserves to be criticised — not for being offensive, but for being obvious

Firstpost  

The fact is all countries are ironically divided in some way or the other. * Vir Das, the occasionally funny man, who is perhaps India’s biggest English-speaking import in the international comedy circuit, says in the middle of his latest act I Come From Two Indias – “I come from an India where the AQI is 9,000 but we still …

Courageous to terrorist, Vir Das' 2 Indias monologue divides Bollywood
3 years, 1 month ago

Courageous to terrorist, Vir Das' 2 Indias monologue divides Bollywood

India Today  

Vir Das has created a storm with his "I come from Two Indias" monologue, which he performed at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC recently. BOLLYWOOD REACTS TO VIR DAS' TWO INDIAS MONOLOGUE While some politicians criticised Vir Das for the generalisation of certain incidents in India in his act, others lauded him for his 'brave' stand. Vir …

Shobhaa De | In search of Idealistic India: It will rise again
4 years, 4 months ago

Shobhaa De | In search of Idealistic India: It will rise again

Deccan Chronicle  

Last week, just after listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address, I met a fine young man at a friend’s home. Representing old money and coming from an affluent South Mumbai business family, the good-looking, stylish young man was exactly the kind one could glibly dismiss as a “dandy” or a “dilettante”. But for that dream to materialise, …

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