Satire has been bothering the right more than usual lately. Then we learned that Donald Trump had actually asked advisers and lawyers to investigate whether the Department of Justice could probe or mitigate sources of satirical late-night comedy, like "Saturday Night Live," that made fun of him. As Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley reported for the Daily Beast, "According to …
Satire as a form of humour is not something everyone gets. In their mad rush to mock “Hindutva trolls” who had called for a ban on Surf Excel following their Holi ad which spoke of ‘communal harmony’, media houses mistook satirical comments for actual ones. Many publications reported that ‘offended’ by the new Surf Excel ad, ‘Indians’ and ‘trolls’ had …
