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Munawar Faruqui
The skeptical ballads of the Indian stand up comedians
We expect a comedy and what do we get instead? A bunch of whiny little stand-up comedian schmucks whose only source of revenue was to make political statements against the establishment and the country.
Free speech: The hallmark of civilization
Belief systems cannot be privileged. The arrest of Munawar Faruqi is deplorable, and so is the killing of Kamlesh Tiwari, more heinous though the latter action is.
Religion, jokes, and freedom of speech: A ninja technique to defame Hindus
Stand-up comedians just to fetch some 4-5 touches of laughter in a show have made it a regular exercise of defaming Hindu religion! And the irony is, that most Hindus themselves laugh at the jokes and attend such shows and comedians!