My Kolkata looks at how the past seven days transpired in a parallel universe, tongue permanently in cheek...

Readers write in from Sholavandan, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Nellimarla, Chennai, Kanpur, Nadi, East Burdwan and Calcutta...

Comedian hits out at Vishwa Hindu Parishad days after his show was cancelled in Gurgaon under pressure from Sangh parivar...

The stand-up comedian was scheduled to perform on September 17 and 18 at Studio Xo Bar in Sector 29...

Comedian alleges curbs on audience size and threat ploy in the city...

It appeared in NYT's Opinion Video section, whose director and executive producer is Adam B. Ellick, who has produced  Pulitzer-and Emmy-winning video journalism...

Adjournment sought by some petitioners who wanted time to file rejoinder to the reply filed by the comedian...

The salutary role of comedy in resisting power makes it unpopular when a regime demands total compliance...

'Irreverence and hyperbole are essential tools for the comedic enterprise'...

'We would be reduced to a country of incarcerated artists and flourishing lapdogs if powerful people and institutions continue to show an inability to tolerate rebuke or criticism'...