News > In 2024, India will bank on political satirists – its remaining truth-tellers
In 2024, India will bank on political satirists – its remaining truth-tellers
06/01/2024 02:55 PM | Click to read full article
On September 29, the comedian Varun Grover said in Kolkata, “In today’s India, the most dangerous job is that of a comedian’s.” Four days later, his longtime collaborator, the comedian Sanjay Rajoura, was among 100 people raided and questioned by Delhi Police’s special branch over connections with the news site, NewsClick. Little blurs the lines between the joke, the jester, serious political events unfolding and the business of narrating them. But who gets to tell the joke?
