satire

The Vulgarity Vultures

Suhel Seth

How we have sacrificed satire at the altar of absolute abuse

Classic Power Play

Arshia Sattar

A vintage satirical gem from Bihar

The Republic of Rage

Suhel Seth

India needs to laugh a little and bring satire back

How Covid-19 is stirring up Kerala’s obsession with political satire

Mochish KS

Social media is the new home of creative political campaigns of all kinds

Trauma in Red Tape

Prathap Nair

A physician-scientist writes a social satire plus supernatural drama set in an unnamed Indian village

A Note of Dissent

Poorna Swami

Where politics is a theatre of the absurd

Daniel Langthasa: Songs of the Subversive

Akhil Sood

Daniel Langthasa is always angry. He tells Akhil Sood why

Cartoons by the Colonised

Shruti Ravindran

The pre-Independence Parsee Punch offers political comment and gently subversive humour

Death of the Political Cartoon

Hemant Morparia

Among those who killed it are cartoonists themselves

Paathshala

Ajit Duara

Nana Patekar and Shahid Kapur have been turned into spineless supporting actors in this asinine film.

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The Vulgarity Vultures

Classic Power Play

The Republic of Rage

How Covid-19 is stirring up Kerala’s obsession with political satire

Trauma in Red Tape

A Note of Dissent

Daniel Langthasa: Songs of the Subversive

Cartoons by the Colonised

Death of the Political Cartoon

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