Carvaka

There may be a tsunami on the Right, But we will not go down without a Fight The days coming will be dark, Trust yourself and follow truth's path...

[Ritu Choudhary @RituChoudhryINC]

पत्रकार:राम मंदिर राज्य का मामला है !
प्रियंका गाँधी: फिर मोदी जी ने उद्घाटन क्यों किया?
चंदा तो पूरे देश ने दिया था!🔥🔥

पत्रकार:बोलती बंद!😂😂

[Prakash Raj @prakashraaj]

To my Hero .. happy birthday dear #umarKhalid ..

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

BJP Leaders and Godi Anchors during Students protest at Jantar Mantar: 'Please don't politicise the Students protest'.
Meanwhile goons from the BJP in Jharkhand 👇🏼

[Cartoonist Rakesh Ranjan @cartoonistrrs]

कपड़े से पहचाने ।

[Cockroaches of India @CJP_for_India]

School vs BJP office 😱

Priority is clear 😞😮

[Apurva M Asrani @Apurvasrani]

I went to watch stand up comic Kunal Kamra live for the first time yesterday, at a small underground venue in Bengaluru.

Several of his ‘Standing Up’ shows in another Bengaluru locality had been cancelled after right-wing groups threatened to disrupt them, and the shows were moved to this venue. When we arrived, there were about nine policemen stationed outside. We had to hand over our IDs so that, in case anyone created a ruckus, the police would have the details of everyone inside.

It felt strangely like walking into a potential danger zone just to watch a stand-up show.

And yet, the police in this Congress-ruled state were not there to stop the comedian (for a change). They were there to protect him and us and our right to laugh.

I had expected Kunal to be a little cocky. Perhaps a comedian who had been through as much as he has would develop a certain swagger, a sense of being above the rest of us. But that wasn’t what I saw at all. He was incredibly human.

He spoke hilariously about a venue being broken down by Shiv Sainiks in Mumbai, about being repeatedly summoned and harassed after speaking about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and about the extraordinary machinery that seems to swing into action when a comedian says something powerful people don’t like.

But there was no false bravado in the way he told these stories. There was vulnerability. There was self-deprecation. There was storytelling and insight alongside the gags and one-liners.

There was no bitterness in him. No vindictiveness. He is a man who simply believes that he has a right to speak, and that nobody has the right to take that away from him.

Kunal did not allow any video recording of the performance. There is still a very real fear that a stray clip can be taken out of context, go viral and invite an endless cycle of outrage, threats and lawsuits. Unlike comedians with enormous commercial ecosystems (he mentioned Samay Raina) around them, Kunal doesn’t have the luxury of a battery of lawyers at his beck n call. Also, a recording doesn’t just expose the comedian. It can expose everyone who laughed in that room to a completely different kind of backlash.

Later, backstage, I met Kunal and the wonderful Shyam Rangeela, who did an absolutely hilarious act as Prime Minister Modi. There was also an interview between Kunal and Shyam’s Modi that I won’t reveal here. You really should watch the show to see it. All I will say is that it felt strangely satisfying to see ‘Modiji’ finally answer questions from the public.

I also told Kunal something that had struck me during the evening. Before 2014, we were used to laughing at our political leaders.

Manmohan Singh was mocked. Rajiv Gandhi was mocked. V. P. Singh was mocked. Lalu Prasad Yadav was mocked. Television satire regularly lampooned our politicians. We had caricatures, spoofs, political cartoons and comedy shows that treated even the most powerful people in the country as fair game.

Nobody seemed to think that laughing at a Prime Minister or Chief Minister was an act of treason.

Somewhere between 2014 and 2026, we seem to have developed a fear of even laughing at power.

And yesterday, in that tiny Bangalore room, I realised how much we have missed it. Because for 100 minutes, 100 people laughed freely.

And perhaps that is why protecting comedians like @kunalkamra88 and @ShyamRangeela matters.

They remind us that powerful people are not beyond laughter, and that we, the public, actually hold the power.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

This ought to be very clear. The Parliament of India is ours. It is the people’s. The people of India, its children, were brutally beaten up, some blinded for life, by the Delhi Police and the RAF which is under the CRPF a central force.

Hence, their boss, Home Minister Amit Shah ought to answer for their crimes. Why is he not appearing before the Parliament for the last two weeks and answering for his force’s draconian brutality? After all, accountability ought to be fixed. Why is the Speaker Om Birla unable to compel the government to answer? It is his duty to remain impartial. Speakers that are coloured and politically biased ought to be made answerable too.

It is not a radical demand of the MPs to hold Amit Shah answerable before the Parliament for the Black Day that is 20th July 2026. It is a legitimate demand that should be IMMEDIATELY met so our Parliament functions.

[Parth MN @parthpunter]

Never forget:

The media asking about Dipke's funding day in day out never really covered Electoral Bonds in a meaningful way

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

After being humiliated by the youth of India, Modi-Shah have decided to take revenge on a 15-year-old child.

News reports say that she & her widowed mother have gone into hiding after constant harrasment.

How SICK are Modi-Shah & BJP to push a 15-year-old into hiding just because she “used swear words for the PM”?

In any functional democracy, you have the freedom to say WHATEVER YOU WANT against the govt & its leaders. This is the norm across the free world.

Under Modi-Shah, a CHILD is being terrorized by the state machinery merely over her language. This is despicable.

[St. Broseph @St_Brosephs]

Pieces of trash who have morphed images of protesting women to change what's written on their placards and/or other things to misrepresent them in any other way in the name of "comedy" or to satisfy political goals are all criminals.

Those who have shared such images are equally culpable and they are all liable for legal action. This includes mediapersons and influencers alike.

We've received requests for support from victims of such digital/media hooligans in Bangalore and Delhi and will be making sure that they all face consequences.

To those reading, if you know of any victims like this, please do get in touch.

[Sini @SiniiMayo]

साहब ने सबको माफ़ कर दिया!

[Kapil @kapsology]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Sanitary Panels @sanitarypanels]

Politicians have a monopoly on crass language 🙏🏽

[Carvaka @Carvaka7]

@_YogendraYadav Let's build more platforms!

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

युवा की बात | Every movement begins with a personal story. https://t.co/sImNIREUPh

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Beti bachao

BJP se

[Sakshi Narula @mssakshinarula]

May the women of this country be the reason why his rule ends. The way women have been disrespected and abused in this country, a system that doesn't support them and tortures them needs to go. It's 2026 and women are still fighting for their humanity and dignity.

[Sanitary Panels @sanitarypanels]

Nobody’s apologising, mitr.