Forced offstage but proverbially, not literally.
The thugs came looking for Kunal after he uploaded a video on YouTube. Morons thought the video was live. Kunal was in a different state at the time of attack.
The venue that was attacked was closed for 2-3 months.
This country is cooked.
Wild how many countries have moved towards despotism masquerading as democracies.
It’s all a product of Silicon Valley. They’ve hollowed out the mental capacity of most of the Earth at this point. Zuckerfuck & Friends have traded human civilization for cash, and now they’re creating machines that will devour all possibility of escaping slavery, for anyone, ever again.
This country is cooked.
India has not exactly been known for the measured, rational responses of political or religious zealots in recent years, if ever.
What was the joke he made?
In March, he uploaded to YouTube a stand-up special that had been recorded months earlier at Mumbai’s iconic Habitat club. The show, in part, poked fun at Mr. Modi’s party breaking up regional parties in the cash-rich state of Maharashtra to emerge victorious in the local elections.
In a segment parodying a famous Bollywood song, Mr. Kamra hinted that Eknath Shinde — who had broken up his own party and brought a faction of it to Mr. Modi — was a “gaddar” or traitor. Although Mr. Kamra hadn’t mentioned him by name, Mr. Shinde’s lieutenants immediately threatened violence unless he issued an apology.
