Vir Das is in the news again, good for Vir Das, he’s a legend in the Indian comedy scene and has earned his stripes, so much respect to him for his journey.
Das seems like an affable, truly nice guy from his interviews, especially around younge
The reaction is not about Vir Das?s joke?it was not a joke to begin with, it?s a written speech to evoke attention. Das wanted to make a video and social comment about India, Indians, and much else in between. He wanted to make it interesting so he decided to do it in rhyme. If two sentences rhyme a bit they sound not only interesting but perhaps make the speaker sound clever too! At the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, he chose to depict India?s different dichotomies through statements that were full of non-truth, made in rhyme, to provoke and attract attention.
