Humor, aur Indians? Kabhi nahin… Paan pasand would have made an ad out of our inherent irony, only if we had the inclination to blabber on such inconsequential unimportant topics in those times.

But I have a different view… we have more sarcasm, satire, irony, paradox, and ability to laugh at ourselves than any other people in the world. Need proof? Look at our politics for instance. Nothing describes it better than ‘a comedy of errors’ where microphones are as far flung as the promises made by the politicians, and nepotism and a criminal record are the most essential qualifications. You have Oddvani and his trishul sharpening abnegators (to draw from Jugular Suraiya of the old), Baal Thuggery in the west, Yaloo Ladav and his whole cricket team in the middle, and a heavyweight Amma down south.

Let’s see… After politics, our movies. Comedies are anything but funny, dramas are comical, action movies are a love triangle, and romantic hits are thrillers. Scary movies are short stories, autobiographical movies are scary, and short films are non-existent. You have two options: LOL or Aaaarrrrgghh…

Our judicial system comes next. It is working fine, just that the timelines are a bit skewed (screwed). It might just happen that before the verdict is out in your case, you may, well, die. Not because someone will try to kill you, not because of anxiety, not because of worry. But because of plain old age. The cases take so long to even get a hearing that I wouldn’t be surprised if we had a column in the FIR or affidavit, ‘Until which generation can you wait until your patience wears out and you come back from the dead and haunt us?’

Sports, festivals, celebrities, food, clothing, hairstyles, even girlfriends. I find humor in everything that we do, everything that we are. I can go on and on, but I got a day to laugh about. More laughs later :)