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‘I was called a traitor’: Comedian Vir Das on cancel culture and a monologue that divided a billion
Excerpted with permission from The Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits, Vir Das, HarperCollins India.
Being the biggest English-speaking comedian in India seems like both blessing and curse, for precisely the same reason. Standing out as an outspoken stand-up puts a political target on Vir Das‘s back.
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