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where they come from.

                   It’s just improv at the moment. Hmm … free labour. He would do every
                shitty  thing  I  don’t  like  to  do.  He  would  be  so  good  for  living  out  my
                bitching philosophy.
                   You don’t really have to do anything. And if you do, make the orphan do
                it.

                   I can see a few of you are starting to turn on me. And this makes me
                realize, I  really wouldn’t like to be quoted on what I  just said. Really.  It
                might be funny but it’s really dark, even for me.

                   I  can  just  see  tomorrow’s  headline  ‘INSENSITIVE  COMIC  OFFENDS
                ORPHANS’ and the nation wants an apology from the buffoon who thinks
                it’s okay to make fun of orphans, and after that I should leave my country.

                   End of story, but not the discussion .
                   I have started watching DD as I can not stand the poison, the hate, and

                the  opinion  eccentric  regular  news.  DD  is  still  full-on  facts.  I  believe  if
                news is interesting, it’s flawed and doctored. I started a hashtag for that:
                MAKE  NEWS  BORING  AGAIN.  News  is  just  bombarded  on  us  with  no
                context now. Headlines go like: Pakistan is trying to invade India; up next,
                opposition caught in a corruption scandal; up next, onion prices are at 150
                per kilo; up next, was Karina in Ibiza with Ranbeer; and then there is a
                genocide happening in Thailand.

                   And you be like, honestly, was the story about onions even important?

                   Who the fuck cares about onions, tell me what’s happening in Ibiza.
                   To make matters even more fun, it’s all sponsored by penis enhancement
                pills which actually makes you impotent. And somehow, we think we live in
                the golden age of information and television.

                   Think. Think. Think.
                   That’s my time folks.

                   I receive a round of laughter and applause, followed by people standing
                up as they continue to clap. It turns out to be my best performance so far. I
                place a hand on my beating heart and tell myself that I have a long way to
                go!

                   I walk down to see Akshaye and Shikhar. Akshaye is accompanied by his
                wife Urmila.
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