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  • Joined: December 4, 2025
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In this special feature, we spoke with two of India’s most dynamic stand-up comedians Dahab Chishti and Sumaira Shaikh to uncover what it truly means to be a woman in comedy today. Through an engaging blend of conversation and candid storytelling, they share how they craft humour, handle stereotypes, and navigate a space that still …

Women in Stand – Up comedy. PTM – Podcast that mattersRead More »

      The myth that “women aren’t funny” is one of comedy’s oldest, most pervasive, and most exhausting clichés. For decades, comedy, whether on stage, screen, or page, has been framed by a patriarchal lens, relegating women to secondary, often stereotypical, roles like the nagging wife, the ditzy girlfriend, or the butt of the joke. In …

The Gender of Humour – Women in India’s Stand-up Comedy SceneRead More »