{"id":6117,"date":"2016-04-04T06:49:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T01:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:31:37","slug":"to-all-the-guys-who-made-us-laugh-in-this-time-of-anti-caa-nrc-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6117","title":{"rendered":"Hasna Seekho: To All the Guys Who Made Us Laugh in this Time of Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">I<\/span>n December 19, my friends from Bangalore were venting about the arbitrary imposition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/caa-protests-mumbai-protests-august-kranti-maidan\/\">Section 144<\/a> in the city. The police raid on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi had taken place only five days prior, and by then, protests in solidarity with the students and against the divisive CAA had snowballed into a national movement, albeit one characterised by outrage and a sense of helplessness. And then, one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prajwalmanipal\/status\/1207606119771693056\">tweet<\/a> came and defused all the tension.\n\n\u201cBus full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/shaheen-bagh-dadis-mothers-anti-caa-the-strength-of-women-protesters\/\">protesters<\/a> detained near Town Hall were dropped near Shantinagar since the bus had to go back and pick up more protesters. In the confusion, people simply got off bus and walked back to Town Hall. Bengaluru Traffic 1-0 Section 144\u201d, tweeted the user @prajwalmanipal.\n\nThe sheer comedy of Bangalore police detaining protesters and removing them from the protest site, only to have to let them go because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/bangalore-traffic-fast-furious-wagonr-maruti-karnataka-rajyotsava\/\">traffic<\/a>\u2026 file under \u201cIt Happens Only in India\u201d. Small as it might be, it was enough to comfort some of us that this was a fight worth fighting.\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1580137781.jpg\" alt=\"anti_caa_protest_humour\" width=\"274\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58715\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>Yes, things are particularly bleak right now \u2013 which only means it is ripe ground for comedy of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p>VoiceOfRebel_93\/Twitter<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nYes, things are particularly bleak right now \u2013 which only means it is ripe ground for comedy of all kinds. Great conflict gives birth to great art, even if that art is in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/memes-language-millennial-internet\/\">memes<\/a>, jokes, cartoons, clever protest posters, and parody songs come as a much-needed balm for our distressed souls. Just look at the roots of heavy metal and punk rock, for example. As we seethe over police brutality and write long posts, attend protests, break up with friends, and fight trolls, what keeps many of us going is the wit of those around us \u2013 the Instagram-friendly cartoons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cartoonistsatish\/\">Satish Acharya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manjultoons\/\">Manjul<\/a>, the comic strips of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sanitarypanels\/\">Sanitary Panels<\/a>, the graphic novel style of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/appupen\/\">Appupen<\/a>.\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>The aam protester on the street was not the one to be intimidated by a few lathis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nEven the aam protester on the street was not the one to be intimidated by a few lathis. Amid signs of \u201cIndia Rejects CAA\u201d and \u201cModi Go Back\u201d, the placards with one-liners such as \u201cBure Din Wapas De Do\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Love Us for Our Biryani\u201d stood out. My particular favourite is an adaptation of the global, \u201cIt\u2019s so bad even ____ is here\u201d meme (filling up the blank are \u201cprivileged\u201d, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/broke-townie-sobo-south-mumbai\/\">South Bombay<\/a>\u201d and even \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/nrc-caa-protests-bhakts-bjp-supporters-anti-caa-voices\/\">bhakts<\/a>\u201d in addition to the original \u201cintroverts\u201d).\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1580185331.jpg\" alt=\"anti_caa_nrc_protest_humour\" width=\"651\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58721\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>My particular favourite is an adaptation of the global, \u201cIt\u2019s so bad even ____ is here\u201d meme.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nAt a time when you risk losing your work contract or being dropped from a panel, speaking up against the establishment takes courage. But our comedians were not the ones to cower. For obvious reasons, Jos\u00e9 Covaco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5pz1wHp8aW\/\">ill-fated conversation<\/a> with Arnab to help him fix his printer is the one that has stayed with me; it\u2019s the one I keep going back to when I find myself losing my optimism. Heck, there\u2019s even an account that puts anti-CAA messages into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sodonechilling\/\">\u201cWhatsApp forward\u201d format<\/a>.\n\nNone of this is a laughing matter. Several of these artists also convey very serious messages in a manner that only a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6IIaG-pwry\/\">cartoonist<\/a> can. And often, these comics have felt cathartic, reflecting what we ourselves were feeling&#8230; and so badly wanted to tell that bigoted uncle in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/whatsapp-group-friends-family-office-work\/\">WhatsApp group<\/a> or that friend who went full right wing on us unnanounced.\n\nOver the past two months, we\u2019ve had several flashpoints where the jokes seemed to write themselves. Pakistani Hindus <a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2119692\/1-pakistani-hindus-reject-indias-offer-citizenship\/?amp=1\">rejecting India\u2019s kind offer<\/a>, for starters; PM Modi having to cancel his trip to a <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/amid-raging-caa-stir-pm-modi-cancels-assam-visit-for-2nd-time-in-a-month\/articleshow\/73163987.cms\">protest-laden Assam<\/a>; an RTI revealing nobody in the government knew who constituted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/no-information-on-tukde-tukde-gang-government-in-rti-reply-to-activist-saket-gokale-2167121\">the tukde-tukde gang<\/a>; late-stage capitalism manifesting itself perfectly with the same seller peddling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/buzz\/amazon-is-now-selling-pro-and-anti-caa-t-shirts-with-a-not-so-subtle-message-2468325.html\">anti- and pro-CAA tees on Amazon<\/a>; and of course, the time the BJP IT cell made a typo and #ISupportCCA trended.\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Humour, at least in my experience, often acts as a gateway drug to sombre news.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nSo well-entrenched is humour as a valve for us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/modi-supporter-office-meltdown\/\">liberals<\/a> that when Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proclaimed CAA\/NRC was a sad thing, elated folks took to Twitter and wondered if bhakts would now #BoycottMicrosoft enough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/buzz\/boycott-windows-twitter-mocks-indias-cancel-culture-after-satya-nadellas-comments-on-caa-2457191.html\">to make it trend ironically<\/a>.\n\nHumour, at least in my experience, often acts as a gateway drug to sombre news. In an age of low-attention spans, it\u2019s often a viral meme or a late-night show that draws your attention to the issue. Tamanna Jaisinghani, a counsellor from Mumbai, tells me, \u201cHumour is a defence mechanism \u2014 something used when humans are overwhelmed with an unbearable feeling. Right now, I think there\u2019s a pervasive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/health\/mental-health-permanent-anxiety\/\">anxiety<\/a> and helplessness that people have been collectively feeling and as it becomes unbearable at times, they switch to humour.\u201d\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1580137787.jpg\" alt=\"anti_caa_protest_humour\" width=\"728\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58720\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>In an age of low-attention spans, it\u2019s often a viral meme or a late-night show that draws your attention to the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Mavis D&#8217;Silva\/Arr\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nBut out of all the reasons we turn to humour in times of adversity and polarisation is this: Humour acts as a unifier. There\u2019s an inherent belief that this is \u201cour humour\u201d and we can laugh together at the other side \u2014 at their hypocrisy, double standards, and whataboutery.\n\nAll this should not distract us from the larger point. I\u2019m sure any of these artists and even us \u2014 the beneficiaries of this humour \u2014 would be happy to trade all the jokes, memes and laughs to get CAA repealed. But until that happens, it\u2019s nice to know that we can fall back on humour for temporary relief. For today, I recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/B70ILZPpzRa\/?igshid=12jf1p7s2leog\">\u201cHum Kagaz (Filmy Version)<\/a> on Instagram.\n\nWe may go down fighting, but at least we\u2019ll also be laughing.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As anti-CAA protests continue to rage on, at a time when everything seems, bleak, it\u2019s the humour that\u2019s kept many of us going. From tongue-in-cheek placards, stand-up routines, and internet memes, dissenters from the anti-CAA movement are finding a way to stay sane. 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