Stand-Up comedian Vir Das uploaded a video on YouTube, titled “I come from two Indias” which was a part of his recent performance at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC. It is a six-minute long video in which he claims the dual character of India.
The video garnered severe Twitter reactions. Some Twitteratis called Das’ performance an insult to the nation.
You come from an India, @VirDas, where you make a living by insulting your own nation!!
You come from an India, that allows your disgusting, derogative nonsense to pass off as freedom of speech!!
You come from an India, that has tolerated your slander for way to long!!#Shame pic.twitter.com/YGRfDqQknj
— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) November 16, 2021
I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gang-rape them at night ~ Comedian Vir Das at Washington DC.
If we stop worshiping women (Hindu Goddesses), will rape cases in India stop?
In countries where women are not worshipped, there are no rape cases? Right?
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) November 16, 2021
Advocate Ashutosh J Dubey, legal advisor of BJP Maharashtra filed a complaint against Vir Das for his monologue. Dubey took to Twitter and informed, “I have filed the complaint against Vir Das Indian Comedian with @CPMumbaiPolice @MumbaiPolice for defaming & spoiling the image of India in the USA, which is inflammatory. He wilfully spelled inciting & derogatory statements against India, Indian women, & the PM of India.”
I have filed the complaint against Vir Das Indian Comedian with @CPMumbaiPolice @MumbaiPolice for defaming & spoiling the image of India in the USA, which is inflammatory.
He wilfully spelled inciting & derogatory statements against India, Indian women, & the PM of India. pic.twitter.com/xQuLuGwGZv
— ADV. ASHUTOSH J. DUBEY 🇮🇳 (@AdvAshutoshBJP) November 16, 2021
Many people also came out in favour of Vir Das and called his content relatable to the situation of India.
Vir Das
None can doubt that there are two India’s
Just that we don’t want an Indian to tell the world about it
We are intolerant and hypocritical
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) November 17, 2021
A stand-up comedian who knows the real meaning of the term “stand up” is not physical but moral — @thevirdas spoke for millions in this 6-minute take on the Two Indias he hails from & stands up for. https://t.co/94h4SnyZhX
“This is a joke, but it’s just not funny.” Brilliant.— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 16, 2021
I was very moved by this @thevirdas. I come from an India where it needs courage for a Vir Das to say this, I come from an India where many of us admire this courage, yet choose to remain silent.
Vir Das | I COME FROM TWO INDIAS https://t.co/K4BU1OhP4i via @YouTube
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) November 17, 2021
