I Come from the Land of the Kama Sutra…
An Indian comedian takes on the British Empire
In August 1947, India celebrated her independence from the Empire. In March 2005, more than fifty-seven years later, a skinny, bespectacled Indian boy stood up to the British in his own way. As the only Indian comedian in the UK, in front of a predominantly English audience on a stage in South London, he sought to take the stereotypes about his people and his country and turn them upside down. Barely four months into his fledgling comedy career, he performed the first five minutes of material that his comedy mind had ever written. This is that set.
“I come from a city in India called Calcutta. About two years back, I was lying in the sun, getting a massage…while my maid cleaned the dishes, the chef cooked, the chauffeur washed the car…when I thought to myself — to hell with this life! I’m going to the First World! It’s a shared flat with high council tax, in an “up and coming” part of Hackney for me. For those of you who haven’t been to Hackney in London, it truly is a shithole. But yeah, frozen food, rush hour on the underground network, terror threats every day…I’m living the dream! And given the weather in England, I’m living a wet dream.
But I have been making efforts…to settle down, integrate…be more like a Londoner. I’ve bought this charity…
