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Rise of desi wit: How Indian Americans are claiming space through comedy
Desi humour in a foreign land—and Indian Americans are leading the charge.
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Manvi Pant - Sun, 30, Nov 2025
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Zarna Garg, Rajiv Satyal, Hasan Minhaj, Aziz Ansari – Do any of these names ring a bell?
Let me rephrase – do any of these have appeared on your Instagram feed lately?
Its 3 AM, you’ve been scrolling through your social media feeds and suddenly find yourself laughing at a sketch about Desi immigrant parents and their not-so-Desi kids or Indian American matchmaking disasters or parents who treat WhatsApp forwards like breaking news – you’re witnessing a cultural shift.
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