Comedy and tragedy are intrinsically tied together: Comedy disarms tragedy and tragedy informs comedy, something that has been thoroughly documented by leading comedic scholars. The comedy scene in ...

Three Indian-Americans use comedy to promote religious tolerance, break down prejudices and make people laugh. In the United States, a stand-up comedy routine about Indians in America is never ...

"Diplomacy with a laugh," is how you might describe one of the U.S. State Department's latest efforts to promote American culture abroad. This week, three Indian-American comedians began a seven-city ...

Come laugh it off at Chai Hard: San Francisco's funniest Desi stand-up night, featuring Millennial and Gen Z South Asian comics telling jokes your parents would hate. This month's headliner? Bhavya ...

CEBU, Philippines — For as long as anyone can remember, whitening products have littered television screens and supermarkets in the Philippines. Here, the mestiza has been the epitome of beauty as ...

Lahore’s bustling streets host an eclectic array of philosophers. Enter Arshad, the city’s self-proclaimed economic guru, who, by day, masquerades as a chaiwala. With every frothy pour of chai, he ...

Punchline Comedy is scrambling to find a new space to host its stand-up comedy shows now that the Tamarind restaurant in Sun Hung Kai Centre in Wan Chai announced it will close on March 26. Rent ...