When an ‘Obama roasts Washington’ video goes viral showing POTUS taking a dig at US media and Washington politics at the White House Correspondents Dinner, with a popular stand up comic to boot, in New Delhi, you sigh, thinking -- ‘imagine getting away with that in India’. If you have been in India in the last six months you would think Indians are humourless, overly sensitive and really offended at whim.
But sample this from Obama’s speech: “Anyway, being president is never easy. I still have to fix a broken immigration system, issue veto threats, negotiate with Iran. All while finding time to pray five times a day. Which is strenuous.”
Or another:
“ABC(network) is here with the stars from their big new comedy “Black-ish.” It’s a great show, but I have to give ABC a fair warning, being black-ish only makes you popular for so long. Trust me. There is a shelf life to that thing.”