On stage Chideu puts on display a version of her own life: she is a mother, an artist, sometimes caring, sometimes not, someone with sexual needs and desires who acts upon them because she wants to, not because she is forced to.

In October 2020, Comedian Celeste Barber created a lot of buzz on social media when she called out Instagram for discriminating against plus-size women

Comedian Aditi Mittal fired up the stage of She Leads India, eliciting praise all around for her go-get-it attitude. One of the country’s finest comedians, Mittal is never apprehensive to broach topics that are mostly discussed hush-hush. At the SheLeads platform too, she was her usual bold self, her quick wit drawing the applause. Here […]

Ideas editor Kiran Manral spoke with comedians Neha Dhanani, Dwijal Mehta, Supriya Joshi, and Sonali Thakker at this month’s Bombaywaali at Sodabottleopenerwala at Phoenix Mills yesterday. The women spoke about gender diversity in the comedy scene and how they use comedy to talk about issues close to them. Sonali Thakker spoke about how she has […]