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The lost art of insulting

The lost art of insulting

My wife recently shared a Tulu joke — borrowed from a popular Mangalorean play — and it made me realize that humour transcends language…

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Shakti Shetty
Aug 10, 2020
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A sheep can’t have a leader and that’s the only fact setting them apart from us. [Photo by Dibya Jyoti Ghosh on Unsplash]

My wife recently shared a Tulu joke — borrowed from a popular Mangalorean play — and it made me realize that humour transcends language but not always. Just like you can’t crack a joke that you didn’t originally think of — you can onl…

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