In different cultures, sense of humour varies. In the south Indian state of
Kerala, from where I come, many people have great fun with this arguably shortest joke anywhere in circulation: A dog tried to open a coconut. And what happened? you may ask. Well, nothing; that’s the joke. It did not work, of course.
My encounter with Pandit Surender Sharma had something of a Kerala joke stretched out for hours. Nobody laughed, though, when he tried to kill me with tantric rituals on live TV. Except me, of course.
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The night a guru tried to kill me on TV
When Surender Sharma said he could kill me with magic, I had to put him to the test. The result was a triumph for rationalism
Sanal Edamaruku, The Guardian/UK, March 23, 2010
My encounter with Pandit Surender Sharma had something of a Kerala joke stretched out for hours. Nobody laughed, though, when he tried to kill me with tantric rituals on live TV. Except me, of course.
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