The celebrated Indian chess Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi made a revelation on Instagram about getting married, and the chess fraternity buzzed with excitement over the news. During a live stream on ChessBase India, covering the World Championship match between Gukesh and Ding Liren, the exciting news brought lively opinions. Samay Raina, the ace chess comedian, jokingly said that “This is closing for Vidit and opening for Gukesh”, which left co-commentators Tania Sachdeva, Sahil Tickoo, and Chess.com in splits. Tania expressed warm congratulations at the occasion. Vidit’s happiness radiates through this celebration, but the lighthearted responses from the chess fraternity best describe the modern chess culture and camaraderie.
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Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent is Filled With Racism, Sexism, and Insensitivity
India’s Got Latent’with comedian Samay Raina at its helm, presents a platform for such offending humor, inciting racism, sexism, and disregard for serious issues at hand. Contestants on the platform joked about disabilities and mental health disease and pretended to mock gender-based violence while using profanity freely without regard for societal norms. The program trivialized tragedies, such as COVID-19 deaths or riots over gang rape, crossing all ethical boundaries in the name of comedy. Its otherwise unregulated content, available to impressionable audiences, raises serious questions regarding its impact on society. The lack of accountability reinforces desensitization, marries harmful stereotypes, and damages entertainment’s precedential consequences in India.