The Humor of Melvin Durai

Humor columns, satire and other funny stuff

Given a classroom assignment of putting various household objects into categories, many students around the world would have no trouble putting the common slipper (or chappal, as it’s known in India) into a single category: footwear. But others, including those in Asia, Africa and South America, would earn extra credit by putting the slipper into …

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There’s a belief among many Americans that President Donald Trump is a habitual liar, that he tells lies as naturally as he applies orange tanning cream to his face. But a new book titled “Truth-Teller Trump” contends that Trump does not lie. He just speaks in acronyms. One example cited by the author comes from …

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