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Samay Raina’s ‘Still Alive’ Draws Heat Over Exodus Line and Chappelle Lookalike Bit

The release thrusts the comic back into polarized arguments over Kashmiri history and joke originality.

Overview

  • Samay Raina returned with a YouTube special, Still Alive, after more than a year away following India’s Got Latent, which was pulled from YouTube after FIRs over an inappropriate question on an episode.
  • In the set he describes the 1990s Kashmiri Pandit departure as “Kashmiri Pandit wisdom,” arguing a five percent minority could not win a fight.
  • The line won praise from some Kashmiri Pandit voices such as radiologist Dr Sunil Bhat and drew criticism from PDP spokesperson Mohit Bhan.
  • A separate viral clip compares his “flight attendant” joke to a Dave Chappelle routine from years ago that also ties passenger panic to a crew’s reaction during turbulence.
  • Online reaction to the comparison is split and, as of the reports, Raina has not publicly responded to the copying claim.