The Kapil Sharma Show

Humor and Laughter are important aspects that remove the dullness and monotony to energize us psychologically and emotionally. Comedy shows - Live or Recorded are very popular and appealing now-a-days. The Kapil Sharma Show run by comedian, actor, celebrity Kapil Sharma is undoubtedly the most popular of them all. Started in April 2016 and running till date albeit with a new name, is famous for its witty, dramatic and funny acts staged by actors, on the sets. Aired on Sony Liv channel first, it basically has guests invites for minute interviews alongside jugular acts from actors mimicking superstars, actors, directors and many others. Using a commonplace Hindi, in total the program provides celebrity interview mixed with artists impersonating other characters.

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The show is a reality laughter-show where, celebrity guests are interviewed in front a small audience as well as broadcast on the Sony Liv channel. Apart from Kapil Sharma the host, the cast includes Krushna Abhishek acting as Dharmendra, SRK, Jackie Shroff, Amitabh Bachchan, Sapna etc. Kiku Sharda mimicking as Bumper, Sunny Deol, Nurse etc., Sunil Grover acting as the famous Dr. Masoor Gulati of 50-50 Hospital, Rinku Devi, Mithun Chakraborty etc., Chandan Prabhakar acting as Chandu Tea Seller, Sumona Chakraborty acting Bhoori etc., Bharti Singh mimicking as Madhuri Dixit, Simran, Titli etc., Sidharth Sagar as Music Teacher, Naseeruddin Shah, Ranveer Singh etc., veteran actress Upasana Singh as Kapil aka Kappu's Bua, Sudesh Lehri acting as Daler Mehendi, Arijit Singh etc., among others. Among the skits performed during the show included Krushna Abhishek and Kiku Sarda dressed as Dharmendra and Sunny Deol respectively and delivering quirky dialogues on stage. Another is about the incidents of the 50-50 hospital run by Dr. Masoor Gulati aka Sunil Grover along with Kiku Sarda as nurse Bumper performing hilarious medical operations on his patients. Similarly, the KBC show conducted by Mr. Arora aka Kapil Sharma asking humorous questions to guests and Rinku Devi i.e., Sunil Grover interrupting with hilarious antics in between. Each episode comes with a new story and skit invoking great humour and laughter among the audience at large. The celebrity guests who came to the show included Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Irfan Khan, Monoj Bajpayee, Aishwariya Rai, Tripti Dimri, Alia Bhat, John Abraham, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Juhi Chawla, A R Rahman, the Wadali Brothers, Sonu Nigam, Huma Qureshi, Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Sukhbir, Daler Mehdi, Gurdas Mann and many others both on promotions of their upcoming films or directional ventures as also as Kapil's guests. The TRP of the show is highest among all genres of programs shown on TV. The earnings from the show have brightened the fortunes of the performers and actors there. Kapil Sharma the highest earner reportedly earns ₹5 Cr. per episode, actor Sunil Grover ₹25 lakh. per episode, Kiku Sarda ₹7lacs. per episode, Krushna Abhishek ₹10 lacs approx. The show judge veteran Puran Singh reportedly takes approx. ₹10-₹15 lacs per episode. The Sony Channel too earned ₹100 to ₹200 Cr. from the show contracts. The actors and actresses have become celebrity names as well as attained a high brand value. Some of them like Sunil Grover has had a successful Bollywood film career as well as successes on TV shows. Similarly, Kiku Sharda, Chandan Prabhakar also earned fame and successes from children's TV serials. Actress Upasana Singh has also been a famous character actor in films and TV serials also. Similarly, Krushna Abhishek has also been a celebrated actor in Bhojpuri TV and films besides being a Bollywood star. The IMDb ratings of the show are at 7.3/10. The popularity of the show is so much that it found mention in the speeches in elections of 2014, prominent public, social functions etc.

Kapil Sharma first won the Great Indian Laughter Challenge trophy in 2007 and since then has scaled almost all ladders of success. He is now one of the most wealthy and popular of comedians and screen celebrities of showbiz. Judged by veteran actress Archana Puran Singh and then by famous cricketer turned commentator and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, the show with 471 episodes has its own fan following and avid viewership. Now, showing with a different name since 2024, as the Great Indian Kapil Show, the comedy-show has filled the Indian drawing rooms with bouts of laughter, smile and fun through the years.                 

JavaScript

JavaScript - One of the most popular, versatile, feature-loaded, flexible and efficient web programming languages. Created by Brenden Eich in 1995, it is now widely used in a variety of devices like computers, mobile phones, tablets, television sets etc. to display web applications in a large number of formats performing a variety of functions. A regular web application will be time consuming if it has to produce fast and exquisite pages in response to user interactions using HTML, CSS or other languages. JavaScript transforms a web browser in such a manner that it produces instant reports, pages in quick response to user data. In other words, it programs the browser to perform a lot of tasks which would have been done by many other linked applications slowly and in a burdensome manner. The browsers are now not only fast but also more productive in use.    

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First developed as an alternative to Microsoft’s ASP language by Netscape for its Netscape Navigator browser, it has grown since the Internet boom began. Since web users need fast, accurate, responsive as well as elegant web sites, other programming languages like Java, C, C++, HTML etc. could not be used. Hence, a programming language that could process data at the browser level itself without going through the long server-side process was the need of the time. JavaScript combines the HTML type markup using tags with the Java, C++ type programming to produce fast, interactive, dynamic web pages for the users. JavaScript comes through all the versions being ES1, ES2, ES3, ES4, ES5 and currently ES6 versions. It has some very interesting features like object-oriented programming for faster, modular and secure pages, to inbuilt functions, JSON objects, DOM (Document Object Model) feature to modify the entire page fast, Event programming, Arrays to frameworks like Angular, Nodejs, Bootstrap, Express.js, Spring etc. libraries like React etc. However, it has evolved from the first version till the ES6 (ECMA Script version 6 released in 2015) having better keywords like const instead of var, introduction of features like OOP(Object Oriented Programming different from that of other languages like Java, C++, Python etc.), Set Objects, Arrays, Template literals, Arrow functions, Asynchronous functions,  etc. for an easier, faster, feature loaded, secure and more flexible language. Alongside, it also enables the Console tool in which a developer can instantly view the program output in the browser console itself. The JavaScript language can be written and run on most popular Code Editors like VS Code (Visual Studio Code), Sublime Text, Notepad++, Eclipse, Zed, Vim, NetBeans etc. VS Code for example has built-in Plug-ins like ESLint, SonarLint, JavaScript (ES6) code snippets, npm Intellisense etc. for better bug finding, error identification, debugging, linking with browsers or other tools, better code suggestions. In all the VS code is the most popular, cool place for JS coding, development debugging etc.        

It has lately left behind many other programming languages viz- Python, Java in today’s world of mobile revolution, scalable web pages as well the elegance and dynamism of the web. A recent study shows JavaScript’s versatile, feature loaded and wide capabilities have made it indispensable for web applications. It has been used to create popular apps like Netflix, Candy Crush Saga, Facebook, Uber, eBay, Groupon etc. Given its C, C++, Java type programming structure it easily allows programmers to develop apps alternatively and more easily. Moreover, its HTML embedding allows it to be used for processes very easily for dynamic and featured web pages. It can used for Frontend as well as Backend web development. Thus, it can help store, retrieve data from backend devices as well as display them easily in web pages. Hence, we can develop full-stack web applications using one language. For mobile games, frameworks like React Native, Phaser, PixiJS etc. help develop fast and portable mobile games. It has database frameworks like MongoDB, NodeJS etc. to accomplish a lot in the web app development and deployment world.

However, given the fast-changing nature of web apps, it has to keep pace with transitions coming. Python has an upper hand in dealing with AI and AI-based services. New libraries like TensorFlow.js, Brain.js, Synaptic will use machine learning to train apps within JavaScript. On the other hand, AI integration in the web browsers will also enhance the capabilities of JS in creating and running interactive and dynamic webpages. In addition, new serverless models of web development, Web Assembly, better JavaScript Engine development, Framework evolution will help it retain its supremacy in the web app development and deployment business.                                 

Facebook Memes & Jokes

Facebook - The most popular and ubiquitous social networking site is a great repository of cards on jokes, memes and funny cartoons spread across diverse topics and issues. Quirky one or two-liners, poetry, cartoons or memes - meaningful and funny descriptions on real pictures, drawings etc. make up a lot for the humorous side of the page. Informative, educational as well as funny these jokes & memes have earned a distinct place among the mass public for various reasons of information, entertainment, laughter or even anger.

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They educate and alert the people about silly mistakes, stupidities or ignorance in life. Sarcastic and critical, they trickle the humor out of the saddest and depressed of the people. For example- The picture here on right(bottom) humorously displays the situation where a cat has a science magazine put on its back. Looking surprised and putting up a blank face, it seems to be curious like a science- enthusiast. Hence the tagline Trying To Absorb New Wave Sci-Fi. Another one (top, left) jokingly, tries to show how

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 to prepare oneself for the week starting Sundays. Take the next one right (below), displays the lethargic attitude towards work on Monday. The message here says - "You can take this Monday and shove it" as if the person encourages others for a productive Monday and reap good profits from it. The picture of an encouraging, suggesting and a smiling person drives home the message very powerfully as well as clearly.  Beneficial jokes like these make good mood among the millions of users logged in here. Credits due to the creators of such useful art. Be it Companies, individuals or part-time contributors, they have made browsing the app more informative, happy, humorous and at the same time amply vetting out public expressions better.

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The impact of these varies from people to places to tastes and opinions. What may sound humorous to one may irritate someone or escape notice of any other. Some memes or jokes appear to amuse someone or make others roll out flat while they might be offending for someone else. This depends on the person reading it, his/her tastes, background, social or political affiliations etc. Sometimes controversy too erupts owing to objectionable depiction of characters or incidences. Memes depicting leaders, failed sports persons, celebrities etc. in high sarcasm or critique have not gone well everywhere. Some have led to attacks or assaults on the persons creating, distributing or sharing them. Some have been deleted after peer supervision or court orders. Examples of public riots and violence have also been reported on many memes or posts. In short memes & posts here are popular and thought-provoking at the same time. Viral memes or jokes do spread like wild-fire and create quick and massive outburst of public sentiment and emotions.     

Facebook being such a popular medium, memes & jokes whatever be their effects and response do create vibes healthy to public opinions, tastes or feelings. Deeper analysis of issues will provide more stuff for such creativities. The future of Memes & Jokes would surely be more complex, sophisticated and clearer. Use of AI apps to create jokes and graphical posts will be a step further. Wish more smarter and beneficial Memes & Jokes to brighten the days of its users and admirers.