Marking his second appearance in the TV show hosted by American comedian Conan O'Brien, Vir Das was at his best, delivering his take on the world affairs before an American audience.
Introducing Vir, Conan said that he wanted to remind the country that there was a world outside America—given that their news cycle was saturated by the antics of their president Donald Trump.
And Vir was off. "You’ve very generously given me five minutes to talk about seven billion people," Das quipped, moving to India's achievements in space industry, the rise of Africa, news from Canada, Catalonia, and more.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which was like NASA, but "with less Indians" had launced 104 satellites into space in the previous year. "Fun fact: 96 of them were American satellites. It’s not just your taxis and Ubers, even your satellites can’t get place to place without us,” he said.
Would Catalonia secede before Brexit happens? Absolutely. “I am Indian. If there is one thing we can say about the British, it is that they take forever to leave a country.”
Vir Das has his own Netflix special Abroad Understanding.
