Stand-up comedy show controversy: Off the clock, but always on — and accountable | Mumbai News
5 min readMumbaiJun 14, 2026 05:55 AM IST Recently, 22-year-old Himanshu Jangra was at a comedy show, as part of an audience participating in crowd-work. There, he implied that spending Rs 370 on biryani on a date entitled him to “something” from the woman. The room laughed. Comedian Pranit More laughed and later uploaded the clip on social media. The internet did not laugh. Jangra’s employer, Vivek Vishwakarma, founder of Gurgaon-based design and marketing agency Starvik Design, terminated his contract, stating that the effect of his statements had hampered their work and it was a business decision. Jangra’s case is the latest in a stream of incidents when companies are taking note of an employee’s conduct after office hours. “Incidents like this are a good reminder that everything you say or do is potentially in the media’s eyes now. There’s no real ‘private’ space when it comes to public platforms,” says Divye Agarwal, co-founder, Binge Labs, a social media strategy company. Agarwal asserts that your workplace is an integral part of your identity today. “Your …
