When the finale of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver aired this past November it outlived all expectations. The episode, first after the results of the Presidential Elections in the United States, was momentous and ended with a montage of many different ways that 2016 completely sucked. “Even though there’s still seven weeks to go, I feel pretty comfortable in calling it: 2016 has been the fucking worst,” Oliver said. Then Amy Schumer said it. Then Larry David. Then Jeffrey Tambor. And Billy Eichner. And Nick Offerman. And Megan Mullally. And now it’s the sassy stand-up comedian Vir Das. Das posted on Facebook:
Vir Das expands John Oliver’s Fuck You 2016 in India
(Source: Facebook)
Vir Das took umbrage, ran through a list of all the shocking, disappointing and outrageous things that have happened in India in 2016 and metaphorically blew it up. The year has been ‘fucking worst’. India had a gloomy year, a real downer politically, musically, and artistically, as well as in a more general, species-wide sense. Our list is comprehensive and you may not gain any closure from this.
Pathankot Pounces
Pathankot Air Force Station attack committed on 2 January 2016 by a heavily armed group killed 7 defence personnels and 1 civilian
(Photo: Indian Express)
The gun battle and the subsequent combing operation lasted about 17 hours on 2 January, resulting in five attackers and three security personnel dead.
Fresh gunshots were heard on 3 January, and another security officer was killed by an IED explosion. The operation continued on 4 January, and a fifth attacker was confirmed killed. Not until a final terrorist was reported killed on 5 January was the anti-terrorist operation declared over, though further searches continued for some time.
While Malda burns
Malda, Jan-2016
The Kaliachak Riots of Malda, West Bengal on 3 January 2016 sparked when a rally attended by thousands of Muslims turned acrimonious .
JNU Rumbles: The nationalist debate
JNU students taking part in a protest against arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Feb 18th 2016. Express photo by Ravi Kanojia.
The protests held by the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University on 9 February 2016 against capital punishment meted out to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat would lead to arrests and political dissent across the entire nation.
Hyderabad Baaqi Hai
Rohith Vemula’s mother holds his picture in a protest against suicide.
(Photo: Indian Express)
Rohith Chakravarti Vemula a PhD student at the University of Hyderabad committed suicide on 17 January 2016. In July 2015 the University reportedly stopped paying him a fellowship of ₹25,000 (US$370) per month after he was found “raising issues under the banner of Ambedkar Students Association (ASA)” as part of institute’s disciplinary inquiry.
Kashmir: Valley of blood, vehemence and brutality
51 Days of Darkness in Kashmir Valley
The curfew in the valley that started after Burhan Wani’s encounter would last for 51 long days taking more than hundred lives and injuring 11,000 people.
Pellets or Pelters? Who is sane?
Billed as ‘non-lethal’ the pellets employed by the armed forces to curb mob violence took the lights of thousands and injured over three thousand.
Surgical Forces
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol near the India-Pakistan international border area at Gakhrial boder post in Akhnoor sector, about 48 kilometers from Jammu, India, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. India said Thursday it carried out “surgical strikes” against militants across the highly militarized frontier that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, in an exchange that escalated tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian army conducted “surgical strikes” against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. 18 Indian soldiers, 34 Pakistani soldiers, 12 Indian civilians and close to 50 militants lost their in the Line of Control military confrontations that started on 28 September 2016.
Pukhrayan train derailment
Pukhrayan train derails near Kanpur
(Photo: Indian Express)
The Indore – Rajendra Nagar Express 19321, a train scheduled from Indore to Patna, derailed near Pukhrayan, Kanpur, resulting in at least 150 deaths and more than 150 injuries.
Currency Overhaul
Indian policemen stand guard as people queue up outside a bank to exchange and deposit Indian currency of rupees 500 and 1000 denominations in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Delivering one of India’s biggest-ever economic upsets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week declared the bulk of Indian currency notes no longer held any value and told anyone holding those bills to take them to banks. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
This one is a final nail on the coffin and needs no background or explanation to it. Fuck you 2016!
