India, March 28 -- Let me be perfectly neutral-if that's still legal-and say this: the whole Kunal Kamra saga has been inflated beyond reasonable proportions, like a political balloon with too much hot air and no escape valve. What began as a comedy set has now snowballed into a full-blown constitutional crisis-or at least, that's what the politicians would like you to believe. The dramatic overreaction, complete with FIRs, vandalism, and privilege motions, makes one wonder whether we've all somehow woken up in a political parody skit. Except, unfortunately, the joke's on democracy.

Now, Kunal Kamra is not exactly a stranger to controversy. If controversies were frequent flyer miles, he'd be cruising in a private jet by now. Since 2014, ...