In March, when the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the world and countries across enforced home quarantine orders, comic Ambika Vas decided to adapt her humour for the Internet. The material for her YouTube videos—created daily from Vas's Vancouver apartment—was mined from current affairs and the gaffes of Twitter's favourite person, American president Donald Trump. Before long, her sets caught the attention of Mumbai funnyman Cyrus Broacha, who contacted her for a segment on the television show, The Week That Wasn't, that he hosts with Kunal Vijaykar.

Currently on her tenth episode as the witty and glib 'foreign correspondent', Vas is happy that her humour is finally heading in the direction that she envisioned: political satire. "As a comedian, you have an opinion and want to be able to comment on what's going on around you, and I felt this was a great platform to voice that in a light-hearted manner," she says.

Born to Indian parents in Mumbai, Vas has moved home 16 times and lived in eight countries.