The Times Of India calls Anuvab Pal one of India's top 5 comedians. The New York Times calls Anuvab Pal India's Most Intelligent Comedian. The BBC calls him India's answer to British wit. NDTV says 'He is a brilliant mind who weaves comedy into society, history, politics so it is like listening to a mix of a comedy show & a brilliant Ted Talk'. His shows, The Nation Wants to Know and Empire have together had 500 shows from Sydney to San Francisco. He is the only Indian comedian from India, Russell Peters being the other, to have sold out his New York City and London tours, and is the only comic to have been invited to perform at the Univesity of Havard & the University of Stanford.