Like spectators in a Roman coliseum, we walk out of the cinema happy that justice has been served. They are beaten up to an inch of their lives while the audience cheers the heroes on. Likewise, for the villains in Bollywood, in the end, there is no escape from justice. The spectators cheer in celebration, as the fiery arrow finds its mark many feet above the ground, its locus lighting up the night sky in a resplendent arc. He is the embodiment of all that stands for ‘bad’ in the eyes of the public, the source of torment, oppression and torture, of unforgivable lust, and he must, therefore, be destroyed. Despite being well aware of the denouement, people come in hordes to see the burning effigies of Ravana every year. In the history of Indian cinema, one could say, films have been a replay of the Ramlila. What India and Pakistan can learn from Bangladesh on its 50th anniversary of independence.Bangladesh at 50: Dhaka no longer lives in the shadows of India or Pakistan.Can agitating public sector bankers do a farmer on the Modi government?.Does India have enough vaccines to deliver Covid-19 booster shots?.Five years after BJP’s UP sweep: In Budaun, Muslims want Akhilesh back – but demand representation.BWF World C’ships QF as it happened: Sindhu, Prannoy bow out Srikanth, Lakshya set-up all-Indian SF.‘Decoupled’ review: R Madhavan and Surveen Chawla rescue comedy about a failing marriage.What happens when a classical musician gets off the concert stage to perform at a site of activism?.Why, long after Wajid Ali Shah, the potato remains a ‘point of pride’ across Kolkata.Watch: Hindutva groups disrupt namaz in Gurugram, force Muslims to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.One of the oldest surviving historical accounts of India was written by this Korean Buddhist monk.Supreme Court collegium refuses to confirm judge who gave ‘skin-to-skin’ verdict.
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