Vainglorious Bashtards

                  
There is no profession that makes sexism more apparent in all its crudity than Indian film industry. I can speak with better familiarity about Tamil filmdom where the heroes and aligned menfolk are vainglorious, and the heroines are but women treated as puppets in their fiefdom.
In the pre internet/MMS days, we had a talkative man who [...]

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Mortal Heroes

The morning papers are dotted with commemorative memorials hailing Bapu. Political parties and leaders  observe the  Father of the Nation’s name and memory, hoping to generate goodwill and call upon his principles of ahimsa and truth in private and public discourse.
The Page 3 section is also celebrating Gandhi’s memory. Funky people and fashionistas have declared [...]

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