This idea of India could not but be a monstrous perversity of the one imagined by Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar or Bhagat Singh. In fact India of the present has no use for them or any of the fundamental ideas put forward by them: non-violence, secularism, social justice and a classless society. Of course, the Bhagat Singhs and the Gandhis do make an appearrance in the present, but defanged and domesticated, completely in sync with the shining India.
Watching Rang De Basanti and Munna Bhai, one would be forgiven for thinking that they stood for was changing society through either killing politicians or magical hugs.
Watching Rang De Basanti and Munna Bhai, one would be forgiven for thinking that they stood for was changing society through either killing politicians or magical hugs.
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