One of the most prominent reasons for the crises afflicting the Indian film industries, as said in the very first sentence of this column, lies with the ‘woods’ themselves.

The staunch supporters of PM Modi in particular and the BJP, in general, are derisively called ‘Andh Bhakts’ (literally translated as blind devotees) by many of his/BJP’s fierce opponents. If we discount the reason (intense dislike) that prompts them to use this epithet, they do have a point in using this term. 

Amidst the number of foreign policy challenges faced by the Indian Government, one stands out due to the unique nature of the players involved in it. It is none other than the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

There is very little data available in the public domain as far as the topic of this piece is concerned.  That might be due to two reasons. The topic might not have attracted the attention of researchers because of its supposed ‘irrelevance' or the ‘sensitiveness’ of the subject or may be due to both.