Mr. Johar said he would put a slide to honour and pay tribute to the armed forces before the slide honouring his late father Yash Johar appears on screen. To be sure, Mr. Johar, Mr. Bhatt, and the rest of the Hindi film industry do not come out of this looking very good either. Mr. Johar was, like the rest of us, not aware of the sudden turn of events and the anti-Pakistan sentiment being whipped up. And now, by tacitly agreeing to Mr. Thackeray’s demands, even while coming across looking as a mediator, Mr. Fadnavis has weakened the office of the Chief Minister. And by siding with Mr. Thackeray, the Chief Minister has struck another blow against the city’s ethos.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2016 18:45 UTC