Managing Self

Those born before millennials will vouch for the  impact that Indian Cinema made in our growing years. Going to Movie theaters, was a staple diet of entertainment for the whole family.  Arranging tickets in advance booking / standing in queue for tickets in sweltering summer/ purchasing in "Black" from touts  or else keeping good relations with Theater Managers were the few options. Men-folks used to show off their skills in arranging tickets. With tickets in place, the whole family wore its best outfit and moved to Theater hall to be ensconced in the ever capturing dark environs with tantalizing  dream-world, that was to be unveiled before them, with sequences of emotions, laughter, tension, fights and the law catching wrongdoers in the last scene.  We were thrilled to see the song sequences and the machinations of villains- how they were failed at last by the Hero.  As a child, I was amazed with few stereotypes -  a) How the song sequences appeared s...