two sides of a schizophrenic India. Mallya, the silver-spoon-in-mouth tycoon, with his fleet of vintage cars, multiple luxury residences and 1.5-crore bid for Tipu Sultan’s sword. Kanhaiya, the son of a paralysed farm labourer and an anganwadi worker from Begusarai. Mallya gets away with bank default of Rs 9,000 crore. TV talking heads rage that taxpayers’ money should not be used to fund poor students like Kanhaiya.
Kanhaiya demands azaadi from an India of feudalism, poverty and rapacious capitalism. Mallya takes pride in showcasing his wealth and glamour, the gorgeous, semi-clothed women in the Kingfisher calendar a flourish of his devil-may-care, pleasure-seeking money porn as an adult choice for those lucky enough to afford it.
Kanhaiya’s India is the open-defecation capital of Read More
