I rarely watch Hindi cinema. As a friend kindly explained to me, I do not understand the “Indian cinematic idiom” which is a pretty fancy way of saying that I don’t get it. But I do watch Koffee with Karan, the TV talk show hosted by director Karan Johar.

After reading Rohan Joshi’s excellent column in this paper last week about Koffee with Karan, aptly headlined, “Bitter Koffee”, I confronted my own discomfort with the show, especially the current season on TV now.