There is nothing as deliciously idiotic as hypocrisy. The great lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defines hypocrisy as “prejudice with a halo”. And how many halos were on public display last week after film star Shah Rukh Khan got into a slanging match with a security guard, a cricketer was accused of molesting a woman and two other cricketers attended a party which was raided by the police.

“End of the world!” shrieked TV headlines. Irresponsible behaviour by role models said society watchers. Indian culture being ruined by IPL yelled various career miserables, who make their living by shouting on TV.