I’m also told that some people are boycotting Republic Day to protest the state of the nation. Boycotting Republic Day is easy. All you have to do is not watch Doordarshan, so technically, I’ve been boycotting Republic Day for the last twelve years. I am the Che Guevara of the set-top box world.

But let’s not talk about Republic Day, so we don’t hurt anyone’s sentiments. You can’t hurt sentiments in India these days, there’s too much fallout. Sometimes the fallout is negative, like when Valentine’s Day is under attack. But sometimes it’s positive, like when we don’t have to endure another Kamal Hassan movie. I don’t get how so many Indian communities are sensitive as a collective, when individually, each Indian man in them is the least sensitive thing on Earth. But I digress. Let’s talk about something non-controversial, something that was completely untouched by the vagaries of Indian politics, sentiments and controversy: The Swedish House Mafia concert.