>> The more things change, the more they stay the same. Many years ago, we recall the hushed whispers of outrage at home regarding the unfair treatment meted out to the reigning superstar of the day Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan).

As we recall it the state was casting aspersions about his patriotism on the grounds that a suspected Pakistani ‘spy’ had been found to possess an address book with his phone number (along with that of many others, mind you.)