Remember Rishi Kapoor in his shiny disco onesie in Karz? Niftily treading a rotating record, he called out: “Hey! Tumne kabhi kisi se pyar kiya?” The crowd cried “Kiya!” His response, “maine bhi kiya” seemed to settle things. This commonality, it implied, would help us keep our balance and move along as one, even as the ground beneath our feet kept turning.

Illustration/Amit Bandre