Mithilesh Tripathi, the convenor of art and culture cell of BJP has already dropped a bomb on Bollywood. In a statement when announcing that the cell will be exclusively setting up a wing to promote films themed on Indian tradition, he brushed off many recent releases as something that deviates from portraying Indian culture.

Problem of definition
While his choice of movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge as a shining example of something that upholds Indian culture is highly debatable, the bigger question is, what are the parameters of this so-called ‘Indian culture?’