So Hindutva forces are excited about a new film on the mythical 72 houris (virgins/fairies) that await a Muslim in paradise if he follows the path of jihad and kills non-believers. This belief comes from the Hadith tradition, that compiles stories of, and saying by, the Prophet Muhammad. This is allegedly used by the Human Resource Department of Terrorism to recruit impressionable young Muslim men into their cause. Anti-Hindutva forces call this film Islamophobic. Hindutva argues that for a long time, anti-Hindutva forces made films to show Brahmins in a poor light and now it is their turn. Such is the logic of politics.

But in mythology, seventy two is a very exciting number. It is 2 raise the power of 3 (2x2x2) multiplied by 3 raise to the power of 2 (3x3). A perfect symmetry which gives us 8x9 = 72. In ancient times, such numbers had sacred meaning.