It has become an everyday experience in India. Somebody or the other is offended by a book or a film. The people who are offended have not necessarily seen the film or read the book in question. But they believe that it should be banned because, if they were to see it or read it, they are pretty sure that they would be offended. So, a politician can call for a ban on Pathaan because he has heard that in one scene, the heroine wore a saffron bikini and this is clearly an insult to Hinduism. Even before a film...