Achchhe din

While censorship of any sort is anathema to the creative spirit, political correctness has become more and more the norm rather than the exception

Uttaran Das Gupta  |  New Delhi 

Uttaran Das Gupta

The makers of Anil Kapoor-Aishwarya Rai starrer Fanney Khan may assert that they could not premeditate how the song Merey achchhe din kab aayenge? (When will my good days come?) would provoke political controversy till the cows come home, but one must take it with a pinch of salt.

The phrase “achchhe din” (good days) was effectively used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and has since provided ammunition to his detractors, who have lost no chance to remind him and his government that they have not quite been able to ...

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First Published: Sat, August 04 2018. 00:58 IST