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The Morphing Indian Love Story If Love is blind, it must necessarily have life. And if love has life, the English dictionary must classify it as a common noun. All living things – man, woman, plant, animal are common nouns.| The English dictionary, however, classifies ‘love’ as an abstract noun. Love, truly was an abstract concept in India around its independence (1940s and 1950s). While It was present in folklore and mythology ( Heer Ranjha ,  Laila Majnu ,  Dhola Maru , Nala Damayanti et al), it was hardly seen in the real world. For the larger Indian society, romantic relationship existed only post-marriage. Gradually India, as a society, evolved. Love story started entering the aspirations of Indian youth. Love story was gossiped but rarely did culminate in a permanent bond. And these middle class aspirations gave birth to era of romantic films in 60s and 70s ( Love in Simla ,  Love in Tokyo ,  Mere Mehboob ,  Kashmir Ki Kali ,  Kabhi Kabhie  etc ….). The

The Morphing Indian Love Story ( Also published in movietalkies.com.   Shared by over 6000 people on their Social platforms. ) The binary nature of status “single” or “married” now has added many additional options for status – in relationship, separated, live-in, long distance relationship, divorced, just friends or ‘its complicated’. Male-feamle relationship has come a long way in Indian since independence. ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- If Love is blind, it must necessarily have life. And if love has life, the English dictionary must classify it as a common noun. All living things - man, woman, plant, animal are common nouns. The English dictionary, however, classifies ‘love’ as an abstract noun. Love, truly was an abstract concept in India around its independence ( 1940s and 1950s). While It was present in folklore and mythology ( Heer Ranjha, Laila Majnu, Dhola Maru,

The Evolving Patriotism  Through A Cinematic Lens        ( Also published in movietalkies.com. Shared by 2,600 people on Social Media                    http://www.movietalkies.com/news/evolving-patriotism-cinematic-lens/) In India, the concept of “patriotism” or love and devotion towards the country is as old as the concept of “country”. Anti-British feeling was the original binding force that worked towards the spread patriotism across the geography of India. Post-independence, the core of patriotism started shifting. With two wars in 1960s, British lost the monopoly in generating patriotic verve.  Haqeeqat  (1964), with a military man as the protagonist and themed around 1962 China War, resonated deeply with the public sentiment. 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan', the slogan by the then Prime Minster, Lal Bahadur Shastri, drove the patriotic movement in 60s. The same was very well captured in Upkar (1967). Patriotism in those times meant saving the motherland fro