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Padmavati and why I believe the Anger is Justified..!!

Is it quite late for this post..?? I don't know, but I had got to get this out of me.. I do honestly feel that the anger over the movie "Padmavati" is justified.. Now don't get me wrong I do believe that the threat messages against Ms. Padukone or Mr. Bhansali should be condemned in the strongest possible language, but it doesn't absolve them of the things they did in the first place.. They showed a women who is treated like a deity (not for nothing they call her "Devi") by a particular section of the Hindus and thus in extension by the whole Hindu Community as well, dancing to a song which is not particularly traditional or folk, wearing clothes which are not traditional or folk..!! Now in a country as sensitive as India (which is nothing to be apologetic about though) you should be living in some kind of a Liberal ivory tower to think that this will not evoke any passion on the ground.. And to suit their own narrative some liberals are t