Mumbai
Back in August, I got into a row with a Delhi cinema manager over his security policy. I wasn’t allowed in with a bag, he said, even though they had electronic sensors to check everything. Irritated by this stupidity (and the fact that women were allowed to bring in their handbags), I talked down at the manager with Israeli condescension. “Look, I live in a country where a few years ago suicide-bombers were attacking every other day, and even then you were allowed to bring a bag into the cinema.” The manager was unmoved. I left my bag with a nearby kiosk-owner and went inside to watch The Dark Night. Read more
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