Many of us have watched Article 15, it has grossed an approximate of 771 million just in India, but here lies the tragedy. Even after watching such a film we failed to understand what it tried to tell us. We heard Ayushmann Khurrana’s character tell the CBI officer “humare bathroom mein jet spray lag gaye lekin aaj bhi log manhole mein nange utaarte hain”. We didn’t listen. We will clap and celebrate the idea of India taking revenge on Pakistan and scream “How’s the Josh?” inside our drawing rooms, but we are oblivious to the fact that it is estimated that over 600 sewage workers die every year.
The Supreme Court banned the practice of manual scavenging in 2014 but that’s just a hoax, this will never grab the attention of social media’s newfound cancel culture. India is shining because more than half the nation are celebrating a mythological character called Ram (whose existence has zero scientific proofs) and lynching people in his name, and on the other hand a large…