“I filed an RTI to find out how they appointed him the chairperson of the institute. You are not going to believe what the file notings revealed.”

“What did it say?”

“Sample this:

Who needs the artist and his art?

Does he give?

To whom does he give?

What does he give?

Does he take?

From whom does he take?

Is he serving society?

Whom does he serve?

Should he serve?

And then they got their own man.”

(Inspired by the events at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune)