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The new small-town chic

In Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957), Nargis shoots her wayward son in the end because, by becoming a kind of rebel, he has brought dis-honour to his family, his village and by extension to India. Rebelliousness, even against injustice, disturbs the equilibrium of the perfect Indian social model as manifested in the village. It is Nargis, who, despite her trials and tribulations and the harassment...

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