True Greatness

Superb article on the politics of film, and the filming of politics -

"As the red light on the tv camera burned to indicate it was filming, Sivaji stood there, his chest heaving.

For a long moment he seemed unable to speak. Such was the depth of his grief. A tear disengaged from an eye and rolled down his right cheek, perched there glistening in the lights.

Finally, some words came.

"Amma, amma… Appa, Appa," he started sobbing, using the Tamil words for mother and father. "Anna is gone, big brother is gone." "

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