Sometimes, you need to shut your eyes and pray.
I planned a much-needed escape from this world’s madness that I was going through. It wasn’t an exotic holiday or crazy shopping. You might have guessed it. I planned a movie with my best friend. I walked in the cinema hall with simple anticipation. We expected the regime: settling comfortably in seats, lights dimming leisurely, ads playing routinely, standing robustly for our national anthem followed by something all of us eagerly waited for – the movie.
But long gone are the days when you could walk into a movie hall and watch a film from start to finish in peace. The theatre had its own plans.