Cultural vandalism: Sanjay Leela Bansali's version of 'Saraswatichandra' misses the point

I grew up in a home where Saraswatichandra was considered “our” book, part of our heritage, because its author, Govardhanram Tripathi, was my grandfather’s uncle. His portrait hung in my parents’ room. Mentored by his uncle Manahsukhram Tripathi (my great-great-grandfather and himself a scholar and writer), Govardhanram was a skilled lawyer who represented Gujarat’s princely states and helped set up the law publisher, NM Tripathi Pvt. Ltd, in Kalbadevi in Bombay (now Mumbai), which his brother Narbheram managed, and where several of my uncles were to work over the years.

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