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| Bollywood India |
For the same reason that Sweden does crime fiction.
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| Camilla Lackberg |
Sweden's best selling crime writer, Camilla Lackberg,
explained to The Independent why a country as sedate as Sweden has spawned such a crop of world-beating crime writers. Her thesis is it's because Sweden is so safe. "Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars."
Basically, fiction provides the ingredient missing in real life.
Which is precisely why Bollywood is syrupy sweet. India still is poor. Life in India still is tough. Fiction needs to provide the sweetness that is so elusive in real life.
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| Another India |
