OK. A Hollywood film portraying the clandestine romance of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and last viceroy Lord Mountbatten's wife Edwina has been shelved citing budget issues.

The Indian government had asked the film makers to remove scenes showing or hinting at  physical intimacy between the two lovers if they wanted to shoot the film in India.

While reading an article on Times, I happened to see this:

Nehru was prime minister from 1947 to 1964 and the dynasty he founded still dominates Indian politics.

The mention of dynasty has forced me to think if we any better than what the country was during the era of kingdoms. We read in history books that the  rulers founded various dynasties: Slave dynasty, Lodhi dynasty, Gupta dynasty, etc.

What dynasties do we have today: Gandhi-Nehru dynasty, Scindia dynasty, Pawar dynasty, Thakre dynasty, Karunanidhi dynasty, etc. Only consolation is that these dynasties are "vetted" by the common man. Else, they behave more or less like kings. No one can defy them, or else their sena will attack you and your establishment, killing people and ransacking shops. They cannot be arrested as their supporters will not allow the police to reach their leader.

Also, we have business dynasties whose ego-clashes become a threat to the country's economy. The apex court has to attend to their cat fights on a priority basis.

What dynasty do you intend to establish?