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The unbearable charm of the righteous lawbreaker
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Delhi Police’s unpunished brutality has its roots in a colonial, casteist, and masculinist institutional culture that Indian cinema’s heroic cop has taught the public to applaud, making genuine reform as much a cultural critique as a legal one.
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- 2026-10-15T16:09:32.000Z
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Places: Delhi
Topics: Law and order
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