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BEWARE OF THAT BEAUTY DUDE

Oh, India has found its ‘Gone Girl’. Apparently Indrani Mukerjea, who now stands accused of murdering her own daughter, is our desi Amy Dunne. Thanks to wall-to-wall newspaper spreads, hashtags and ominous background scores accompanying her story on news television, you’ll have no problem imagining Indrani stumbling out of a car, dripping blood, her dress crumpled and soiled but Vogue-worthy nevertheless.  For example, if you have read this Times of India article - the same one which calls her 'Gone Girl’ - the picture in your head will be quite defined. It quotes Indrani's acquaintance describing her as a woman with 'diabolical eyes’. To make sure that the readers have no doubt about her Satanical qualities, the same article turns her husband Peter Mukerjea into a foil, a man with an “innocent demeanor”. This story has stopped being about the murder of Sheena Bora long back. It is now about Indrani Mukerjea - attr...