India, Dec. 1 -- The last thing I ever want to do is to bring down the name of a film actor who has just passed away. I loved his charisma and admired the powerful screen presence he carried into every role. But admiration does not mean we close our eyes to reality.

And this time, my blood boiled. It boiled not at the man himself, but at the millions who clapped and cheered him for what they praised as courage. The courage to marry again without divorcing the first woman who had already given the best years of her life to him.

I wonder if these adoring fans ever stopped to think what his first wife went through in all those decades.

The grief. The humiliation. The silence that must have crushed her spirit every morning and every night....