TO RISE IN THE DARKEST HOUR
“Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.” - Winston Churchill T hrough a sheer co-incidence, there are three Hollywood movies being shown presently in Mumbai – ‘The Post’, ‘The Darkest Hour’ and ‘12 Strong’. I wanted to watch all three of them, and ended up watching two of them - ‘The Post’ and ‘The Darkest Hour’. Why was I keen to watch all these movies? Because, they are stories about one’s courage of convictions… taking tough decisions when everyone around you is crippled with doubt and fear… It’s about human greatness as described in Craig D. Lounsbrough’s words: “The greatest men stand on their values and pray on their knees.” ‘T he Post’ (Directed by Steven Spielberg) is the powerful story depicting one such moment in the life of Katharine Graham (Played by Meryl Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post and her editor, Ben Bradlee (T...