Shah Rukh remains a spiritual timeout from the alienation, rational trade-offs and determinism of modern life. He continues to provide respite when the world doesn’t feel human, when these women feel disposable. When families and workplaces don’t treat women as people with desires and rights. When love becomes a chore. A break when practising accountability in intimate interactions feels lonesome. When the moral burden of propelling social change within their immediate relationships becomes too taxing or lonely-making.
