The cracks in Kapoor's empire began to show in 2007. American investigators flagged a massive shipping container arriving in New York from India holding over 140 antiquities.

What elevates this issue from a mere internet controversy to a matter of national concern is the source of the rhetoric.

For weeks, Chinmoy’s brothers, Anjan and Ranjan Kumar Dhar, had petitioned the authorities with mounting desperation.

Steinem did not enter India as an ordinary student. Her presence was facilitated by an elite diplomatic and philanthropic apparatus.

Eyewitness accounts and police reconstructions indicate that Nookaraju and Meena were the first to jump over the guardrail into the river.