India, Aug. 2 -- From The Odyssey to road rage, one apology could prevent countless conflicts fuelled by pride and ego.

The power of a film or theatre is not in bringing to life all the details of the original work. For an epic as vast as the Odyssey, an auteur like Nolan focused on the essentials. He explores the threads of honouring the elements and ancestors; the code of defeating an enemy without torturing or maiming them, and self-control over bestial urges. And he leaves some questions without answers, such as why Penelope, who held a kingdom together for twenty years, was never considered fit to rule it in her own right by any man, including her son; and whether Helen was abducted by Paris or did she fall in love with him and go a...