COCKY Hollywood star Tom Cruise has been posing for photos in front of the Taj Mahal. This is, ostensibly, to promote his new film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. But given the angles and perspective – note Cruise’s decision to stand with one leg raised conqueror like on the “Princess Diana Seat” – it all appears that the actual aim is to make Cruise appear larger than one of the world’s foremost landmarks. Cruise is a powerful man. As such, the Indians should be grateful he never asked for the monument to be taken down a notch to reflect status. Perspective, people…

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Hollywood star Tom Cruise, right, poses in front of the landmark Taj Mahal along with co-star Anil Kapoor in Agra, India, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Cruise is in the country on a promotional tour of his new film "Mission: Impossible _Ghost Protocol". (AP Photo/Pawan Sharma)