Kaveree Bamzai is an author and a contributing writer with Open
He has been extremely productive
In the southern film industries, silence and invisibility work as weapons of mass distraction
A marriage brings out the clan power in the Hindi film industry
Words have meaning, they create histories and memories
Bollywood is willing to bet on anything that is successful
Once the site of aspirational perfection, the great Indian middle-class family is becoming less judgmental and more inclusive
A docu-series on Punjab’s new pop stars B Praak, Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah and Harrdy Sandhu
SS Rajamouli and the craft of the spectacular
The success of The Kashmir Files puts the focus on its director
It won’t be a stretch if Aamir Khan takes on the role that the industry desperately needs at this moment—that of an elder statesman
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
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