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Rachel Dwyer

Rachel Dwyer is an author and culture critic based in London. She has written extensively on Hindi cinema and is an Open contributor

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Cinema
Thus Spoke Zarathustra

The Parsi journey across history and cultures—with a stopover at Irani café

23 July 2021
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Columns
The Pilgrim’s Progress

From the martyrdom of Thomas Becket to the holy relics of Hindi cinema

18 June 2021
Satyajit Ray: The Mind of Bengal
Cover Stories
The Mind of Bengal

It is easy to see why Ray’s films were classed as arthouse in the West. In Calcutta, they were screened in cinemas which showed regular Bengali films, whose audiences in the 1950s and 1960s didn’t watch much Hindi cinema

30 April 2021
Exile and the Kingdom
Columns
Exile and the Kingdom

How a penniless European prince became the longest serving royal consort

16 April 2021
The Indian Pastoral
Cinema
The Indian Pastoral

The cinematic evolution of the countryside sends out a social message

19 March 2021
Magic Mountains
Columns
Magic Mountains

Hindi films and the eternal romance of snow

19 February 2021
May the Road Rise up to Meet You
Cinema
May the Road Rise up to Meet You

And don’t go away with a goodbye

22 January 2021
Soumitra Chatterjee: The Constant Actor
Cinema
Soumitra Chatterjee: The Constant Actor

Soumitra Chatterjee became every character he played

11 December 2020
The Sacred Feminine
Columns
The Sacred Feminine

Tantric approaches to a misinterpreted goddess

20 November 2020
An Orthodox Thought
Cinema
An Orthodox Thought

Will there be an Indian Shtisel one day?

16 October 2020

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