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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

The mustard fields in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) signify the onset of spring
The Rachel Papers
April Is Not the Cruellest Month

Spring is also a season of love and romance amid the blooming flowers

28 March 2019
A scene from Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge
The Rachel Papers
Where the Guest is God

The Indian service industry

21 February 2019
Salman Khan in Dabangg
The Rachel Papers
My Indian Hall of Fame

No matter how long the list, there’s always a film I miss

01 November 2018
Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna
The Rachel Papers
The Twain Shall Meet, But...

When Indian films celebrate the West for all the wrong reasons

04 October 2018
Nargis struggles to save her village from a flood in Mother India
The Rachel Papers
Flood, Mud and Blood

Water as a giver and destroyer of life is a widespread cultural norm

30 August 2018
Richard Attenborough as the Scottish General Outram in Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977)
The Rachel Papers
Scotch Whimsy

Of bagpipes and Indian popular culture

02 August 2018
Salman Khan as Tiger the action hero in Tiger Zinda Hai
The Rachel Papers
Eye of the Tiger

What Salman Khan’s stardom says about sexuality and ageing in India

28 June 2018
The great train robbery of Northwest Frontier
Travel Issue 2018
Mumbai Mail

My train journey across Hindi cinema

03 May 2018
Being Salman Khan
Essay
Being Salman Khan

The matinee masculinity of Hindi cinema’s biggest star

12 April 2018
A scenefrom movie Awaara
The Rachel Papers
The Intimate Fantasy

Desire in Indian cinema is best expressed in dream sequences

05 April 2018

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

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

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

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

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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