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
Shashi Kapoor: The Last Romantic
His image off and onscreen was of a sophisticated and elegant cosmopolitan, but he was also a theth Punjabi, a Kapoor, who lived life big, fond of his drink and food
07 December 2017
When Booker Comes to Bollywood
The central character badly needs that award to emphasise his heroism
26 October 2017
When Burkha-Clad Women Wept for the Niloufer of Nikaah
The state of the union
24 August 2017
Missing in the Scene
Why mainstream Hindi cinema rarely raises caste as a social issue
20 July 2017
The Promise of Summer
But in Indian cinema it’s oppressive and unpleasant
29 June 2017
Friends Are Forever
The many shades of love and friendship in Hindi cinema
25 May 2017
All About Family Values
When movie mothers are no longer saintly widows in white saris
27 April 2017
My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves
The Goa of Hindi cinema is India’s internal exotica
30 March 2017
Authors
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 several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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