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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

Karisma Kapoor and Govinda in David Dhawan’s Haseena Maan Jayegi (1999)
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Dancing in the Dark

It’s the rhythm of life in Hindi cinema

27 September 2017
The classic story of Devdas in its 2009 adaptation Dev.D, directed by Anurag Kashyap
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Missing in the Scene

Why mainstream Hindi cinema rarely raises caste as a social issue

20 July 2017
The Promise of Summer
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The Promise of Summer

But in Indian cinema it’s oppressive and unpleasant

29 June 2017
A scene from Sholay
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Friends Are Forever

The many shades of love and friendship in Hindi cinema

25 May 2017
Shashi Kapoor and Neetu Singh with Nirupa Roy, who plays the iconic mother in Deewaar (1975)
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All About Family Values

When movie mothers are no longer saintly widows in white saris

27 April 2017
Amitabh Bachchan as Anthony Gonsalves in Amar, Akbar, Anthony
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My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves

The Goa of Hindi cinema is India’s internal exotica

30 March 2017
A scene from Bawarchi
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Good Taste in Movies

The sensual pleasures of food haven’t been fully explored in cinema

02 March 2017
A scene from PK
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Battling the Gods

In Indian cinema, atheists become believers by the end of the film

25 January 2017
Christmas celebrations at Trafalgar Square, London
New Year Double Issue
Once in Royal David’s City

We celebrate multiple Christmases

22 December 2016

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TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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