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
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
Good Taste in Movies
The sensual pleasures of food haven’t been fully explored in cinema
02 March 2017
Battling the Gods
In Indian cinema, atheists become believers by the end of the film
25 January 2017
Seeking Bollywood in Brazil
Indian soft power has to travel beyond familiar shores
24 November 2016
Hindi cinema: The Aesthetics of Excess
It’s glorious to be rich in Hindi cinema
26 October 2016
The Pleasures of Melancholy
It is a reflective sorrow, the mood of a creative person. It leads to the desire to be alone
13 October 2016
Presence of Mind
Why were the films which established Shah Rukh Khan as a major star those that showed him as a psychopath?
22 September 2016
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, 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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