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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 Beauty of the Indian Winter
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes
04 January 2018
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 2017Authors
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
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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