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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
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
Hindi Cinema: Singing in the Rain
Our columnist returns to the classic monsoon songs of Hindi cinema. A seasonal reminder of love and longing, desire and sorrow
20 July 2016
The Name of the Rose
Colour, class and tradition in a vase. The meditations of a flower girl
16 June 2016
Multiplex Cinema: Being Middlebrowbeaten
What the new multiplex cinema says about the modern India
19 May 2016
A Classical Passage to India
After travelling around India for over 35 years, I may not have seen or experienced this sacred space exactly as Kalidasa describes it
21 April 2016
The Death of Coolie No 1
It’s a millionaires’ ball in Bollywood. Slumdogs and other romantics are no longer welcome
15 October 2014Authors
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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