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
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 2014
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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