That a time when regional political parties continue to assert their identity, the rise of Bhojpuri films is only part of the remodeling of Indian cinema. The availability of cheap technology has allowed dozens of ‘little cinemas’ to flourish in dialects such as Chattisgarhi, Kumaoni, Gharhwali and Khariboli…
The book begins by attempting to address’a key weakness in film theory: the text governs the production of, and is also represented in, cinema. In this the author seeks to move beyond general film studies which deals only with ‘narrative and its thematic, stylistic and formal characteristics’, and also beyond traditional feminist…
Academic publishing on cinema in India has seen a boom in the past decade or so but, by and large, it is Bollywood that gets most of the attention. The ‘minority cinemas’ in India—especially films in the regional languages—receive less thought and this is unfortunate—considering that understanding Bollywood gives us little purchase on the cultural significance…
An elegantly produced exhibition catalogue satisfies the voyeuristic desire in those who were not able to see a particular display—but would have loved to have been there! In the ‘Foreword’, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta tells us that the February-March 2010 exhibition of which this book is the catalogue held in the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai…
Environmental journalism in South Asia, especially in India, despite having a plethora of very eminent fathers—and mothers—continues to be somewhat orphaned. Held hostage to a variety of forces, from the inhospitable terrain provided by an increasingly corporatized media to a fickle readership/viewership…
This volume brings together two decades of Rajeev Bhargava’s scholarship, reflection and writing on varied themes that are at once familiar to those who have known Bhargava’s work and also certain other themes that are novel in the sense that Bhargava brings his theoretical insights to bear on hard-headed political questions of the day…