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Dreams, dharma and Mrs. Doubtfire: exploring Hindi popular cinema via its "chutneyed" Western scripts
Abstract: The author introduces the popular films of Bombay--or of Bollywood, as it is familiarly know--via that industry's odd but practical proclivity ......(Continue Reading) The ecstasy of God's dancers: now more than ever the world needs a gentle, tolerant version of Islam. Sufism is exactly that, but it faces growing hostility
Six years ago, in the autumn of 1998, I was sitting in a roadside tea shop surrounded by the desert landscape of Rajasthan, when I saw a succession of bicycle rickshaws appear over the horizon. The...(Continue Reading)SCOPE: New wave hits world's largest film industry
NEW DELHI, Feb. 28 Kyodo ''Black'' is the latest hue of India's film industry, the world's largest, which has been painting the silver screen with ......(Continue Reading)Edinburgh International Festival
VARIOUS VENUES, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND AUGUST 15-SEPTEMBER 5, 2004 There was something for everyone at the Edinburgh Festival 2004, front tributes to ......(Continue Reading)Sex Appeal and Cultural Liberty: A Feminist Inquiry into MTV India
This essay discusses findings from an ethnographic study of MTV India. After a brief feminist analysis of MTV India's content, the main body of the essay ......(Continue Reading)
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