This book offers an introduction to popular Hindi cinema, a genre that has a massive fan
base but is often misunderstood by critics, and provides insight on topics of political and …

" Although blasphemy is as old as religion itself, its history has begun a new chapter in
recent years. Slanders of the sacred are everywhere, as in the highly visible Charlie Hebdo …

There are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More
popular images of the city capture the world's collective imagination—as a Bollywood …

Nearly a century after his death, the image of Sai Baba, the serene old man with the white
beard from Shirdi village in Maharashtra, India, is instantly recognizable to most South …

The paper begins with the contention that Hindi Cinema reflects a sharp bias towards the
principle of monoculturalism while representing Muslims. This bias manifests in the …

kavita Daiya, 2020, Temple University Press, 750 iNR, iSBN: 9781439920244 kavita Daiya's
opening lines in 'Graphic Migrations: Precarity and Gender in india and the Diaspora'sets …

Listening with a Feminist Ear is a study of the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in
cinema. Eschewing ocularcentric and siloed disciplinary formations, the book takes …

Motherhood in a particular socio-cultural framework remains a preconditioned experience,
often being strategically determined and regulated through a multidimensional script …

Every year, the Indian pilgrimage town of Pushkar sees its population of 20,000 swell by two
million visitors. Since the 1970s, Pushkar, which is located about 250 miles southwest of the …

Through the lens of political economy of communication and sports, this article examines the
role of Bollywood's sports movies in promoting patriotism and constructing an Indian …