Dr. Salman Akhtar talks about Bollywood and the Indian unconsciousness.
In Part-II of our conversation he discusses the films made in the 1950s and 1960s right after India became independent. A hallmark of films made during this period is  the male sexuality anxiety theme that dominated the films points out Dr. Akhtar.Women were divided into two [...]

Dr. Salman Akhtar talks about Bollywood and the Indian unconsciousness. What are the unconscious undercurrents of Indian society and culture that are reflected in Hindi cinema or Bollywood as it has come to be known? Dr. Akhtar provides a framework of sorts to understand the history and evolution of Indian cinema. Recently Dr. Akhtar edited [...]

Madhur Jaffrey talks about her new book, an autobiography titled Climbing The Mango Trees.
Madhur is a well-known actress and author of several cook books and TV shows.
In this autobiography she paints a wonderful picture of her childhood in India. Madhur grew up in a large “joint family,” in Delhi during the 1930s and 1940s. So [...]

UK-based writer Jessica Hines is a big Bollywood fan, and spent quite a few years in Bombay trying to write a biography of Big B or Amitabh Bachchan. But, instead of a biography Jessica ended by writing a different kind of book. Her book Looking for the Big, Bollywood, and Me was released earlier [...]