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Using Bollywood songs to promote literacy is an innovative and powerful idea, and is the brainchild of Brij Kothari. The hallmark of every Hindi or Bollywood film are the popular song and dance sequences, which most people can either recognize, sing or hum regardless of their level of education.
Brij hit upon this novel idea of [...]
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Madhur Jaffrey , a well-known actress & author of several cooks books & TV shows talks about her autobirograhy: Climbing The Mango Trees.
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 in the book she [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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