Suhit Kelkar

Articles by Suhit Kelkar

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  Dec 08, 2019

  Girl in White Cotton: Author Avni Doshi on the triggers, themes and processes that underlie her novel

  UAE-based Avni Doshi’s debut novel Girl in White Cotton was released this year to critical acclaim in India. Reviewers noted the economy of the writing, the hard-hitting nature of the plot, as well as its architecture, comprising the haunting themes of identity and co-authorship of memory at the troubled centre of a mother-daughter relationship.
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  Feb 18, 2019

  Naach-gaana and inclusivity: Jonathan Gil Harris on how masala films reflect the idea of a pluralistic India

  Author Jonathan Gil Harris on how masala films are a syncretic mix of traditions, what the significance of item songs is, and why the disappearance of single screen theatres has sounded a death knell for the genre
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  Apr 25, 2018

  Teenaa Kaur Pasricha on the making of her National Award-winning film 1984 - When the Sun Didn't Rise

  Mumbai-based film-maker Teenaa Kaur Pasricha spoke to Firstpost about 1984- When the Sun Didn’t Rise.
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  Jan 01, 2018

  Dhara's Devotees

  On an alien planet, a race of refugees attempt to start cultivating crops — to what effect? Presenting #FutureFiction on #FirstCulture
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