Water as a giver and destroyer of life is a widespread cultural norm

Of bagpipes and Indian popular culture

What Salman Khan’s stardom says about sexuality and ageing in India

Desire in Indian cinema is best expressed in dream sequences

Aunts don’t really get their due in Hindi cinema

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes

The central character badly needs that award to emphasise his heroism

It’s the rhythm of life in Hindi cinema

The state of the union

Why mainstream Hindi cinema rarely raises caste as a social issue