Issue: April-June ’14

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  Beyond Bollywood #2: Sita Sings the Blues

  By Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar · Director Nina Paley uses lightness and humour to weave together a cutting commentary on one of the greatest epics in history.
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  Of Cheap Coffee and Angry Yellow Curries

  By Parvati Ekalavya · For an Indian living in the U.K., an angry yellow curry is better than no curry.
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  Beyond Bollywood #1: The Pool

  By Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar · Chris Smith's The Pool is a narrative of survival, not triumph; of life, not drama. Released in 2007, it is everything that Slumdog Millionaire was not.
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  The Man Who Doesn’t Use Money

  By Harsh Snehanshu · In 2012, all it took was a 20-minute-long talk at UPenn for an unknown name, Nipun Mehta, to become an Internet phenomenon.
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  Ghosts of Homecomings Past

  By Parvati Ekalavya · Flying Air India somehow brings out the unreasonable, the rebellious, and the ridiculous in a disconcertingly large number of passengers.
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  A Portrait of Bhaji Gully

  By Sukruti Anah Staneley · A small fire pierces the indigo chill, while the rough bristles of a broom scrape the stained pavements.
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  A Bright, Free Future

  By Arun Kale · In conversation with India in Love author Ira Trivedi about free love, marriage brokers, and the effect of the Internet on Indian society.
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  The Ramayana Syndrome

  By Romila Thapar · What would happen today if an attempt were made to project on T.V. a different version of the Ramayana?
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  Hॐ Coming

  By Arun Kale · Laxmi Bomb's Keegan Pereira speaks to us about the band's debut E.P. Hॐ.