Bollywood and Beyond: Visual Appeal in Costumes in Indian Films

In 2010, Deepsikha Chatterjee (Hunter College/CUNY) and Cheri Vasek (University of Hawai’i, Manoa) received a grant from United States Institute of Theatre Technology to travel to India and study the process of Indian film production with focus on the work of costume designers. With the most number of films produced per annum in India, partly … Read more

Bollywood Weddings

Kavita Ramdya’s debut book, BOLLYWOOD WEDDINGS: DATING, ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE IN HINDU AMERICA, is this year’s answer to the age-old questions, “Why do we fall in love with the people we fall in love with?” and “Why do we marry the people we choose to marry?” To answer these questions – the ethnic, religious, linguistic, … Read more