Vijay Mishra changed forever when a cinema opened in his Fijian town, in 1951. He traces Bollywood’s shift from multicultural fantasy to Hindu nationalism.
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Netflix’s new series is about the scheming, menacing and murderous courtesans of Heeramandi. Here’s their real history.
Despite portraying sex workers as agents of social change, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ presents sex workers as worthy victims because they didn’t choose their disreputable fates.


