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Fantasy of Modernity

Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s

By: Aarti Wani

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Fantasy of Modernity

Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s

By: Aarti Wani

Romantic love overwhelms 1950s Bombay cinema. Love and romance is evident in the themes, lyrics and visual aesthetics of films of the period, as it is in the publicity and gossip surrounding films and film stars. Love in cinema becomes significant when social reality constrains its quotidian experience and expression. By bringing a spectacular imagination of love to centre stage, the 1950s cinema deflected anxieties of 'Indianness' even as the new aesthetic and affect of romance offered an alternative engagement with the contradictions of modernity. Fantasy of Modernity: Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s explores the films, the songs, the stars and the extra-cinematic discourse of the period to read love and romance as its most productive trope that mobilized a dynamic and contested public sphere.

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229

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Cambridge University Press

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ISBN 10

131665950X

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9781316659502

Score!

By: Aarti V Raman

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Score!

By: Aarti V Raman

Brighabujamba 'Bee' Vishwanathan hates her name, her current job at Krikket-365 and cricket itself. To keep her job, Bee has to score an exclusive with a member of the Indian team before the T20 World Cup final. When she falls on to the hotel balcony of broody assistant coach Arhan Kapoor while trying to spy on the team, Bee does not think her life could get worse. Arhan loves cricket with a passion that is only rivalled by his hatred of journalists. After the team is affected by the untimely death of their vice-captain, he has only two mandates: motivate the players to a win and keep them away from the media. A nosy reporter managing to full toss her way into the team is his worst nightmare. However, when the team's physiotherapist turns up dead and someone makes an attempt on Bee's life, she and Arhan have to join forces to investigate those out to sabotage India's chances at the Cup. Can two people on opposite sides of a pitch trust each other and bring down a cold-blooded killer? Or will the match end before the last ball is bowled?

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339

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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9389611245

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9789389611243

Child Safe Tourism

The Tourist Perspective

By: Afrooz Kaviani Johnson,Aarti Kapoor,Amie Matthews,Project Childhood Prevention Pillar Staff,World Vision Australia,Juan Miguel Lago

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Child Safe Tourism

The Tourist Perspective

By: Afrooz Kaviani Johnson,Aarti Kapoor,Amie Matthews,Project Childhood Prevention Pillar Staff,World Vision Australia,Juan Miguel Lago

This report summarises findings from a 2012 online survey conducted with over 300 international travellers to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. The survey wasconducted to better grasp the sorts of interactions tourists have with children in these countries and to gauge their perceptions of these interactions and of child safe tourism in general.

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