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Friday essay: Bollywood helped make me – now, it projects Modi’s Indian nationalism

Vijay Mishra changed forever when a cinema opened in his Fijian town, in 1951. He traces Bollywood’s shift from multicultural fantasy to Hindu...

10.04.2026 10

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Vijay Mishra

Kiran Desai’s first novel in nearly 20 years is shortlisted for the Booker. Last time, she won it

Is Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny the great American–Indian novel?

28.10.2025 10

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Vijay Mishra