While conducting an intellectual inquiry into the visual premises of films, the four crucial questions that need to be addressed and answered are,
Who is making the film? (politics of writer/director)
Why is the film made? (politics of the narrative)
Where is...
Tunisian film world is witnessing a surge in production with a variety of themes, which were not usually allowed for quite a long, triggering what is called ‘a post-revolution cinema revival.’ According to producer Habib Attia, “Since 2011, one...
Films from the Global
South (such as that of Latin America, Asia and Africa) seldom receive the kind
of acceptance the Anglo-American English movies get across the world. The international
film festivals may be an exception where the ‘best’ from such countries...
There is a dominant phenomenon apparent in the popular and political discourses on Islam and Muslims. This phenomenon is the tendency to see Muslims as a generic category, as rigid cultural actors sans what Islam means to them, and...
In less than three generations, Kerala Muslim society transformed from one of the most disengaged parts of colonialism to the beneficiaries of globalisation. Interestingly, Muslims of Kerala have displayed variety of responses to globalisation. The responses were rather selective...
Muslims of West Bengal – Forging Initiatives for Dialogue in times of Siege
Anuradha Ghosh
It is indeed strange that in West Bengal though Muslims comprise 27.01 per cent of the total population, their presence in the intellectual public sphere is...
