{"product_id":"hindi-cinema-and-pakistan-screening-the-idea-and-the-reality-9781032845197","title":"Hindi Cinema and Pakistan: Screening the Idea and the Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHindi Cinema and Pakistan\u003c\/i\u003e traces the genesis and development of this theme in Hindi cinema in the 1950s, showcasing its relevance as a tool that both reflects and shapes how India sees its neighbour, the India-Pakistan relationship, and itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeenakshi Bharat\u003c\/b\u003e, writer, translator, reviewer and cultural theorist, teaches in the University of Delhi. Her special interests include children's literature, women's fiction, and film, postcolonial, translation and cultural studies--areas which she has extensively researched. She has published \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Colony: The Child in Postcolonial Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, a monograph, \u003ci\u003eDesert in Bloom: Indian Women Writers of Fiction in English\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilming the Line of Control: The Indo-Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRushdie the Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e, children's books, \u003ci\u003eLittle Elephant throws a Party \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Friends. \u003c\/i\u003eHer wide and variegated writing, both creative and critical, is spurred by contemporary concerns. She has co-edited and contributed to five successful Indo-Australian Short Fiction anthologies (\u003ci\u003eFear Factor: Terror Incognito, Alien Shores: Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Only Connect: Technology and Us, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlass Walls: Stories of Tolerance and Intolerance, Relatively True: Stories of Truth, Deception and Post Truth (2022), \u003c\/i\u003ewhich have variously taken on the burning issues of terrorism, asylum seekers, technology and us, tolerance and intolerance, and truth, deception and post-truth. Her monographs-- \u003ci\u003eTroubled Testimonies: Terrorism and the English Novel in India \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and\u003ci\u003e Shooting Terror: Terrorism and the Hindi Film \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) take on the impact of terrorism on contemporary Indian culture. She served as President of the International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM, UNESCO, 2014-2017), as a bureau member of the International Council of Philosophy and the Human Sciences (CIPSH, UNESCO) and as the Treasurer of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA) from 2012-2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50869790474514,"sku":"9781032845197","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23f74bda-8299-4f9e-a099-ad4240eaaadc.jpg?v=1737770301","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hindi-cinema-and-pakistan-screening-the-idea-and-the-reality-9781032845197","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}