beyond bollywood | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/beyond-bollywood/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 Beyond Bollywood #5: Fandry https://helterskelter.in/2015/03/beyond-bollywood-5-fandry/ https://helterskelter.in/2015/03/beyond-bollywood-5-fandry/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:51:48 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=10582 Even when a larger-than-life portrait of Ambedkar is looking over you, there is only so far the love story of a lower caste boy and an upper caste girl can go.

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