‘…How did the deep-fried, battered fritter family take hold, spread and flourish as a public choice in early 20th century Kolkata, still grappling with caste and untouchability, vegetarian diets and the baggage of sin and virtue?’ A brief history of telebhaja.

‘The author positions the art film directors as historians who were able ‘to theorise thus about India’s postcolonial condition, and to perceive in the medium of cinema the problems that would concern Indian historians for several decades.’ A review of Rochona Majumdar’s ‘Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Future: Film and History In The Postcolony’.