Popular culture in a globalised India

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local resistance to global Bangalore : reading minority Indian cinema / by M. K. Raghavendra -- Breaking news, Indian style : politics, democracy, and Indian news relevision / by Nalin Metha -- Emancipation or anchored individualism? : women and TV soaps in India / by Shehina Fazal -- Indian feminisms : issues of sexuality and representation / by Geetanjali Gangoli -- The Tragada Bhavaiya contribution to the making of Hindu identity in Saurastra / by Jayasinhji Jhala -- The Mahabharata's imprint on contemporary literature and film / by Pamela Lothspeich -- India : religious nationalism and changing profile of popular culture / by Ram Puniyani -- Private music : individualism, authenticity, and genre boundaries in Bombay music industry / by Peter Kevetko -- Indian popular culture and its "others" : Bollywood dance and anti-nautch in twenty first century global India / by Anna Morcom -- From zenana to cinema : the impact of royal aesthetics on Bollywood film / by Angma D. Jhala -- Gods, kings, and local Telugu guys : competing visions of the heroic in Indian comic books / by Karline McLain -- The gated romance of "India shining" : visualising urban lifestyle in advertisement of residential housing development / by Christiane Brosius -- Advertising in a globalised India / by Lynne Ciochetto -- India goes to the blogs : cyberspace, identity, community / by Pramod K. Nayar -- The Indian software industry : cultural factors underpinning its evolution / by Florian Taeube -- Opiate of the masses or none in a billion : trying to unravel the Indian sporting mystery / by Boria Majumdar -- Going places : popular tourism writing in India / by Anna Kurian -- The discreet charm of Indian street-food / by Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay.