A Monsoon Wedding

A Monsoon Wedding
Author: Riddhi Singh
Publisher: Riddhi Singh
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2024-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the lush and vibrant village of Alleppey, Kerala, a wedding brings together a tapestry of traditions, love, and the ceaseless beauty of the monsoon rains. **"A Monsoon Wedding"** tells the heartwarming and evocative tale of Lakshmi and Ravi's journey to matrimonial bliss, intricately planned by the dedicated wedding planner, Aisha. Aisha, a meticulous and creative wedding planner from Mumbai, arrives in Alleppey with the task of orchestrating the perfect wedding for Lakshmi and Ravi. Her initial days are filled with challenges as she navigates through the nuances of Kerala's traditions and the unpredictable monsoon weather. The story unfolds with Aisha immersing herself in the local culture, forming deep bonds with the Nair family and the villagers who are as integral to the celebration as the rituals themselves. Throughout her journey, Aisha encounters a series of heartfelt and enriching experiences. She collaborates with Radhakrishnan, a revered local musician, to weave the soul of Kerala’s music into the wedding ceremonies. With Sundar, the skilled florist, she crafts a floral wonderland that blends traditional and contemporary elements, transforming the venue into a breathtaking celebration of nature and culture. Ananya, a talented artisan, helps Aisha incorporate traditional crafts into the decor, adding authenticity and charm to the wedding. As the wedding day approaches, the monsoon rains become both a challenge and a blessing, imbuing the celebration with a unique magic. The ceremony itself is a grand yet intimate affair, filled with traditional rituals, heartfelt emotions, and the vibrant sounds of local music. Despite the rain, or perhaps because of it, the wedding becomes a testament to resilience, love, and the enduring beauty of tradition. The narrative reaches its zenith with the wedding ceremony, where Lakshmi and Ravi exchange vows amidst the lush, rain-kissed landscape of Alleppey. The monsoon, far from being a hindrance, enhances the romance and mystique of the occasion, symbolizing the life-giving force that nourishes both the land and the human spirit. Aisha's journey culminates in a profound sense of accomplishment and connection, as she helps create a wedding that is not just a union of two hearts, but a celebration of the rich cultural heritage of Kerala. As the rain-soaked celebration concludes, Aisha reflects on her time in Alleppey, filled with gratitude for the experiences and relationships she has formed. The story leaves readers with a sense of peace and fulfillment, echoing the gentle promise of new beginnings brought by the monsoon. "A Monsoon Wedding" is a story of love, tradition, and the magic of the monsoon, beautifully capturing the essence of Kerala's culture and the timeless beauty of a wedding that becomes a cherished memory for all who are part of it.

Monsoon Wedding Fever

Monsoon Wedding Fever
Author: Shoma Narayanan
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459244877

Coming home one night, Riya was not expecting to find the man who broke her heart sleeping on her floor! He's a guest at her roommate's wedding, so she's stuck with him 24/7—and the sparks are already flying! Six years ago Riya fell for Dhruv, whereas he didn't believe in love. Not then, not now—the other reason he's in India is to consider an arranged marriage! But as the monsoons start, Riya and Dhruv are forced to confront what drove them apart. Could this wedding fever be…contagious?

The Films of Mira Nair

The Films of Mira Nair
Author: Amardeep Singh
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2018-09-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1496819128

The Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora Vérité presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Mira Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to the South Asian diaspora, have been influential around the globe. Amardeep Singh delves into the complexities of Nair’s films from 1981 to 2016, offering critical commentary on all of Nair’s major works, including her early documentary projects as well as shorts. The subtitle, “diaspora vérité,” alludes to Singh’s primary theme: Nair’s filmmaking project is driven aesthetically by her background in the documentary realist tradition (cinéma vérité) and thematically by her interest in the lives of migrants and diasporic populations. Mainly, Nair’s filmmaking intends to document imaginatively the experiences of diasporic communities. Nair’s focus on the diasporic appears in the long list of her films that have explored the subject, such as Mississippi Masala, So Far from India, Monsoon Wedding, The Perez Family, My Own Country, The Namesake, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. However, a version of the diasporic sensibility also emerges even in films with an apparently different scope, such as Nair’s adaptation of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. Nair began her career as a documentary filmmaker in the early 1980s. While Nair now has largely moved away from the documentary format in favor of making fictional feature films, Singh shows that a documentary realist style remains active in her subsequent fictional cinema.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 916
Release: 2002-12-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780740726910

Every single new Ebert review.

Postcolonial Cultures

Postcolonial Cultures
Author: Simon Featherstone
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781578067718

An overview of postcolonial studies and current thought on literature, tourism, and popular culture

Beyond Bollywood

Beyond Bollywood
Author: Jigna Desai
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2004
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780415966849

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Mercy in Her Eyes

Mercy in Her Eyes
Author: John Kenneth Muir
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2006
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781557836496

(Applause Books). This the first book to examine the films of the acclaimed and popular Indian-born and Harvard educated filmmaker, Mira Nair. A unique voice in cinema today, she is one of the few female directors who made it to the top of a male-dominated profession. Her films feature an incomparably sensuous visual style yet at the same time often record the injustice of the disenfranchised and the cross-pollination of East and West. Her twin themes of realism and romance make for dazzling cinema. John Kenneth Muir analyzes all of Nair's work, including: Salaam Bombay! (1988), the groundbreaking story of a young boy abandoned by his family on the streets of Bombay; Mississippi Masala (1991), an interracial small town romance between an Indian woman (Sarita Choudhury) and an African American businessman (Denzel Washington); Monsoon Wedding (2001), featuring a Bollywood carnival atmosphere, one of the most successful foreign films ever released in the United States; Hysterical Blindness (2002), the HBO film featuring Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis, looking for love in all the wrong places; The big-budget Hollywood adaptation of the Thackery novel Vanity Fair (2004), starring Reese Witherspoon, Gabriel Byrne, and Eileen Atkins.

The Global-Local Interface and Hybridity

The Global-Local Interface and Hybridity
Author: Rani Rubdy
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2013-11-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783090855

The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety of cross-cultural and geographical contexts, and illustrate hybridity as an enactment of resistance and creativity. Drawing on a variety of disciplines and ideological perspectives, the authors use contexts as diverse as social media, Bollywood films, workplaces and kindergartens to explore the ways in which English has become a part of localities and social relations in ways that are of significant sociolinguistic interest in understanding the dynamics of mobile cultures and transcultural flows.

Bollywood Weddings

Bollywood Weddings
Author: Kavita Ramdya
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2010
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780739138540

Bollywood Weddings examines how second-generation Indian-American Hindus of the middle and upper classes negotiate courtship and wedding rituals. Kavita Ramdya integrates the stories of twenty couples, showing the ways and means by which a subcommunity falls in love and expresses their identity. She provides readers with a window into these Indian-American couples who are navigating identities through a major rite of passage in their lives-marriage. She affirms that this community flaunts all things Indian as a way to assert their American identity. Many of these couples are occasional Hindus, displaying their Hindu religious background only on important occasions. Instead of choosing either India or America, or arriving at a compromise between the two, this community embraces both cultures simultaneously.

Lights! Cameras! Cuisine!

Lights! Cameras! Cuisine!
Author: Holly Erickson
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-06-17
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1426905254

A cookbook, entertainment guide, and trivia game collection for film and food lovers with 156 recipes from 56 movies also includes entertainment ideas, film trivia questions, irreverent film summaries, parent/child activity ideas, and suggestions for staging complete cinema-oriented soirees.Most recipes are simple enough for people who barely cook although there are a few for sesoned cooks.There are also snack and drink suggestions to enjoy while viewing a film at home that lead beyond the boredom of pizza and popcorn. Every moviegoer has a favorite food scene. The films and therefore the cuisines cover the globe. Russian,Welsh, Mexican, Spanish, American, French,Italian, Chinese, Greek,English, Cuban, vegetarian, lo-cal dishes are included.