Cin/Drome 1.7: Tejaswini Apte Rahm

Author Tejaswini Apte Rahm talks to me about the history of cinema in India and walks me through her early childhood memories in Bombay (now Mumbai).

We realise our earliest movie memories were identifications with an elephant and an alien, both of which left us traumatised.

I learn about the difference between Bollywood and Hindi films, and how pot boilers and masala movies give you your money's worth.

We also manage to discuss the importance of stories to an understanding of the world and the construction of a moral code, and grapple with Time's Arrow and the Theory of Relativity.

Pretty good for 90 minutes...

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Cin/Drome

These are a few of my favourite films

Discussions of films and cinema, memory and identity, anxiety and desire, with some of the most interesting people I know.

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Ben Wheeler

Hello and welcome to my podcast site, Veni Vidi Viti: Tales and Talanoa from The Fiji Islands.

Since moving here in 2019 from the UK I have met some fascinating people from an area of the world I previously knew very little about.

I decided to curate this series of talanoa (a Fijian term meaning storytelling, dialogue and forming relationships) as a way for me to learn more about this amazing culture and share with my friends at home and anyone else who might be interested.

As Fiji and the South Pacific enters the geo-political consciousness more and more, I hope these short, informal discussions will provide and introductory understanding of the region and people in the place I now call home.