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...Personally, I still think Nair??s best film, and her most serious work, was Salaam Bombay!, which, while not a documentary…was powerful and affecting,” Fonseca says...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nair Rides 'Monsoon' Wave Back to Harvard | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

Next fall Fonseca will teach the seminar Indian Studies 115: “Voices of Indian Women in Literature and Film.” When she last offered a similar course, she says students frequently referred to Nair??s films in discussion. The class watched clips from Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding, examining issues of race, gender and culture...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nair Rides 'Monsoon' Wave Back to Harvard | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

...Nair??s two-acre home in Kampala, Uganda is dotted with trees she’s planted. She speaks excitedly about her green thumb, discussing her newly-sowed mango grove and the 61 trees she put in last summer...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nair Rides 'Monsoon' Wave Back to Harvard | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

...says she hopes one day she’ll have grandchildren to appreciate her planting efforts. Nair??s mother always wanted a baby girl, while her father fretted about the expense of raising a daughter in India. Nair??s son is now a pre-schooler in New York City, where Nair teaches film at Columbia University. Her family divides its time between Kampala, New York City and New Delhi...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nair Rides 'Monsoon' Wave Back to Harvard | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

...Mira Nair??s work will screen at the Harvard Film Archive in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts on Friday and Sunday. Nair will also discuss her work in a talk moderated by actor John Lithgow ’67 at Sanders Theatre on Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are free and available through the Harvard Box Office...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nair Rides 'Monsoon' Wave Back to Harvard | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

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