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...elements of cultural tension: Even as the family prepares to celebrate an arranged marriage, they speak in a jumble of Hindi and English (the young men tell everyone to “chill” in English, while grandmothers speak only Hindi) and the girls read Cosmopolitan. While Nair evidently reveres traditional culture through her attention to details during the wedding preparations, she highlights the liberating effects of western culture on the more suffocating elements of daily Indian life...
This year, he will mediate a conversation with Mira Nair ’79, who directed the film Monsoon Wedding...
...Mira Nair ’79 were a yoga pose, she would be the headstand, or sirshana...
Standing on your head isn’t easy—but then, it’s not the straightforward that Nair is after...
...couple of decades, several award-winning films, an Oscar nomination and a family later, Nair will return to her alma mater this weekend to receive the 9th annual Harvard Arts Medal. She will host a screening of her signature film Monsoon Wedding at the Harvard Film Archive and discuss her work in Sanders Theater with Third Rock from the Sun’s John Lithgow...