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Though the equipment was obsolete, VES professors’ passion infused Nair with a desire to make films and introduced her to various directors and styles. And as a sophomore, she met Sooni R. Taraporevala ’79, who now writes Nair’s screenplays...

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

...Mississippi Masala," she drove throughout the South, interviewing hundreds of Indian motelowners, and she traveled to Uganda to interview Indians there. It was more difficult for her to research the community life of small-town Southern Blacks: "Knowing the Black life was not that easy for us [Nair and Sooni Taraporevala '79-80, her screenwriting partner for "Salaam Bombay" and "Mississippi Masala"], and we just entered that life in Mississippi. We were two Indian women, and it was unbelievable to us how common that life was to Indian life, how much there was an accent on religion and community...

Author: By Ajitha Reddy, | Title: MIRA NAIR | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

Written by Sooni Taraporevala and Mira Nair...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Coming of Age in Bombay | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

...Sooni R. Taraporevala '79, who monitored Lowell House, said she was disappointed with the number of students showing interest in the cause. "Many just walk away, saying, 'I need my dinner,'" she said Thursday...

Author: By Lisa A. Newman, | Title: More Than 1000 Pledge to Support Fast on Thursday | 4/22/1978 | See Source »

Thompson's friend, Sooni Taraporevala '79, said the hot, humid weather makes her homesick for India. "Come on legs, tan!" Taraporevala exclaimed...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Don't Like It? Just Wait a Week... | 5/18/1977 | See Source »

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