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Author:   Pankaj Jain (University of North Texas, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
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9781032778334

ISBN 10:   1032778334
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond 1. From Kil-Arni to Anthony: The Portrayal of Christians in Indian Films 2. Such a Long Journey: Portrayal of the Parsi Community in Films 3. From Padosi to My Name is Khan: The Portrayal of Hindu–Muslim Relations in South Asian Films 4. Film as a Majoritarian Framework of Hindu Nationalism: The Case of Purab Aur Pachhim 5. Encountering Asceticism: A Hindu Nun in Jogan, vis-a-vis a Buddhist Monk in Trishagni 6. Anuradha and Anupama: Gender Issues through Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach 7. The Objectification of Women in V. Shantaram’s Films 8. “Children of the Soil” to “Dark Wind”: Nature, Environment and Climate in Indian Films 9. Ecocritical Analysis of Classics by Three Indian Film Maestros: An Extended Film Review 10. Sara Jahan Hamara: Indian Films and Their Portrayal of Foreign Destinations 11. Do Bigha Zamin: A Realistic Masterpiece of Indian Cinema 12. Virtue Ethics of Boot Polish and Dosti, as Compared with Slumdog Millionaire

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Pankaj Jain is Professor and HoD of Humanities and Languages and the Chair of The India Centre at FLAME University. He is a renowned academic leader with international recognition in Sustainability, Jain Studies, Film Studies, and Diaspora Studies. He has co-edited the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (2022) and Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (2023). His earlier monographs are Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach (2023), Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora (2019), award-winning Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (2011), and Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains (2015). His articles and quotes have been featured in the Huffington Post, Washington Post, Times of India’s Speaking Tree, and Patheos. In July 2020, the New York Times interviewed him; in 2019, Morgan Freeman interviewed him for the section on Jainism in the National Geographic series The Story of God.

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