Viral Stop-Motion Videos Capture a Simpler Time in India

Image caption: Zainab and Sakina Sabunwala, “Breezy Evening” (2020). All images courtesy the artists, Zainab and Sakina Sabunwala. Article by Kalpana Sunder. Hyperallergic – October 6, 2022.

Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar’s mellifluous voice plays in the background as a pretty lady clad in a saree sits on her terrace, enjoying her tea with biscuits while sparrows gather on the rails. The Bollywood superstar of yesteryears, Meena Kumari, sits elegantly on a floor mattress in the iconic film Pakeezah as the hit song “Mausam Hai Aashiqana” plays in the background. […]

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