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Jun 28, 2016 · Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, took a picture of her family in a Mumbai balcony 31 years ago.
Sooni Taraporevala is an acclaimed photographer whose first book, Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India-- A Photographic Journey, documents Bombay’s small but vibrant Zoroastrian community.
Oct 30, 2012 · October 30, 2012. When Sooni Taraporevala ’79-’80 arrived at Harvard for the first time, art was not high on her agenda. “I came here thinking I would study economics,” she said. “I don’t know...
Oct 11, 2017 · Sooni Taraporevala is a leading Indian photographer, screenwriter and filmmaker. She is best known for writing films such as Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay.
Aug 30, 2017 · In this interview, Taraporevala tells us more about her methodology, her favourite photograph from the ongoing exhibition at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery, as well as her upcoming projects. Congratulations on your first UK solo exhibition!
Jan 29, 2023 · Taraporevala’s photographic métier refracts into her transnational screenwriting—rather astutely in her articulations of exile and indeed, almost the entirety of her work resides in a home that is constantly displaced, deterritorialised, and in a state of becoming.
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Dec 12, 2004 · Parsis: The Zoroastrians of India combines Taraporevala's portraits with essays and interviews to give a modern view of Zoroastrianism, the 3,000-year-old religion stemming from the days of the...
