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Burning bright: A new documentary, titled The Bengal Tiger: The Rajbansi Story, is directed by Arish Sirkissoon and co-written by Rajbansi’s wife Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi. What part of the colourful and controversial South African politician Amichand Rajbansi’s story will it foreground?
AMICHAND RAJBANSI

A political animal who played the jungle

The Bengal Tiger’s life is retold on screen, revisiting the populism, opportunism and contradictions that made Amichand Rajbansi unforgettable

  • Marlan Padayachee
7 min read
APARTHEID RESISTANCE

A lens, pen and a cause

Three new books spotlight Indian South Africans who helped shape the nation — through resistance, reflection and reinvention in unexpected places

  • Marlan Padayachee
5 min read