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Author detailsPiroj Wadia
PIROJ WADIA is a journalist of long standing, she was Assistant Editor for Cine Blitz and The Daily, and edited TV & Video World, India’s first & only authentic television magazine. She is equally ardent about television as she is about films, and critiques both. She has been keenly watching and observing television since the 1990s and has witnessed the industry’s growth and sea changes. She has served on the jury for the Indian Television Academy (ITA) and the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA); and on the script committee of the Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI). Currently, she is researching on the contribution of the Parsis to Indian cinema.
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