Maithili RaoRinki Roy Bhattacharya was born with cinema in her veins. Her father, celebrated auteur Bimal Roy, travelled with Rinki to Oxford for her graduation. But she decided to elope with her father’s assistant, Basu Bhattacharya. Love triumphed and higher sudies were cast aside. Entirely self-taught, managing family life while assisting her husband at work, she learnt journalism hands-on. For over five decades she contributed prolifically to the Indian Express, the Times of India, Filmfare, Telegraph, Hindu. Most Indian print media carried her byline on art, cinema and cultural features. After chasing deadlines for almost fifty years, Rinki branched off to edit books on her father’s cinema and women’s issues with equal conviction. Read More Read Less