"India, unlike the USA, has multiple centers of production just as its languages and cultures still maintain their identities in India instead of being amalgamated into a singlular overarching popular culture as appears in the Los Angeles-dominated film industry of the United States. Even with production taking place outside of Hollywood, the dominance of Hollywood still reamins a force throughout the U.S. film and television industry. The other surprise in the article is the author’s assertion that television is still subordinate to film in its popularity with audiences, despite the fact that the Tamil Nadu government gave a color television set to all poor people in the state. Film, he reminds us, has a solid place in the lives and hospitality of the people of south India. Jesudoss also points out that all of the major political parties (many more than the two the United States is used to) own their own TV stations and use them to great effect. Adding to the importance of film in everyday life, the author also states that all of last five governors of the state have emerged from the film industry." (Editor's introduction, page 3)