Born in 1964

Jawaharlal Nehru died in May, and the country mourned as one. He had been India's leader for its entire existence as a republic. Lal Bahadur Shastri took over quietly, and people wondered what came next.

Sangam was the Bollywood blockbuster of the year, a love triangle set against Switzerland and India's own landscapes. The contrast between the glamour onscreen and the grief in the streets was very Indian — life and sorrow wound together inseparably.