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Introduction |
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A Historical Approach and Personal Memoirs: Quest for Freedom, Partition and Memories (1857-2004) |
Film: 1947 Earth (1999) |
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Land Reforms (1950-85): Poverty Line and Peasantry |
Film: Ankur (1974) |
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"The Emergency Rule" (1975-77): Democracy or Dictatorship? |
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"The Emergency Rule" (1975-77): Democracy or Dictatorship? (cont.) |
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The Universal Civil Code Debate and the Shah Bano Case (1985 and its Aftermath): Women and Islam |
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Mandal Commission (1990): Caste and Affirmative Action |
Film: Bawandar
Paper I due |
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Documentary Cinema and Academic debate: Ayodhya (1992): Religious Conflict, Within and Beyond Borders |
Short documentary film: Mandir, Masjid, Mandal and Marx |
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Parallel Cinema and Fiction: Seventy-Third Amendment, Panchayati Raj and the Empowerment of Women (1992-2004)
Guest Speaker: Professor Esther Duflo, MIT |
Film: Bandit Queen (1996) |
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Popular Culture and its Critique: The World Cup and Bollywood Goes West (1983-2001): Cricket Mania, Post-Colonialism and National Pride |
Film: Lagaan (2001) |
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Ethnography and Pulp Magazines: Star TV arrives in India: Global or Local? (1990's - the present)
Health Care in India: Guest lecture by expert from MIT-Health, followed by Q and A |
Lab Session I: Practical Advice for the Traveler |
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Press and Other Media: IT Revolutions (1990 - the present): BPOs, Call Centers, Outsourcing and all that... |
Lab Session II: Among your Colleagues and Friends - Food, Social Practices and Taboos |
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History and Religion in Modern Times: The Romila Thapar Controversy (2001 and Ancient History): Myth, Legends, History and National Identity |
Lab Session III: Daily Logistics - Practical Advice for Negotiating Systems: Businesses, Maps, Railway Stations, Airports, Public Transport System |
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Politics, Documenting and Civil Society: Elections 2003-2004: Consensus and Controversies
Guest Speaker: Professor Abhijit Banerjee, MIT
Wrap up Discussion |
Short documentary film: The Name of the Disease (Banerjee and Banerjee)
Lab Session IV: At the End of the Day - Entertainment in Urban Life: Choices and Recommendations
Paper II due |