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KANNAN Introduction to Indian Civilization Features of Indus Valley Civilization Aryan vs. Dravidian Debate Colonialism Indian Society Indian Caste System Sub-castes in India Culture - Basics Culture - Definitions Multi-cultural and multi-lingual system in India Urban-rural divide Illiteracy Unemployment Gender Inequality Modernization Family setup Globalization vs. Localization Kashmir issue Indo-Pak wars SUPARNA MA'AM http://projectcctvnotes.blogspot.in/2015/01/jou231-economics-part.html Common identifying features of countries - socio-cultural, political, economical Features of an underdeveloped economy Capitalism Communism Socialism Nehruvian Socialism 5-year plans Nationalization License Raj System Stock Market as Barometer of Economy Liberalization Privatization Globalization Alternative to GDP - Quality of Life Crony Capitalism Development NARESH Definition and features of Nation Definition and features of State India: a nat...

Urdu comes from 'Ardu' meaning army Noor- Represents dying Urdu - very secular He does not find liqour sinful portrayal of Urdu as a secular language - not always islamic Noor also did not find poetry religious  1) cohabitation of languages -English narration of a story about Urdu and Hindi -Reaches wider audience, unbiased, neutral - no condescending or patronizing tone; chronicling the death of a language 2) social life of language -Linguicide -Languages do not exist in isolation; must be spoken to live on 3) hero worship -Especially of intellectuals like Noor -Attitudes may be either of awe or utilitarian -This explains his marriage to Begum, the poet and intellectual - earlier his disciple - now his wife and companion 4) title, 'In Custody' -All characters in custody of someone else -languages also change hands (mouths) 5) politics of language -North/South divide - butt of jokes -elite/ordinary - social status http://www.indianrumination...

Urban India is where the communal drama unfolds -> co-survival triggered by secular issues communal violence - political strategy; communal base; minority leaders hatred in public - cordial relations at a personal level - "Animosities are for politics." - tight compartmentalization of political and personal interactions. 250 million semi-modernized, semi-westernized middle classes = new emerging caste, which the BJP has tapped Fear of the "other" - as constructed by fundamentalists - prompts communal violence. Promoted by absence of ideology in politics - their community wants them in power (as with the Dalits or OBCs like Yadavs, Kurmis, Lodhs, and Mayawati or Laloo) NRIs fuel communalism - uprooted persons, who fear a loss of identity Communal politics remains a way of secularizing politics new kind of a political culture - free for all - minimum conformity with the laws Possible questions: Why does Ashis Nandy cite the story of the Muslim old m...

I have no notes, but no worries - this analysis is perfect: http://www.scribd.com/doc/98370314/Short-Story-Analysis-of-The-Prophet-s-Hair-by-Salman-Rushdie

Painful and helpless situation of voters - angst, frustration Questionable morality, ethics of rally men http://cuenglias.blogspot.in/2015/03/the-election-sitakant-mahapatra.html Our jeep crawls to your village seeking strange melodies get attention from people. All the promises are built from songs from the roaring sun: 'the common will' drawn out by politicians from the criss-cross geometry geometry always symmetric also, smaller problems filtered for larger ones of private agonies. Our dark longings don't touch you, ulterior motives hidden nor our trappings of posters, symbols, speeches, handbills, for your grief outlives empires. metaphor: how deep, how lasting their grief is The cold grandchildren awaken in your heart as you discern All speeches, posters - people know that all politicians want is to stay in power. muted allegories An allegory is an extended metaphor - in the songs and speeches, there is a wide use of rhetoric and of symbols...

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Taken from: Contested Grounds Essays on Nature, Culture, and Power Edited by Amita Baviskar Insightful analysis of the significance of natural resources in contemporary life Empirically rich research on the politics of the environment Eminent contributors include David Gilmartin, David Ludden, Michael Thompson, Lyla Mehta among others About the essay:  beauty of the area and humanity's impact on it floating junk brought in by the tide element of hope - children taught environmental awareness (by Sunita Rao) and how to make the most of all the garbage the island receives Things like shampoo, aftershave, styrofoam chair, clothes basket - also, lobsters, coconuts and fish - come from the sea These are useful, or made useful - however the "stream of manufactured objects" they (ships using Bombay-Penang  trade route) leave behind is also a great inconvenience bottles of water, juice cartons, beer bottles, cans as common on the beach as sea-shells nobody knows ab...

SECTION A - 6x5 7 questions - answer 6; question on Riders to the Sea is compulsory SECTION B - 3x10 4 questions - answer 3; question on The Pianist is compulsory SECTION C - 4x10 Prepositions Email Precis-writing Conversational Strategies

CHRIST UNIVERSITY SERVER DOES NOT OPEN BLOGS. WHY. WHY???? Anyway. Because it's such a vast and generic topic, the more examples you can give, the better-informed you will seem. Also if you can cite sources, dates, authors, thinkers, politicians etc and quote them, that would work out excellently for you. Oh and it's helpful to go to the "in the news" section (on the first page of Google search) when reading up.Life hack: when you want to search news on a particular topic, in the Google search bar, type name of topic site:pti.com For instance, when discussing Secularism in India, refer to the Republic Day controversy, and how the rise of the BJP has seen  a more conservative, rightist, Hindu nationalist governance. Discuss how what he does does not match what he says - this IndiaToday article discusses the same.   And also the RSS - http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-change-in-stand-on-article-370-says-rss-746321 While discussing pseudo-secularism, refer to ...

influenced by Dante's Divine Comedy - Purgatorio Guidido - in 8th circle of hell written in 1910-11 Laurence Peril apparently random thoughts linked psychologically, not logically seems to be a dialogue between "you" and "I" where "you" defines the "I" and vice-versa dialectical conflict interior monologue introspection, talking to oneself in telling his story, Prufrock finds redemption he may be considered to be an 'abject' - a recluse because never considered to be a part of society social responsibility and moral vision - Dante gave a voice to Guido, the utterly damned A drama of literary anguish - stream of consciousness Why Prufrock? because name of furniture store near Elliot's place but also, 'prufstein' in German means touchstone and a touchstone is used to identify precious metals LINE 1: 'you and I' - either <narrator and reader>, <speaker and implied auditor> or <the d...