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Introduction Monday, May 10, 1998 marked a day that will not soon be forgotten. It was the day India began…
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A unique and multicultural group of people, the Jews of India add exciting flavor to India’s already diverse population. Centered…
Ethnomusicology Bruno Nettl, a music and anthropology professor at the University of Illinois, lists some of the various definitions for…
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“In writing of Indian culture, I am highly conscious of my own subjectivity; arguably, there is more than one Indian…
Biography A small, wiry soap opera enthusiast with well-defined features and a ready smile, Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta…
Biography Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay in 1947, just months before the Partition of British India. His father, Ahmed,…
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Biography Canadian-based filmmaker Deepa Mehta was born in Amritsar, India in 1949. She received a bachelors and masters degree in…
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Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go, bind your sons to exile To serve…
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Biography David Dabydeen was born on December 9, 1955 to Krishna Prasad and Vera Dabydeen, the parents of a peasant…
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