Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Monsoon Wedding (India, 2002) MONSOON WEDDING. The hurly-burly of a large scale wedding party amongst the gentry in Delhi provides the backdrop for a multi-character investigation into tradition and new attitudes. Filled with music, songs and dances, and vibrant color, this is a fast-paced movie which uses many Bollywood conventions as ironic commentary. Workshop Instructor: … Read more
Based on Ravi Kalia’s latest publication, Gandhinagar, this presentation traces India’s efforts to establish its twentieth-century architectural identity. Kalia explains that Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat in western India, became a battleground for the competing ideals that had surfaced during the building of Chandigarh and Bhubaneswar. Exploring the impact of modernist architecture on India as … Read more
This presentation is set against the backdrop of neo-liberal policies of economic reform instituted in India in 1991. I examine the decade of the 1990s as a period of dramatic change from prior decades of Independent India. I suggest that with the opening of the Indian economy in conjunction with the privatization of television the … Read more
The earliest reference to the influence of Sanskrit literature and Hinduism can be traced back to Greece. Greece was lured by the Indian wisdom with the advent of Alexander in the western region of India in the fourth century BC. The earliest reference to the influence of Sanskrit literature and Hinduism can be traced back … Read more
Since independence congress party has ruled India, first under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru then his daughter Indira Gandhi. In 1977 for the first time all opposition parties in India came together which resulted into congress party’s crushing defeat and formation of a non-congress government at the center led by Janta Party. This can be … Read more
Ravi Kulkarni discusses his year-long experience in India, and thoughts on what AAARI can do for CUNY faculty and students.