| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | A Historical Approach and Personal Memoirs: Quest for Freedom, Partition and Memories (1857-2004) | Film: 1947 Earth (1999) |
| 3 | Land Reforms (1950-85): Poverty Line and Peasantry | Film: Ankur (1974) |
| 4 | "The Emergency Rule" (1975-77): Democracy or Dictatorship? | |
| 5 | "The Emergency Rule" (1975-77): Democracy or Dictatorship? (cont.) | |
| 6 | The Universal Civil Code Debate and the Shah Bano Case (1985 and its Aftermath): Women and Islam | |
| 7 | Mandal Commission (1990): Caste and Affirmative Action | Film: Bawandar Paper I due |
| 8 | Documentary Cinema and Academic debate: Ayodhya (1992): Religious Conflict, Within and Beyond Borders | Short documentary film: Mandir, Masjid, Mandal and Marx |
| 9 | 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) |
| 10 | Popular Culture and its Critique: The World Cup and Bollywood Goes West (1983-2001): Cricket Mania, Post-Colonialism and National Pride | Film: Lagaan (2001) |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |