Understanding India
The course will help students understand the intellectual traditions of India, provide knowledge about key themes, and develop presentation and analytical skills. We will study the making of the Indian nation, imagining of communities, orientalist ideas, the rise of Sanskrit, growth of religious and secular politics, population explosion, colonial writing, caste system, federalism, diaspora, the spread of modernity, food, films and fashion. The course will include online discussion with students from India and end with a project presentation.