History of India

http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/index.html Asian Studies Home page. Lists very selected links related to different aspects of India.

http://adaniel.tripod.com/history.htm History of India: covers---India in the past - it's rulers, the creation of Indian identity, Hindu reformers and Indian nationalism, Lokmanya Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose, Princely States and Provinces, Europeans in India, India USA- some similarities, India and Israel- some similarities, from Hindustani to Hindi, Aryans and Dravidians, Sati - the burning of the widow, the historical theory of caste system, Indian nationalism and Gandhi's assasination.

Indian Films

http://allmovie.com/cg/x.dll?p=avg&sql=M2D|||197 India: Best, Films * Gives a list of selected films and their directors, main plot and rating of each of them. A good site on Indian film selection.

http://www.frif.com/subjects/asia.html Films and Videos on Asia: "A strong thread in our film & video [searchable - ed.] collection has always been documentaries on Asian studies - including a large number of recently released documentaries that explore the social, political, and economic issues impacting present-day Asia."

Online Programs on Various Aspects of India

http://www.ddindia.net/index.html Doordarshan

Gender Issue

http://www.asiasource.org/arts/alam/intro.html 'I to Eye: Portraits of Female Empowerment in Bangladesh' by Fariba Alam

http://www.millersv.edu/~english/homepage/duncan/medfem/dowry.html Dowry in the 12th Century

http://wolf.its.ilstu.edu/injustice/banerjeedoc.htm Bride Burning and Dowry Deaths in India: a well-written article by Partha Banerjee. It examines background, facts, laws, justice system of India and the present political climate for or against women’s right.

http://www.tve.org/icdb/Meenadowry.html Meena: Say No to Dowry. a UNICEF animated cartoon.

http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~rekha/dowry.html The Curse of Dowry, a poem

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/whoswho.htmlWho's Who among South Asian Women

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu:80/users/sawweb/sawnet/index.html South Asian Women’s Network.

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96nov/bandit/bandit.htm India's Bandit Queen. This site is about the famous Phoolan Devi. In this site she tells her story, and it in you will find the issues of caste, gender and violence. (DVD available)

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/womsong.html Life of Anita Devan: A social worker who was raped and murdered.

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/mahasweta/badge.html "Violence on Tribal People" observation by Mahasweta Devi, one of the most famous writers of India.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/south/09/04/witchkillings.ap/index.html Witch Killing in India: Violence against women. CNN report on witch-hunt in India.

Caste in India

http://adaniel.tripod.com/religious.htm A History of the Caste System in India

http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/caste.htm CASTE PROBLEM IN INDIA: an analytical essay

http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/99ja/india.html Caste Marriage in India

Caste Violence in India

http://webusers.anet-stl.com/~civil/dvindia_untouchables.html News clip (1977) UNTOUCHABLES & CASTE WARFARE IN INDIA

http://www.indian-express.com/ie/daily/19981005/27850704.html News clip (1988) about Caste riots in MADURAI, India

http://cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9903/18/india.massacre.01/ News clip (1999). Gunmen kill dozens in India caste massacre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_674000/674602.stm News clip (2000) India deaths blamed on caste violence

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