SAGARSAGAR
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Center for Asian Studies
University of Texas at Austin
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by Syed Akbar Hyder
The genre of Urdu marsiya is a mode of religious, social, intellectual, and artistic discourse in South Asia. This paper reflects upon the imagery, themes, motifs, and culturally-nuanced language that recasts the story of Islam's hero, Hussain, for a South Asian audience.
by Aparna Rayaprol
This paper is based on doctoral dissertation research which involved about three years of participant observation at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Pittsburgh; the author also conducted interviews with South Indian women and men who frequented this temple. In order to gain an understanding of the gender ideologies and practices of the members of this temple community, the author goes beyond the immigrants' activities at the temple and probes their attitudes toward various aspects of domestic life.
by Joel R. Campbell
This paper analyzes the evolution of Indian science and technology policy and policymaking from the Congress Party governments that began in 1947 to the ascension of the Narasimha Rao government in 1991 and reflects on the changes in science and technology policy that have occurred since Rao's liberalization policy began. The paper suggests that the role of science and technology has shifted from support for socialist heavy industrialization during the Nehru era to a mixed policy of state industrialization and beginnings of private sector development under Indira Gandhi to gradual liberalization and encouragement of the private sector under Rajiv Gandhi.
by Rosane Rocher
This bibliography, developed for a course on the Indian American experience at the University of Pennsylvania and covering the past two decades, is offered as a testimony to the coming of age of South Asian American Studies and as an incentive for further development.
by Sagaree Sengupta