Presentation Schedule

1. Review of Peter Brook’s Mahabharata (the theatrical version). (9-13) Leslie Lennert

2. Review of Peter Brook’s Mahabharata (the screen version). (9-13) Amanda Baca

3.Review of Indian Public TV version of The Mahabharata (9-13) Priya Patel

4.Review of Indian Public TV version of The Ramayana. (9-15)

5.Calcutta and the British Empire in India. (9-17) Lyndia Siskind

6. Brief report on the Bengali Renaissance. (9-17) Melissa Glidewell

7. Brief Bio of Rabindranath Tagore (9-17) Jeremy Ellis

8. Reviews of Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali. ((9-24) Ishan

9. Brief Bio., Satyajit Ray. (9-24) Mintra Roongs

10. Brief bio. of Mahasweta Devi. (9-24) Lee Ann Epstein

11.Linguistic history: Hindi. (9-27) Richard Cornelisse

12. Burial Rites in Hindu. (9-27) Chris Marchand

13. Linguistic History: Urdu. (10-1) Sara Hakeem

14. Genocide in Gujarat (day prior to visit by Rakesh Sharma). Bryan Bordelon

15. Report on Shiv Sena Party. (day prior to visit by Rakesh Sharma.) Audrey Chatman

16. Review of River of Fire by Qurratulain Hyder. (10-6). Mili Desai

17. Sikh religion and partition of India. (10-11) Sara Cisneros

18. Lahore and the partition of India. (10-11) Nishma Shah

19. Brief Bio.—Bapsi Sidwa (author of Earth). (10-11) Sean Willis
20. Deepa Mehta’s Fire and the controversy. (10-15) Mukul Kelkar

21. Deepa Mehta and the making of Water. (10-15) Lisa To

22. Review of novel The Ice-Candy Man. (10-15) Phuong Nguyen

23. Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses. (10-20) Kathryn

24. Reviews of Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day. (10-27) Priya Rao

25. Review of Kirin Desai, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. (10-27) David O’Connell

26. Research Assignment: A geographical account of Kerala. Due 10-29. Lauren Hughes

27. Research Assignment: An account of Syrian Christian in India. Due 10-29. Avimaan Syam

28. Research Assignment: A report on Kathakali theater. Due 10-29. Bredt Bredthauer

29. Communists in Kerala.

30. Reviews of Rohinton Mistry: A Fine Balance (11-12) Hannah Nguyen

31. Parsi Religion: Burial Rites. (11-12) Bridgit Breslow