INDIA The Past and the Making of the Present
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INDIATHE PAST AND THE
MAKING OF THE PRESENT
NEH Summer Institute 2013
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Getting AroundThe Metro - for the “efficient” traveler
Metro – clean and efficient
Even a “Ladies Only” Car
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For the “Adrenaline Junkie” traveler-Knock at death’s door in the auto-rickshaw
Forget the meter!!
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For the “Traditional” traveler- the bicycle rickshaw
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For the “adventurist”
Peddle to mobile store
Wander the narrow streets
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For “individualists” travelers
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And for those non-conformists who want to avoid streets altogether . . .
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Monsoon Season - flooding
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“MAHATMA” GANDHI
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Gandhi – Salt MarchNon- violent Civil Disobedience
Commemorative statue - Delhi
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Memorial to Gandhi’s Memory
Tushar Ghandhi -great-grandson
The Eternal Flame
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Quotes at Memorial
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Tushar Gandhi – Great-grandsonLectures at Birla House where Gandhi stayed last few months of his life
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Taj Mahal (17th c)at dawn in the rain
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Details
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Twin Mosques each side
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View of Entry Gate from Taj
View from the formal gardens
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Taj Mahal
Perimeter Walk
View of Yamuna River from rear
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Shah Jahan, the builder
View of Taj across Yamuna River from his prison Room
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The holy Hindu city of Varanasi (formerly called Benares)
“Benares is older than history, Older than tradition, Older even than legend.And it looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Mark Twain
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Sharing the street
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Varanasi’s narrow streets
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“Putting Ganges River to Sleep”Daily ritual by Hindu Brahmin Priests at Varanasi
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Hindu shrines everywhere in city
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Getting things done in Delhi
Haggling in street markets
Another sole saved !
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Indian Tea
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Streets in Old Delhi section
Electric wires!!! School kids in street
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Street Scenes
Crowded street Old Delhi School’s out – ties are off!
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Back in School• David Campion
lectures on the British Rule
• Literature Discussion
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Thank you, NEH !!!
For information on future seminars and institutes go to:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/summer-seminars-and-institutes
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