HND 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Romila Thapar, Chicken Tikka, Punjabi Cuisine
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5 topics out of which students will be asked to answer 3, each response should be between 500-600 words. There should be a thesis, but not an intro, body, conclusion. No essay format necessary, but can be used. Critical thinking, structure, argument three important things. Earliest civilization in south asia is 4000-5000 years ago in the indus valley. South asia is not a single land mass, it has units like india, pakistan, bangladesh, Linear conceptions make it simple to define south asia but that puts behind complications, distinctions, majority minorities, hierarchies which makes the response one sided and limited. A heterosexual upper class male like amritlal (dance like a man) might enjoy some privelleges in south asia that others might not. Even in the music room and broken nest. Thapar doesn"t talk about modern india, she talks about the broad india as region from before partition. Amitav ghosh"s story about the 2004 tsunami talks about environment.
