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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Industrializing India: Old/New Cities

Under this post we will be aggregating links to resources on India's cities and development:

  1. Dunes Ruins and cafes in India's sandy Jaisalmer; This article was just published on The Inquirer's online component Philly.com - detailing the qualities of life in the city of Jaisalmer (a world UNESCO site) once powerful trading city on the Silk Road, turned sleepy town during the era of the British India, now undergoing a transformation (for better and possibly for worse) tourist hub.
  2. Young Indians Learn to Fight Pollution and Save Lives: from NPR blog Goats and Soda Stories of a Changing World
  3. Send in your resources via email and check back.....

Please send in any resources or links to Prof. Hart's email subject link India Resources

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1 comment:

Lindsay C. said...

I was looking up news articles and thought this was an interesting link to post in regards to our discussion on india.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Land-Acquisition-Bill-take-by-Citizen-News-Servi-Farmers-Farming_Indian-National-Congress_Indiana-Law_LAND-AUCTION-150422-31.html