India research
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=a2d66ebb-b982-4bdb-8e52-00a1c6256a4f
This site is a source on the the protest going on in Kuala Lumpur by the Indigenous people there who are mostly Indian and are being descriminated against by Malaysian government. I think this is a good source because its a newspaper based outta India so they should be able to acurately depict what's going on there. It was also was one of the sources that the syllabus said to look at. Lastly there is another link on the page with a pre-story to the topic from november.
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http://www.thecolombotimes.com/labels/Defence%20News.html.Troops March Forward Sacrificing Their Lives From the Colombo Times posted by Editor at 10:29 AM
Comments:
1. If the reported numbers of casualties are correct the government troops are able to inflict at least 92 Tamil casualties as opposed to
24 Sri Lankan casualties. Therefore one would assume the the Sri Lankan government is able to successfully battle terrorist groups.
2. If the government was so successful why have there been 4 "'Eelam'
wars"?
3. There is a place called Kilinochchi that holds some value to the Tamil Tigers and remains in their controul.
4. The readers of the Colombo Times have decent enough knowledge of their military and the conflict that the author thought it worth mentioning that it was the "59 Division, Task Force I and Task Force II" which was fighting the Tamils.
5. The Sri Lankan army captured "T-56 weapon, ten hand grenades, 1700
T-56 ammunition rounds, 100 Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) rounds, two claymore mines, two MPMG links, twelve field dressings, two terrorist uniforms and several food items" from "six bunkers and a few bunker lines". The relatively small number of weapons and equipment given the casualties taken by the Sri Lankan armed forces, shows that either the Tamils are very skilled at fighting with little or the Tamils managed to escape with their weaponry before the bunkers were attacked.
6. The Tamils have uniforms showing that they operate differently than some terrorist groups that are plain clothed. It also may mean that they have an significant area where it is safe for them to wear their uniforms without being attacked by government forces.
7. The Colombo Times claims to be an unbiased Sri Lankan newspaper, but obviously favors the Sri Lankan army over the Tamils.
8. This article does a lot to help me understand how the Tamils and the government forces fight and what the conditions of the fighting are.
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I would like to discuss the chipko movement as my Indian protest.
Here is a website I'd like to use as my source.
It was found on Google scholar, describes that the author is a professor and a former research associate, and has cited where the information is from. These are the reasons that I think it is a reliable source.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/R0465E/r0465e03.htm
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http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=1157
Topic: Nondigram and the communists of west begal
I choose this topic because i was interested in knowing more about the situation on Narendra Modi. also so i can get to know more about West Bengal’s Communist.
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Bose, Sumantra. "Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace." - http://www.amazon.com/Kashmir-Roots-Conflict-Paths-Peace/dp/0674018176/ref=cm_lmf_img_2_rsrsrs0
I believe this book will give me a very thorough overview of the situation in Kashmir. The only bad part about the books is that it seems to have a lot proposals for peace, which would not be the focus of my work.
Schofield, Victoria. "Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the
Unending War." -
http://www.amazon.com/Kashmir-Conflict-India-Pakistan-Unending/dp/1860648983/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
After reading the first book, I believe this book will give me a better idea of the violence and dissent in Kashmir. Hopefully, this will also provide me with more sources in its bibliography. There are also a lot of newspaper articles that deal with the conflict today.
All these articles are easily accessible over the internet.
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I'm thinking about doing my presentation based on the womens movement in India. I don't have a specific protest to focus on yet but this is where I'm going to start.
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Sannyasi rebellion.
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/F_0009.htm
What I plan on using is the discontent with the East India Company and how the peasants revolted against them. Focusing on their raids, their successes, and their failures. Essentially using the fundementals of "resistance/revolution" ideology as a foundation for this project.
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My intended topic for the India research project is the Akali Dal. To be more specific, I want to look at the group's efforts to secure Sikh rights either before or after India's independence. If before, I will probably focus on the Gurdwara Reform Movement. If after, I will most likely focus the events surrounding Operation Bluestar.
...This source provides an overview of the origins of the Akali Dal and mainly details their activities prior to India's independence. If any terms or organizations are mentioned they are defined, which makes this source a valuable starting point for review of more complex and in-depth articles.
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My intended topic for the India research project is the Akali Dal. To be more specific, I want to look at the group's efforts to secure Sikh rights either before or after India's independence. If before, I will probably focus on the Gurdwara Reform Movement. If after, I will most likely focus the events surrounding Operation Bluestar.
...This source provides an overview of the origins of the Akali Dal and mainly details their activities prior to India's independence. If any terms or organizations are mentioned they are defined, which makes this source a valuable starting point for review of more complex and in-depth articles.
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http://www.indianetzone.com/3/indira_priyadarshini.htm
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http://www.jstor.org/stable/3560211?seq=4&Search=yes&term=Mutiny&term=Sepoy&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26wc%3Don%26gw%3Djtx%26jcpsi%3D1%26artsi%3D1%26Query%3DSepoy%2BMutiny%26sbq%3DSepoy%2BMutiny%26si%3D26%26jtxsi%3D26&item=33&ttl=405&returnArticleService=showArticle&resultsServiceName=doBasicResultsFromArticle
I chose this article on the Sepoy Rebellion because it provides both a
background of the actual mutiny as well as how it has been remembered since the
mutiny occurred. While I'm not 100% certain that this will be my topic, I think
it is fairly likely that it will be. It is also a long article, with lots of
information, which is also helpful to me.
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I changed my topic to rebellions dealing with lower caste oppression, and I found this source on it.
Kapoor, Dip. "Gendered-Caste Violations and the Cultural Politics of
Voice in Rural Orissa, India." Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of
Feminist Geography 14, no. 5 (October 2007): 609-616. Academic Search
Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed September 30, 2008).
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I found something even more interesting than Indians using art as protest; Indians protesting against Indian art. This seems like a good source because it updates an ongoing story about this protest:
http://www.sanatan.org/hussaincampaign/index.php
And here's the site of the artist who is being protested, which also seems like a valuable source:
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Here's my source, from JSTOR. It's an article that discusses the Indian National Army (INA).
I'm thinking about looking into this Subhas Chandra Bose person, he seems to be fairly important.
http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X(195312)26%3A4%3C349%3ASCBLAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
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Here's my source, from JSTOR. It's an article that discusses the Indian National Army (INA).
I'm thinking about looking into this Subhas Chandra Bose person, he seems to be fairly important.
http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X(195312)26%3A4%3C349%3ASCBLAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
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I think I am going to do my presentation on Dalit Activists. I think it is important because it shows that castes exsist and are a big part of indian culture even though it is outlawed.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/01/stories/2006120106060100.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/02/stories/2006120202561100.htm
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http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/08blood1.htm
I have decided to focus on the Kidnapping incident of 1989 in Kashmir and also briefly explain what lead up to the incident and the impact that it had. The link above is to an article that is a thorough explanation of the events that includes first hand experience. It also includes links to related articles about the conflict in Kashmir for both before and after the kidnapping.
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