SOSC 4436 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Zamindar, Dalit
31 Dec 2015
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This week"s india and globalization presentation was on akash kapur"s book india. Akash kapur was born in india, but grew up in america. After making the decision of moving back to india, he writes this book. India becoming shares an analytical view of the development in india post economic reforms. As the presented by the group, akash kapur has a dominant theme that runs throughout the book, tradition versus modernity. This theme is evidently seen through the experiences of indians that kapur shares. He shares views of individuals from both the country and the city, young and old, and individuals of differing socio- economic classes. The character the book predominantly revolves around is sathy, a feudal lord, a zamindar, who is highly respected by his family. Sathy must come to the understanding that the way he wants to live is not going to be rational, when looking at the ways india has been developing.
