Your posting for the week should: 1.) Be at least five full paragraphs in length; 2.) Clearly address the assigned question or topic; and 3.) Demonstrate your engagement with, and understanding of, required readings and/or films. In most weeks, you are expected to clearly demonstrate (by making specific references in your comments) that you have viewed a few of the assigned PBS Frontline World films assigned for that week.
Please read the section of Ch. 8 in your textbook on
South Asia and then watch the appropriate short videos from Frontline World.
Here is the link: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/r5.html
For this week’s DB assignment you should discuss one or both of the following sets of questions:
Are there any conflicts in South Asia (in places such as India, Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Sri Lanka) created by the ethnic, national and/or religious geography of the realm? If so, why, and what kind of challenges has this geography created for the realms peoples and governments? What could be done to resolve these issues? Has anything been tried to deal with this geography in the past?
Watch:
Pakistan: State of Emergency
Battling a New Generation of Taliban
Sri Lanka: Living in Terror
Sri Lanka: A Terrorist in the Family
Kashmir: A Troubled Paradise
South Asia is a realm of incredible economic (as well as social and political) contrasts. What are some areas where the regional economy is either thriving or in need of further development and why? What features have attracted international businesses to certain areas of India and why are certain economic sectors and groups well positioned to do well in a globalizing economy? Are any groups left vulnerable to continued exploitation?
Watch:
India: Hole in the Wall
India: A Pound of Flesh
Selling Kidneys to Survive
India: A New Life
Getting Children Off the Streets
India: The Sex Workers
A Tale of Two Cities
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