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INDIA The Past and the Making of the Present

INDIA The Past and the Making of the Present. NEH Summer Institute 2013. Getting Around The Metro - for the “efficient” traveler. Metro – clean and efficient. Even a “Ladies Only” Car. For the “Adrenaline Junkie” traveler- Knock at death’s door in the auto-rickshaw. Forget the meter!!.

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INDIA The Past and the Making of the Present

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  1. INDIAThe Past and the Making of the Present NEH Summer Institute 2013

  2. Getting AroundThe Metro - for the “efficient” traveler Metro – clean and efficient Even a “Ladies Only” Car

  3. For the “Adrenaline Junkie” traveler-Knock at death’s door in the auto-rickshaw Forget the meter!!

  4. For the “Traditional” traveler- the bicycle rickshaw

  5. For the “adventurist” Peddle to mobile store Wander the narrow streets

  6. For “individualists” travelers

  7. And for those non-conformists who want to avoid streets altogether . . .

  8. Monsoon Season - flooding

  9. “Mahatma” Gandhi

  10. Commemorative statue - Delhi Gandhi – Salt MarchNon- violent Civil Disobedience

  11. Memorial to Gandhi’s Memory TusharGhandhi -great-grandson The Eternal Flame

  12. Quotes at Memorial

  13. Tushar Gandhi – Great-grandsonLectures at Birla House where Gandhi stayed last few months of his life

  14. TajMahal(17th c)at dawn in the rain

  15. Details

  16. Twin Mosques each side

  17. View of Entry Gate from Taj View from the formal gardens

  18. TajMahal Perimeter Walk View of Yamuna River from rear

  19. Shah Jahan, the builder View of Taj across Yamuna River from his prison Room

  20. The holy Hindu city of Varanasi (formerly called Benares) “Benares is older than history, Older than tradition, Older even than legend. And it looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Mark Twain

  21. Sharing the street

  22. Varanasi’s narrow streets

  23. “Putting Ganges River to Sleep”Daily ritual by Hindu Brahmin Priests at Varanasi

  24. Hindu shrines everywhere in city

  25. Getting things done in Delhi Haggling in street markets Another sole saved !

  26. Indian Tea

  27. Streets in Old Delhi section Electric wires!!! School kids in street

  28. Street Scenes Crowded street Old Delhi School’s out – ties are off!

  29. David Campion lectures on the British Rule Literature Discussion Back in School

  30. Thank you, NEH !!! For information on future seminars and institutes go to: http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/summer-seminars-and-institutes

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