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Making It: Reality Television and Middle Class Aspirations in India

Making It: Reality Television and Middle Class Aspirations in India. Raka Ray University of California -- Berkeley. Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars. The Final Question. Rejoicing at the Oscar victory. The show: Saregamapa. The show: Indian Idol. Three features of these talent shows:.

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Making It: Reality Television and Middle Class Aspirations in India

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  1. Making It: Reality Television and Middle Class Aspirations in India Raka Ray University of California -- Berkeley

  2. Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars

  3. The Final Question

  4. Rejoicing at the Oscar victory

  5. The show: Saregamapa

  6. The show: Indian Idol

  7. Three features of these talent shows: • They are a newly legitimate means to upward mobility • The Indian audience tends to vote for the life story they sympathize with most • Marginalized populations seize on these shows to integrate themselves and to prove their worth.

  8. Indian Economy on an Upward Growth Path GDP growth at constant prices (% per annum)

  9. A nation of diversity: languages Constitution lists 14 official “principal languages” PLUS English Hindi (30%)

  10. Judge Himesh Reshamiya weeps

  11. Poonam and her mother, a domestic worker

  12. “Maybe because the people identified me as a married woman, they were not very keen to vote for me”

  13. Narendra All 4r 1 and 1 4r All. Lets come together and vote for Prashant Tamang who hails from our own hometown!!! We have talents in every fields.. that make me proud to be a part of Dazzling/ Darjeeling.Cheers GAURAV Also might I add please lets pray that he gets throguh the initial rounds. Then when it enters voting round then please lets make it a point and vote for him. Please do not hold back the SMS's. Every prayer and every SMS is going to count so please do not hold back on either Spread the word ! http://prasanttamang.blogspot.com/

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