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South Asia

South Asia. An Orientation for the Cultural Exchange Conference. The similar & Diverse sub-continent. One and a Half Billion People South of the continent to Indian Ocean, Between the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal Himalayas Island Flats.

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South Asia

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  1. South Asia An Orientation for the Cultural Exchange Conference Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  2. The similar & Diverse sub-continent One and a Half Billion People South of the continent to Indian Ocean, Between the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal Himalayas Island Flats Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  3. Complexities of a civilization and nationalities • “That particular fear has the texture you can neither forget nor describe. It is like the fear of the victims of an earthquake, of people who have lost faith in the stillness of the earth. And yet it is not the same. It is without analogy for it is not comparable to the fear of nature, which is the most universal of human fears, nor to the fear of violence of the state, which is the commonest of modern fears. It is the fear that comes from the knowledge that normalcy is utterly contingent, that spaces that surround one, the streets that one inhabits, can become, suddenly and without warning, as hostile as a desert in a flash flood. It is this that sets apart the thousand million people who inhabit the subcontinent from the rest of the world - not language, not food, not music - it is the special quality of loneliness that grows out of the fear of the war between oneself and one's image in the mirror.” ― Amitav Ghosh Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  4. shared history 1750 BC Nomadic Tribes migrate into Indian Subcontinent 900 BC Early Hinduism 500 BC Buddhism and Jainism 200 AD Invasions by Central Asian Tribes 320 AD Gupta Empire 650 Rajput Dynasties 1200 Turkish Afghan Dynasties 1520 Mughals 1700 European Traders 1800 Colonization by British 1947 Partition and Independence 1971 Bangladesh Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  5. Nationalism I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language.I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.— BabasahebAmbedkar Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  6. Spiritual and Religion Vedic Hindu Mughal Islamic British - Portuguese Christian Offshoots of Hinduism Buddhism / Sikhism God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.Ramakrishna Paramahansa http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/sasia/SApeo.html Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  7. Languages Five hundred plus languages Numerous dialects Dravidian Munda Indo Aryan And European Bengali Gujarati Hindi Nepali Panjabi Sanskrit Sinhala Urdu Dzongkha Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  8. cultural artifacts Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  9. Festivals Holi ….Eid…Kandy EsalaPoyaPerahera Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  10. Yoga Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  11. Henna Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  12. Bollywood Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  13. biryani Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  14. Arranged Marriage Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  15. leadership • My objective is to fulfil the dream of Bangabandhu through building a hunger- and poverty-free Golden Bangladesh being imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation. Sheikh Hasina Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  16. Politics and governance • Democracy in the region • Nepal a new democracy • Sri Lanka a recovering democracy due to civil strife • India the largest democracy • Bangladesh and Pakistan have had military rule in addition to democracy • Reform Oriented Institutional Basis • Centralized, personalized, and paternalistic governance • History of kings and queens as administrators Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  17. South Asian writers in english • Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies • Tahmina Anam The Good Muslim • Jamil Ahmed The Wandering Falcon • Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss • Daniyal Mueenadin In Other Rooms, Other Wonders • Samrat Upadhyay Arresting God in Kathmandu • Nihal de Silva The Road from Elephant Pass Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  18. Family and social systems • Traditional • Collectivist • Agrarian kinship household • Patriarchal • Arranged Marriages • Emphasis on Children and Caregiving Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  19. Issues for women and girls • Female Child Mortality • Son preference • Child marriage • Violence Against Women • Gender Bias • Illiteracy • Social norms • Changing life experiences • Breaking family systems • Limited access to schools and employment Survival, Safety, and Subsistence Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  20. Role of women • Women a big part of rural economies in Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka (plantations) • Sri Lanka and Bangladesh more women in secondary sector like garment manufacturing • Status of women lower and sex ratios imbalance • Women more empowered through improved access to education, employment and health services • Quota in government jobs and governance Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  21. World bank Highlights on south asia • South Asia growth is expected to accelerate to 6.9 percent in 2018 and 7.1 percent next year. Gross fixed capital formation above 7 percent • Average temperatures in the region continue rising and Rainfall is becoming more erratic with more droughts, and more floods • Bangladesh reduced poverty from 44.2 percent in 1991 to 18.5 percent in 2010, and is projected to decrease to 12.9 percent in 2016. • India with 1.2 billion people is the world’s third-largest economy • Nepal is headed for political stability following local, provincial and federal elections in 2017 • Source https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/sar Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  22. Economy • Surprisingly had a long history of trade and commerce and nodal cities…to state owned economies to a liberalization impetus post 1990. • Macroeconomic environments, • Higher education and • Young populations • Liberalization and • Encouragement to Enterprise Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  23. Contradictions • Infant mortality and Global IT Leader • Conflict and Regional collaborations • Political instability and Democracy • Ethnic violence And Secularism • Unequal growth and fastest growing • Agriculture rural and urbanizing • Higher Education and Low ranked on human capital • Migration Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

  24. Discussions! The South-Asian mystique …is there one? Why is it a sub-continent ? What is the shared identity? What are the goals? What are the conflicts? Shweta Singh M.S.W., Ph.D.

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