Ektara video magazine, July 2018

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Ektara video magazine
July 2018
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Greetings and a warm welcome to Ektara, the online video magazine of history, society and culture of India and South Asia. We hope our stories and interviews will entertain and inspire you, and arouse your appetite for more about our rich and diverse pasts. Ektara magazine comes out once every two months. We need your support to keep it running.

In this new issue, we bring you the following short videos and segments:

1. Khusrau Darya Prem Ka: A tribute to dastan-go artist Ankit Chadha
2. Swami Vivekananda: Construction of ascetic masculinity through images
3. Caste in India: Historical resources on the Internet
4. Featured video: Prof. K Muralidhar - History of Indian Science

1. Khusrau Darya Prem Ka: A docu-drama on Amir Khusrau
A docu-drama about the life and times of Amir Khusrau, in today's Delhi, featuring Ankit Chadha, Rene Singh and others. Ankit, a budding dastaan-goi artist died recently in an accident. A film written and directed by Yousuf Saeed, produced for Aga Khan Trust for Culture, New Delhi.

2. Swami Vivekananda: Construction of ascetic masculinity through images
The positioning of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) among the pantheon of male nationalist heroes reflects the gendered structure of the nation-state. Gaurav Kalra looks at some of the popular images of Vivekananda to explore this ascetic masculinity, in a visual essay at Tasveer Ghar.

3. Caste in India: Historical resources on the Internet
Caste or social hierarchy has afflicted India for centuries. We bring a selection of resources that explore its historical bacground. See the list here >>

4. Featured video: Prof. K Muralidhar - History of Indian Science
Dr Muralidhar shares his views on history of Indian science and its current status. Briefly, discussing challenges faced by students, young scholars, scientist and suggests possible long term solutions. (By courtesy: Living Science channel on youtube.com) See Part 2 of this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-Z_NezyTQ

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