vkurup / Vinod Kurup

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I'm a physician and a programmer and a father and a runner, but I need help figuring out what I want to do when I grow up.

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  1. We Build Civilizations on Status. But We Barely Understand It. - Transcripts

    “We see status virtually everywhere in social life, if we think to look for it,” writes Cecilia Ridgeway. “It suffuses everyday possessions, the cars….

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  8. Indian Civilization Lec 26

    History of Indian Civilization, Lec 26; UCLA, Lecture of 12 March 2012. Concluding lecture of this course. Mohandas ("Mahatma") Gandhi and the emergence of the masses; brief biography of Gandhi; his stay in South Africa, and the idea of satyagraha; mass non-violent resistance; the non-cooperation movement of 1920-22 and the Salt Satyagraha of 1930; Quit India movement of 1942; growing rifts between Muslims and Hindus, and the phenomenon of 'communalism'; the growth of the Muslim League, and the role of Jinnah; partition, the independence of India, and the creation of Pakistan; the assassination of Gandhi in January 1948. Some reflections on the long trajectory of Indian history,the difference between a nation-state and a civilization, and the teachings of the Buddha giving us the injunction to be a light unto oneself and others.

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  9. Indian Civilization Lec 25

    The History of Indian Civilization, Lec 25; UCLA, Lecture of 9 March 2012. Some comments on Indian indentured migration to the Caribbean, Mauritius, South Africa, and elsewhere; the Opium Trade, and the triangular relationship of Britain, China, and India; the Opium Wars; policies of annexation and the doctrine of lapse; the annexation of Awadh; reasons for the rebellion of 1857-58, and its brief history; brutal repression of the rebellion; end of Company rule, and India as a Crown Colony; emergence of Indian nationalism and the founding of the Indian National Congress in 1885; Ganapati festival, and its politicization; nationalist leaders such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak; the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal; the partition of Bengal in 1905.

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  10. Indian Civilization Lec 24

    History of Indian Civilization, Lec 24; UCLA, Lecture of 7 March 2013. History of the Company to 1757—and then post-1757: Battle of Plassey; Mir Jafar, Clive, Mir Kasam, and Siraj-ud-daulah; the plunder of Bengal and scenes from the film, 'Clive of India' (1933);Warren Hastings and the expansion of British rule in India; the defeat of Tipu Sultan; the British rhetoric of 'improvement', the elimination of Sati, and Macaulay's minute of 2 February 1835; the Permanent Settlement under Cornwallis; some notes on the Marathas, on Ranjit Singh and the annexation of the Punjab; theories of British governance in India, and Utilitarianism; the migrations overseas of Indian indentured laborers; under-development and de-industrialization of India under colonial rule; the material and moral 'improvement' of the Indians. India'ssharp decline of the share of the world's GDP, 1750-1860.

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