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  Bant Singh can still sing

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  Jyotsna Kapur Southern Illinois University

  February 02, 2007

  15 comments

  about copyright, finding a home wherever needed. At the very least, from which ever degree of isolation ...
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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 05, 2007

  17 comments

  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV youth culture transnational South Asian promo MTV India immigration Desi Curator's Note In this video titled, "You are not an Indian," a young male addresses viewers who like him are neither just American ...
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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom

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  Aswin Punathambekar University of Michigan

  November 21, 2007

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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom fandom reality TV international TV formats American Idol Indian Idol regionalism India Amit Paul flash fandom Curator's Note In summer 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol-3 focused on how finalist Amit Paul managed to cre ...
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  Show me the Money: Desi TV in the US Marketplace

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 14, 2008

  8 comments

  Show me the Money: Desi TV in the US Marketplace globalization diaspora South Asian transnationalism Asian-American cable original programming India distribution Simply Desi ImaginAsian TV syndication Koffee with Karan Star TV Pulse- the Desi Beat Pan Des ...
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  Nights @ Indian Call Centers

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  James Daniel Elam Northwestern University

  October 26, 2009

  1 comment

  realizes he is sitting across from a mysterious, beautiful woman. Interested, he begins a conversation; she ... comes with a condition: if she tells him the story, he must write it. They agree, and the story begins ...
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  Autism, Automaton, Alibi

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  April 06, 2011

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  Autism, Automaton, Alibi autism in the media South Asians Bollywood South Asian films India terrorism Curator's Note The Bollywood film My Name is Khan invokes   autism as alibi. T he lead character’s autism is reminiscent (derivative?) of Rain Man, ...
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  Who Wants to be an Indian? Re-imagining Reality with Global TV Formats

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  Lauhona Ganguly The New School

  November 17, 2011

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  Who Wants to be an Indian? Re-imagining Reality with Global TV Formats reality TV India global formats Curator's Note When Who Wants to be a Millionaire was reproduced in India the globally circulated format was renamed in Hindi as Kaun Banega Crorep ...
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  Global Hollywood on Cruise control? Maybe not.

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  Nitin Govil University of Southern California

  August 16, 2013

  opening weekend gross for a Hollywood film in India, collecting over US $5 million. But that’s the least ...
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  Cellphone Footage as Witness and Instrument for Vigilante Justice

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  Fatma Matin Khan University of Delhi

  March 04, 2015

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  Cellphone Footage as Witness and Instrument for Vigilante Justice viral videos vigilantism social media sexual harassment justice India Cellphone Witness Week Curator's Note I’ve chosen to focus on two recent cases in India which highlight how cellph ...
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  When the Sacred is for Sale

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  Madhuri Karak

  November 07, 2017

  will one tribe do to save their forest, their mountain and their god?” So begins Mine, a documentary ...