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The paper gives an overview of the situation of the Indian higher education classroom post-1835 with a special focus on the use of English. It analyses the social and intellectual consequences of the ‘lack of English’, and through engagement with two case studies involving Kannada and Hindi reflects on the problems surrounding higher education resources in Indian languages. The paper concludes by offering a roadmap for a much-needed intervention in the sector, an intervention that—by addressing the Indian-language issue—could well transform the space of higher education itself. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the criticism of feminism across Asia. It mentions the conferences related to cultural studies where feminist panel discussions were held. Feminism is stated to be one of the most volatile domains in Asia. The article presents the views on feminist scholars on the same issue and focuses on culture in gender theory in India. It further discusses the Pink Chaddi Campaign (PCC).

This essay examines a moment of institutionalization in cultural studies, and argues that questions of gender have a significant place in this interdisciplinary domain. The issue is discussed in a pedagogic context that has almost normalized feminism, seeing its political contributions as belonging to the past. The essay argues that the conceptual conjuncture of culture and gender which has been central to feminist theorizing in India needs to be rethought. This conjuncture arose from thinking about culture in the framework of nationalism and the anti-colonial struggle, and the alignment of women with national culture. I discuss briefly the trajectory of how we have gone about investigating the culture-gender conjuncture, present a reformulation of what I think we're up against, and introduce some new research projects which are trying to take this on board. The focus in these projects is on the question of translation, and how the issue of 'regional' languages poses a challenge to prevalent ideas in the women's movement and in feminist teaching. The larger proposition is that we need to formulate curricula based on new kinds of research if we are to take feminism into the cultural studies classroom of the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analyzes Indian nationalisms and female sexuality in Trinidad & Tobago or in the West Indies. Background on India and Trinidad; Investigation on a conjuncture of modernity; Assessment of the early twentieth-century campaign against indenture by nationalist in India; Discussion on a contemporary controversy around East Indian women and popular music in Trinidad.