From shekhar at MIT.EDU  Mon May  1 20:13:30 2006
From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan)
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 20:13:30 -0400
Subject: [Urban-Media] Dinner Tomorrow
Message-ID: <4456A42A.4000003@mit.edu>

Dear All:

I have placed an order with Guru the Caterer, who operates a regular lunch-box service with quality 
Punjabi vegetarian food, for him to give six additional boxes for us before the reading group 
session tomorrow. So if you want dinner beforehand, please make sure to come to the STS Reading Room 
on the first floor of E-51 by 7.00 p.m. where I'll keep everything heated and ready. The session 
will begin at 7.30 p.m. as usual, in the STS Reading Room. You can contact me on +1.617.412.6334.

Best,


S.K.
-- 

Shekhar Krishnan
Apt.302, Edgerton House
143, Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
U.S.A.

http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar


From shekhar at MIT.EDU  Thu May  4 03:07:48 2006
From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan)
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 03:07:48 -0400
Subject: [Urban-Media] End of Semester Session
Message-ID: <4459A844.1050502@mit.edu>

Dear All:

We will meet for our final session this semester next Wednesday 10 May in MIT Building E-51 at 7.30 
p.m. to discuss these texts:

Nikhil Rao, "The City as Subject: The Acquisitions of the Bombay Improvement Trust" (chapter 1) from 
dissertation in the Department of History, University of Chicago, 2006ms
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/rao_city_as_subject.pdf

Ashish Rajadhyaksha, "The Contrasting Case of Bombay" (unfinished) chapter from upcoming book.
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar/urban-media/rajadhyaksha_bombay_case.pdf

This final session will be with Ashish as our guest visiting. You can read more about him and the 
work of the Centre for the Study for Culture & Society in Bangalore on 
http://cscsban.org/html/ashish.htm I will confirm the room location in Building E-51, and post a 
list of supplementary texts very soon.

Best,


S.K.
-- 

Shekhar Krishnan
Apt.302, Edgerton House
143, Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
U.S.A.

http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar
http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar


From beverley at fas.harvard.edu  Sat May  6 17:07:36 2006
From: beverley at fas.harvard.edu (eric lewis beverley)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 17:07:36 -0400
Subject: [Urban-Media] Shree 420 screening on Tuesday evening in Cambridge
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All~

We will be screening Raj Kapoor's classic film Shree 420 [http:// 
www.imdb.com/title/tt0048613/] at Goosebump Graphics on Tuesday 9 May  
from about 5.45-8.45, with discussion to follow.  Released in 1955  
and set in Bombay, Shree 420 is one of the most influential products  
of the booming '50s Bombay film industry, and a canonical  
representation of urban life in postcolonial Bombay.

I initially planned to watch the film with a student of mine, Ravi,  
in connection with his tutorial this term.  Shekhar has offered to  
host it at GBG, since the film will be of interest to many of us and  
having a larger group there will foster more wide-ranging conversations.

Goosebump Graphics is located just south of Mass Ave on Albany Street  
[http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg? 
centerx=708480;centery=495916;zoom=level3;selection=NW10;selectfield=fac 
ility;selectlayer=Buildings;aerial=1].  When you arrive at the  
concierge, call Shekhar on +1.617.412.6334 or myself at  
+1.617.852.8309 and one of us will greet you downstairs.

Feel free to bring something to drink if you like.   Quality delivery  
food from outside if people are hungry.  Hope to see you there.

Eric



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