From shekhar at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 12 09:24:59 2008 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:24:59 -0400 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Meet Today Message-ID: <1205328299.9768.211.camel@nowhereman> All: We will meet today WEDNESDAY 12 March 2008 from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. in MIT E51-195 to discuss Will Glover's Making Lahore Modern. Food will be served beforehand. http://bombayology.net/2008/03/03/making-lahore-modern/ See the web page for the readings, supplementary texts, and for links to the directions to Building E51. For all restricted web content the username is "bombayologist" and password "urbanmedia". Best, S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan MIT E51-185 77, Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From shekhar at MIT.EDU Sat Mar 15 00:33:42 2008 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:33:42 -0400 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Meeting on Wednesday 26 March Message-ID: <1205555622.9768.500.camel@nowhereman> Dear All: We will meet WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2008 from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. in MIT E51-195 to discuss Sandip Hazareesingh's The Colonial City and the Challenge of Modernity: Urban Hegemonies and Civic Contestations in Bombay City 1900-1925. See the latest post on http://bombayology.net for links to the full text of the book, which I have digitized. There is also a piece by Preeti Chopra which Nikhil suggested, and two earlier articles by Hazareesingh which comprise chapters of the book and are included here for reference. Remember, for accessing restricted PDFs, the username is "bombayologist" and password is "urbanmedia". Please RSVP to me if you are coming so we can order food accordingly. See you in ten days for the next session! Best, S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan MIT E51-185 77, Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From shekhar at MIT.EDU Sat Mar 15 11:36:22 2008 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:36:22 -0400 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Postpone to Wed 2 April? In-Reply-To: <1205555622.9768.500.camel@nowhereman> References: <1205555622.9768.500.camel@nowhereman> Message-ID: <1205595382.9768.560.camel@nowhereman> Dear All: Several people have told me that the next session is in the middle of their spring break and they may be out of town. We can postpone to a week later, Wednesday 2 April, for the next session if no one objects. Please let me know if you have a strong preference for earlier or later. Best, Shekhar On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 00:33 -0400, Shekhar Krishnan wrote: > Dear All: > > We will meet WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2008 from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. in MIT > E51-195 to discuss Sandip Hazareesingh's The Colonial City and the > Challenge of Modernity: Urban Hegemonies and Civic Contestations in > Bombay City 1900-1925. > > See the latest post on http://bombayology.net for links to the full text > of the book, which I have digitized. There is also a piece by Preeti > Chopra which Nikhil suggested, and two earlier articles by Hazareesingh > which comprise chapters of the book and are included here for reference. > > Remember, for accessing restricted PDFs, the username is "bombayologist" > and password is "urbanmedia". Please RSVP to me if you are coming so we > can order food accordingly. See you in ten days for the next session! > > Best, > > > S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan MIT E51-185 77, Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar From shekhar at MIT.EDU Sun Mar 16 23:05:33 2008 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:05:33 -0400 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Meeting Postponed to 2 April Message-ID: <1205723133.9768.654.camel@nowhereman> Dear All: Based on feedback, we have postponed our next meeting to WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 2008 from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. in MIT E51-195 to discuss Sandip Hazareesingh's The Colonial City and the Challenge of Modernity: Urban Hegemonies and Civic Contestations in Bombay City 1900-1925. See this post for links to the full text of the book and supplementary texts which are all digitized for your convenience: http://bombayology.net/2008/03/14/urban-hegemonies-and-civic-contestations-in-bombay/ Along with the book, there is a recent piece by Preeti Chopra on Memonwada, and two earlier articles by Hazareesingh which became chapters of the book, and are included here for reference. Remember, for accessing restricted PDFs, the username is "bombayologist" and password is "urbanmedia". Please RSVP to me by e-mail if you are coming so I can order food accordingly. Also please see the updated schedule of spring sessions at: http://bombayology.net/2008/02/13/spring2008/ Best, S.K. -- Shekhar Krishnan MIT E51-185 77, Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar http://www.heptanesia.net http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar