From shekhar at MIT.EDU Tue May 27 15:49:01 2008 From: shekhar at MIT.EDU (Shekhar Krishnan) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:49:01 -0400 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Meet Tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. Message-ID: <1211917741.7024.159.camel@wadalaroad> Dear All: ? ??We will meet for our final session this semester tomorrow WEDNESDAY 28 May 2008 from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. in MIT E51-185 to discuss Janaki Nair's The Promise of the Metropolis: Bangalore's Twentieth Century. The text is up at http://bombayology.net See you tomorrow afternoon! Best, S.K. -- ?Shekhar Krishnan MIT E51-185 77, Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. ? http://web.mit.edu/shekhar http://heptanesia.net http://bombayology.net http://zotero.org/about From jahnavi.phalkey at gmail.com Thu May 29 06:29:43 2008 From: jahnavi.phalkey at gmail.com (Jahnavi Phalkey) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:29:43 +0200 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Bangalore Message-ID: <784abd560805290329l7302c772q1d144b1b4e06b2cb@mail.gmail.com> Hello I am new to the list, work on contemporary history and politics of India, and specifically tilted towards history of science and technology. And this posting concerns my interest in Bangalore. I have begun studying the establishment of aeronautics research and education in India, and Bangalore is the centre of this activity. While I am aware of the works by Janaki Nair, James Heitzman and Smriti Srinivas - but I have yet to come across a sustained historical analysis or study of Bangalore concerning its laboratories and big science and technology projects *that are NOT related to IT* or the software industry. I wanted to know if some of us are aware of other works/ papers/ or even scholars interested in this aspect of Bangalore. The other question I have is about the significant German presence in the Mysore state around mid-twentieth century. I was once fleetingly informed of a work by Geeta Rajan, but I have not managed to track that down, but I would be equally happy to know of related/ other works that tackle this question. Needless to say, I will be very happy to hear more on these questions, and/ or discuss my project with interested colleagues. Thank you Best, Jahnavi -- J A H N A V I P H A L K E Y Scholar in Residence Center for the History of Science and Technology Deutsches Museum Museumsinsel 1 80306 Munich Germany Tel.: 00 49 (0) 89 217 9544 Fax: 00 49 (0) 89 217 9239 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/urban-media/attachments/20080529/fabce13b/attachment.htm From mfischer at MIT.EDU Thu May 29 08:42:37 2008 From: mfischer at MIT.EDU (michael fischer) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:42:37 -0400 Subject: [Urban South Asia] Bangalore In-Reply-To: <784abd560805290329l7302c772q1d144b1b4e06b2cb@mail.gmail.com> References: <784abd560805290329l7302c772q1d144b1b4e06b2cb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Jahnavi, Great to hear you are working on the aeronautics industry in Bangalore. I've done a little interviewing in the IT and biotech industry there, but only been on planes as seatmates with young men being trained to work in the aeronautics industry. Ramana's autobiography (the father of the bomb) has a little bit on what Mysore was like in his childhood, but I don't remember anything particularly about the German presence. I'd love to hear more about what you are finding, and I would guess that others in the group will know more, especially Tulasi Srinivas. Mike On May 29, 2008, at 6:29 AM, Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: > Hello > > I am new to the list, work on contemporary history and politics of > India, and specifically tilted towards history of science and > technology. And this posting concerns my interest in Bangalore. > > I have begun studying the establishment of aeronautics research and > education in India, and Bangalore is the centre of this activity. > While I am aware of the works by Janaki Nair, James Heitzman and > Smriti Srinivas - but I have yet to come across a sustained > historical analysis or study of Bangalore concerning its > laboratories and big science and technology projects that are NOT > related to IT or the software industry. I wanted to know if some of > us are aware of other works/ papers/ or even scholars interested in > this aspect of Bangalore. > > The other question I have is about the significant German presence > in the Mysore state around mid-twentieth century. I was once > fleetingly informed of a work by Geeta Rajan, but I have not managed > to track that down, but I would be equally happy to know of related/ > other works that tackle this question. > > Needless to say, I will be very happy to hear more on these > questions, and/ or discuss my project with interested colleagues. > > Thank you > Best, > > Jahnavi > > > -- > J A H N A V I P H A L K E Y > Scholar in Residence > Center for the History of Science and Technology > Deutsches Museum > Museumsinsel 1 > 80306 Munich > Germany > > Tel.: 00 49 (0) 89 217 9544 > Fax: 00 49 (0) 89 217 9239 --- > > MIT Urban South Asia Workshop > > http://bombayology.net > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/urban-media -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/urban-media/attachments/20080529/b3f5bc70/attachment.htm