Just as issues of ethnicity and religion are sensitive in the US, they are sensitive in India. And yet they are issues which affect the fiber of the society. I am affiliated with the University of Central Hyderabad. Established in 1974 it is a premier institution of post graduate teaching and research in India.
The university does not have an undergraduate program, instead offering master's and PhD's in everything from Nanotechnology to Buddhist Studies. The campus has an international student presence having enrolled students from Iran, Myanmar, Thailand, Mongolia, Syria, Tanzania, Yemen, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, Ethiopia, South Africa, Guyana, Uzbekistan and Japan.
U of H also offers a Study India Program. In fact, we met ten undergraduates from Dartmouth who are here for a short term women's studies program.
Like most universities U of H encourages freedom of thought and expression. Benches with sayings such as this one dot the central area.
Conservative Hindu along with activist Muslim groups have formed organizations on campus. My affiliation is with the Center for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies. The Center's primary focus is on the "Untouchables," also called Dalits (who are considered outside India's caste system and historically disadvantaged who make up 24% of India's population), women, and indigenous tribal peoples who remain largely isolated. Muslims may also be considered a group that has been historically excluded in some parts of India, but is not a specific focus for the center with which I am affiliated.
In spite of some violent incidents between Muslims and Hindus the two groups also coexist in harmony: hence the title of my research "Lessons from India in Diversity and Tension: Educational Dynamics and the Muslim Minority." I will enroll in a course, attend seminars, participate in the high school classroom, conduct interviews and surveys to discover India's lessons.
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| Political speech in campus central shopping area. |
The university does not have an undergraduate program, instead offering master's and PhD's in everything from Nanotechnology to Buddhist Studies. The campus has an international student presence having enrolled students from Iran, Myanmar, Thailand, Mongolia, Syria, Tanzania, Yemen, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, Ethiopia, South Africa, Guyana, Uzbekistan and Japan.
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| Artwork in Study India Center. |
U of H also offers a Study India Program. In fact, we met ten undergraduates from Dartmouth who are here for a short term women's studies program.
Like most universities U of H encourages freedom of thought and expression. Benches with sayings such as this one dot the central area.
Conservative Hindu along with activist Muslim groups have formed organizations on campus. My affiliation is with the Center for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies. The Center's primary focus is on the "Untouchables," also called Dalits (who are considered outside India's caste system and historically disadvantaged who make up 24% of India's population), women, and indigenous tribal peoples who remain largely isolated. Muslims may also be considered a group that has been historically excluded in some parts of India, but is not a specific focus for the center with which I am affiliated.
In spite of some violent incidents between Muslims and Hindus the two groups also coexist in harmony: hence the title of my research "Lessons from India in Diversity and Tension: Educational Dynamics and the Muslim Minority." I will enroll in a course, attend seminars, participate in the high school classroom, conduct interviews and surveys to discover India's lessons.
Feedback encouraged!
It's interesting to know that that there's issues with ethnicity and religions while in India one of the main religions is hinduism which is about the acceptance of others. What I'am not surprised about is there being issues with ethnicity since here in the U.S its a lot more common
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