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Narrating India: Analytical Essay (nonfiction)

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Reflecting on his homeland, Tharoor observes: "So India is no longer the nationalism of ethnicity or language or religion, because we have every ethnicity known to mankind... We don't even have geography uniting us, because the natural geography of the subcontinent framed by the mountains and the sea was hacked by the partition with Pakistan in 1947... The great success story of India, a country that so many learned scholars and journalists assumed would disintegrate...is that it managed to maintain consensus on how to survive without consensus." What unites the citizens of your country? Is it ethnicity, language, religion, or something else? Explore nationalism by polling or interviewing community members to see what they identify as the ties that bind your country together. Do you think people would have given the same answers 50 or 100 years ago? Do you think the answers will be the same 50 years from now?India's abundance of soft power has often been compared with China's lack of it. Why has soft power proven so problematic for China, and what is the Chinese government doing about it? Are there lessons that China could learn from India, or are the nations too different? Imagine a conversation between the China's Premiere and India's Prime Minister on this topic. Some good sources to explore include:Business Week: India's edge over China: Soft power (06/17/2010) http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2010/gb20100617_150774.htmThe Washington Post: China's repression undoes its charm offensive (03/25/2011) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-repression-undoes-its-charm-offensive/2011/03/24/AFdlxRYB_story.htmlThe New York Times: Why China is weak on soft power (01/17/2012) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/opinion/why-china-is-weak-on-soft-power.html?_r=1The Hindu: Let India unleash its soft power (02/03/2012) http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2854513.eceYale Global Online: China: How to translate hard power at home to soft power abroad (02/08/2012) http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/china-soft-power-abroadCNN: China works hard to project soft power (03/30/2012) http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-30/asia/world_asia_florcruz-china-soft-power_1_china-s-soft-power-china-brand-china-works?_s=PM:ASIATED: Joseph Nye on global power shifts http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/joseph_nye_on_global_power_shifts.htmlForeign Policy: The war on soft power (04/12/2011) http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/12/the_war_on_soft_power?page=0,0Research Institute for European and American Studies: Being Hard on Soft Power http://www.rieas.gr/research-areas/global-issues/transatlantic-studies/1519-being-hard-on-soft-power-.html

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Why nations should pursue "soft" power - Shashi Tharoor

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India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to share its culture with the world through food, music, technology, Bollywood. He argues that in the long run it's not the size of the army that matters as much as a country's ability to influence the world's hearts and minds.

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Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | mitCFU

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Won 8 Oscars. Another 146 wins & 132 nominations. See more awards "

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:

Storyline

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really ... Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures

Taglines:

Love and money... You have mixed them both.

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film used a prototype Digital Cinema Camera from Silicon Imaging. When used in Mumbai, there were SI technicians on set constantly to deal with any problems the prototype had, of which there were many. See more "

Goofs

When Jamal asks Latika to leave with him from the gangster's home , she has a visible bruise under her left eye that appears and disappears between shots. See more "

Quotes

Youngest Salim : [giving a baby to Latika] Keep her crying and you'll earn triple.
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Crazy Credits

Several of the cast perform a traditional Bollywood song and dance number set in a train station over the end credits. See more "

Soundtracks

Liquid Dance
Music by A.R. Rahman
Performed by Palakkad Sriram and Madhumita
Published by K.M. Musiq Ltd.
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User Reviews

Details

Release Date:

25 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Slumdog Millionaire

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$360,018, 16 November 2008

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$378,410,542

Company Credits

Technical Specs

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Won 8 Oscars. Another 146 wins & 132 nominations. See more awards " Cast overview, first billed only: The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life.

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Pp. 16-19, 66-69, 26-29, 37-40, 42-45, and 104-109

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