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Rohit Chopra is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Babson College. His interests include the history of media and technology in colonial and postcolonial India, internet communities, and identity politics in South Asia. He also runs the blog Anti-History / In Another Life ( www.antihistory.blogspot.com). He is a Web Consultant for the Islam and Human Rights project (www.law.emory.edu/IHR) and the Future of Shari’a project (www.law.emory.edu/fs) at Emory Law School’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion.
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Indian Exceptionalism: Colonial Stereotypes and Postcolonial Realities
Rohit Chopra Oct 26, 2007 interacts: 96 Views: 11674Indian exceptionalism manifests itself as nationalist, chauvinist, and fundamentalist sentiment, often mingling unhealthily with other kinds of closed-minded imperatives.
Imperialism and the Writing of History
Rohit Chopra Oct 18, 2007 interacts: 12 Views: 5905Occupied Iraq and Colonial India
Ragging: A Sickness in our Educational System and Society
Rohit Chopra Oct 9, 2007 interacts: 2 Views: 5635Several incidents of ragging have been reported at Indian colleges, some involving acts of brutal violence perpetrated on helpless first year students by groups of senior students.
Local Knowledge, Capital, and Social Change in the Age of Globalization
Rohit Chopra Sep 20, 2007 interacts: 3 Views: 5772Whether it is selling vegetables or tourism, the local agent does not, by definition, possess anything that cannot be brought from elsewhere in the globe.
An Unconditional Commitment to Pluralism
Rohit Chopra Sep 11, 2007 interacts: 22 Views: 5829It means accepting a Hindu as a Hindu, a Muslim as a Muslim, a Jew as a Jew, an atheist as an atheist, an unbeliever as an unbeliever and it means respecting that choice.
Who Celebrates the Resident Indian?
Rohit Chopra Sep 4, 2007 interacts: 26 Views: 8758Indian (especially, the American NRI) is now held up as an ideal model of Indian identity for the era of globalization.
Violence, the Indian Media, and 'Non-Violent' Indian Society
Rohit Chopra Aug 29, 2007 interacts: 12 Views: 6716Coverage of violence appears to be motivated by the profit margin, and often veers on the sensationalist. Issues are also prioritized based on their populist appeal.
Rohit Chopra
- Articles on Chowk: 7
- First article: Aug 29, 2007
- Latest article: Oct 25, 2007
- Times read on Chowk: 50289
