Abbey Griscom India Program Re-valuing women and girls as investment: A way to end the gendercide in India   When deciding what I wanted to focus my research project on for India I wanted to partake in a project that I found interesting and challenging. I have been interested in the gendercide, which I will […]

1) Describe an aspect of ancient Indian history that is likely to have continuing relevance in contemporary India. How might your time in India benefit from having some awareness of this period of Indian history?   In Chapter One John McLeod states that, “To many Westerners, India is first and foremost a land of religion. […]

I intend to focus my research project on the development of the caste and class systems in India with significant interest on the effects of modernization on social mobility. I am particularly curious about the so-called “Scheduled Caste,” (Dalit) “Scheduled Tribe,” (Adivasi), and the “Other Backwards Class.” The OBC is a fluctuating governmental list of […]

While in India, I want to research the relationship between land and systematic oppression. While reading John McLeod’s History of India, I found a recurring trend that land was frequently used as a means of subjugation, from the resettling of Tribals in Mughal-era India to tea plantations under British rule. This trend of power structures […]

In The History of India, John McLeod spends a large section of the book talking about the various aspects of ancient Indian history that served as predecessors to several modern religions and cultural practices. McLeod describes tribal life on the Indian subcontinent as being influenced by many different cultures, leading to multiple languages and religious […]