Tag: India

  • US History Unit 06: Blog and Research

    Research the following Events and terms about US history of the time period (140-1960) Required: FDR’s Quarantine Speech(1937), FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech(1941), Atlantic Charter (1941), CTYP Conferences, UN Charter (1945), Marshall Plan Choice 1: Chinese Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Mao Zedong, Chiang Chi-shek Choice 2: India-Pakistan Split, Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammad Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru Choice 3: Communism International, J Stalin,…

  • Asian Studies: Dehli Sultanate

    How and when did Dehli and Lahore rise to importance? What was India like during the time following the collapse of the Gupta Empire? How did the Dehli Sultanate come into being? Where is Gujarat? What was its importance during 1200s and 1300s? How did the Mongolians, specifically Timur, end the dominance of Dehli?

  • Asian Studies: South Asia Map

    Afghanistan: Kabul Pakistan: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore India: New Delhi, Bhopal, Calcutta, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai Sri Lanka: Colombo Nepal: Katmandu Bhutan: Thimphu Bangladesh: Dhaka Myanmar: Yangon Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal Indus R, Ganges R, Brahmaputra R, Salween R, Irrawaddy R Great Indian Desert, Himalayan MTS, Hindu Kush

  • Book Review: Nectar in a Sieve

    Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best readings on colonial India. Told from the POV of a village woman from the day of her marriage until late in her life. Students seem to really enjoy the straight forward and simple narrative. I first read this…