Transcript Humanities West - orias - University of California, Berkeley

Making It: Reality Television
and Middle Class Aspirations
in India
Raka Ray
University of California -- Berkeley
Slumdog Millionaire at the
Oscars
The Final Question
Rejoicing at the Oscar victory
The show: Saregamapa
The show: Indian Idol
Three features of these talent
shows:
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They are a newly legitimate means to
upward mobility
The Indian audience tends to vote for the
life story they sympathize with most
Marginalized populations seize on these
shows to integrate themselves and to
prove their worth.
Indian Economy on an Upward Growth Path
GDP growth at constant prices (% per annum)
A nation of diversity: languages
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Constitution lists 14 official “principal
languages”
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PLUS
English
Hindi (30%)
Judge Himesh Reshamiya
weeps
Poonam and her mother, a
domestic worker
“Maybe because
the people
identified me as
a married
woman, they
were not very
keen to vote
for me”
Narendra
All 4r 1 and 1 4r All. Lets come together and vote for Prashant
Tamang who hails from our own hometown!!! We have talents in
every fields.. that make me proud to be a part of Dazzling/
Darjeeling.Cheers
GAURAV
Also might I add please lets pray that he gets throguh the initial
rounds. Then when it enters voting round then please lets make
it a point and vote for him. Please do not hold back the SMS's.
Every prayer and every SMS is going to count so please
do not hold back on either Spread the word !
http://prasanttamang.blogspot.com/