Womens movement, in the current context, is fragmented and uneven in

India.
The historical colonialism has integrated India into the globalized fabric for
some time
There is a common expectation that globalization in India will eradicate the
primordial cultural identities

ASK HER ABOUT PATHER PANCHALI AND NATIONALISM THEMES-Pride of poverty as

more dignified than capitulating to the capitalistic and globalized system. Was this
promulgated more by the government or was it a popular understanding? That an
individual is impoverished primarily because they are not striving for the
materialistic reasons. The socialist agenda in India/ask her about the rhetoric
commonly applied by the Soviet Union. IS SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE THE ANTITHESIS?
Does this signify a fully integrated and market-based economy in India? IT was
made by a Westerner, after all.

Once the colonial government of India was challenged, in theory, the economic and
hierarchal woes of Indian society