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‘Magical Modernities’, Invited Plenary Address for the Triennial conference of FILLM (the International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures), University of Delhi,15-17 March 2017.
Magical Modernities? Post-secularism and spiritualism on Indian television
Channel surfing on morning television in India—a truly bewildering experience given there are now 800 plus channels and rising—involves navigating a mix of news and sports channels, children’s shows, cookery shows, soaps, nature documentaries, consumer-advice programmes, and the odd reality TV and Western-style breakfast show. |