Illuminations Episode 3: Divine Technology
New Books in South Asian Studies
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The Future of Technology Is Not in Silicon Valley, but in Bangalore
Bangalore is a cutting edge technology hub, often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India. Srinivas spent years conducting field work in Bangalore in the 1990s. Her central finding that technological development and Hindu ritual were both flourishing in the city contradicted a major theory in the study of religion. If you look at the contemporary world to describe it as secular is impossible.
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