Splash Biography



LOSHEINI RAVINDRAN, ESP Teacher




Major: South Asian Studies

College/Employer: Yale

Year of Graduation: 2019

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

A year 3 South Asian Studies major with a deep passion for gender, mythology and movies of my discipline. Given its heterogeneity I wish to share more about these tenets of the region with students.



Past Classes

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A2879: Magic, myths and movies in South Asia in Splash Fall 17 (Nov. 11, 2017)
Interested in fantasies? Ever wondered how they could make a difference in a society of a different region? If your answer is yes, then this course would take you the colourful realm of South Asia where we would explore how indian mythologies are projected in cinema and how this enables us to look further into the themes on gender, culture, and politics in South Asia.


H2941: Marriage, Sex and Love in South Asia in Splash Fall 17 (Nov. 11, 2017)
Is marriage simply a case of tying the knot in South Asia? In a colourful region full of several cultural practices we shall go on a journey of understanding kinship, sexuality and marital morality under different backdrops of South Asia. We would also be exploring some of the debates that arise in the perennial problematised potrait of marriage in South Asia