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  contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Unimaginable Communities 1 1. From Doordarshan to Prasar Bharati: The Search for Autonomy in Indian Television 23 2. At Home, In the World: The Viewing Practices of Indian Television 55 3. Between Tradition and Modernity: The Development of an “Indian” Community of Television 93 4. “Gandhi Meet Pepsi”: Nationalism and Electronic Capitalism in Indian Television 119 5. Nikki฀Tonight, Gandhi Today: Television, Glocalization, and National Identity 155 Conclusion: Is There an Indian Community of Television? 187 Notes 203 Bibliography 219 Index 231 000.i-viii.Kumar.indd฀฀฀7 10/18/05฀฀฀11:32:06฀AM 000.i-viii.Kumar.indd฀฀฀8 10/18/05฀฀฀11:32:06฀AM ...

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