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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsSouth Asia Center presentsR
 adha Kumar\, Assistant Professor of History\, Syracuse UniversityClaiming 
 Water: Building Dams and Subjects in British IndiaThe 1930s construction o
 f the Mettur Dam across the River\nKaveri in southern India was a technocr
 atic achievement for the colonial\ngovernment.&nbsp\; But it was also a fi
 nancial venture expected to yield\nreliable returns in the form of increas
 ed water-rates. This talk examines how\nthe construction of the dam entail
 ed the construction of the ideal\nwater-consuming subject – the paddy farm
 er who sold to a global market\, while\nmarginalizing other users of the r
 iver.For more information or to request an accommodation\, please contact:
  Emera Bridger Wilson at elbridge@syr.edu.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Claiming Water: Building Dams and Subjects in British India
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</p><p>
 South Asia Center presents</p><p><br></p><p>Radha Kumar\, Assistant Profes
 sor of History\, Syracuse University</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Claiming Wat
 er: Building Dams and Subjects in British India</strong></p><p><br></p><p>
 The 1930s construction of the Mettur Dam across the River\nKaveri in south
 ern India was a technocratic achievement for the colonial\ngovernment.&nbs
 p\; But it was also a financial venture expected to yield\nreliable return
 s in the form of increased water-rates. This talk examines how\nthe constr
 uction of the dam entailed the construction of the ideal\nwater-consuming 
 subject – the paddy farmer who sold to a global market\, while\nmarginaliz
 ing other users of the river.</p><p><br></p><p>For more information or to 
 request an accommodation\, please contact: Emera Bridger Wilson at elbridg
 e@syr.edu.&nbsp\;</p>
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