Smriti Sawkar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6566609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Smriti Sawkar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Smriti |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawkar |
| SIGNATURE | SAWKAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7038-2479 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building super temples of sport
Through the twentieth century, sporting events such as the Olympic Games evolved from politically charged demonstrations to highly commercialised spectacles, offering new stages for state identity formation and intervention. This article argues that the 1982 Asian Games hosted in New Delhi ushered urban transformations that were crucial to the conceptualisation of a newly liberal Indian state in the years leading up to the economic reforms of 199…
Champion of the Third World
This article examines political performance in an international context where state spectacles and foreign policy become tied to aspirational identities of domestic audiences and personal prestige of state leaders. It explores how Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used foreign policy and its performative aspects to rehabilitate her image as a national hero after presiding over a controversial internal ‘Emergency’. Whilst chairing the 1983 Non-Aligned …
A small car for a small family
The Maruti Suzuki joint venture between the Government of India and the Japanese Suzuki Motor Corporation in 1983 launched India’s first ‘people’s car’ – the Maruti 800. This article argues that the conceptualisation and promotion of the Maruti 800 as the ideal car for a small, middle class family revealed subtle continuities with the controversial family planning programme of the state which had reached its peak during the internal ‘Emergency’ o…
Exporting culture
This article employs the concept of culture as a consumable resource in visually-mediated global markets. The Festival of India, first hosted in 1982 in Britain, was a unique state-sponsored spectacle that packaged Indian culture as a commodity for Western audiences. Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister took keen interest in the ‘visual scheme’ of India that was projected during the Festival, simultaneously conscious of her own image as she returned t…
Exporting culture
This article employs the concept of culture as a consumable resource in visually-mediated global markets. The Festival of India, first hosted in 1982 in Britain, was a unique state-sponsored spectacle that packaged Indian culture as a commodity for Western audiences. Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister took keen interest in the ‘visual scheme’ of India that was projected during the Festival, simultaneously conscious of her own image as she returned t…
Exporting culture
This article employs the concept of culture as a consumable resource in visually-mediated global markets. The Festival of India, first hosted in 1982 in Britain, was a unique state-sponsored spectacle that packaged Indian culture as a commodity for Western audiences. Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister took keen interest in the ‘visual scheme’ of India that was projected during the Festival, simultaneously conscious of her own image as she returned t…
Champion of the Third World
This article examines political performance in an international context where state spectacles and foreign policy become tied to aspirational identities of domestic audiences and personal prestige of state leaders. It explores how Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used foreign policy and its performative aspects to rehabilitate her image as a national hero after presiding over a controversial internal ‘Emergency’. Whilst chairing the 1983 Non-Aligned …
A small car for a small family
The Maruti Suzuki joint venture between the Government of India and the Japanese Suzuki Motor Corporation in 1983 launched India’s first ‘people’s car’ – the Maruti 800. This article argues that the conceptualisation and promotion of the Maruti 800 as the ideal car for a small, middle class family revealed subtle continuities with the controversial family planning programme of the state which had reached its peak during the internal ‘Emergency’ o…
Building super temples of sport
Through the twentieth century, sporting events such as the Olympic Games evolved from politically charged demonstrations to highly commercialised spectacles, offering new stages for state identity formation and intervention. This article argues that the 1982 Asian Games hosted in New Delhi ushered urban transformations that were crucial to the conceptualisation of a newly liberal Indian state in the years leading up to the economic reforms of 199…
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