Readings
Events in History at the time of the novel: https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Midnights_Children-1.pdf, 10 pages
Renée, Diane. “Midnight’s Children.” Literature and Its Times Supplement 1: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them, by Joyce Moss, vol. 2: The Great Depression and the New Deal to Future Times (1930s -), Gale, 2003, pp. 327-337. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2875200102/GVRL?u=evanston_main&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=56ac47f6. Accessed 30 Aug. 2023.
Quick Overview of each book, characters, themes, and historical context: https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Midnights_Children.pdf, 15 pages
“Midnight’s Children.” Novels for Students, edited by Sara Constantakis, vol. 23, Gale, 2006, pp. 176-191. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3421600020/GVRL?u=evanston_main&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=6db1f72b. Accessed 30 Aug. 2023.
“The Emergency” and the Politics of Mass Sterilization: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/india-the-emergency-and-the-politics-of-mass-sterilization/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20Indira%20Gandhi%20was,program%20to%20control%20India%27s%20population.&text=The%20Western%20countries%27%20lobby%20backed,were%20unwilling%20to%20support%20it
Listenings
BBC Radio, August 2017. Salman Rushdie in conversation with radio drama director Emma Harding about Midnight’s Children: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b091gc4f, 15 minutes
Videos
Recorded Jun 21, 2021, 6 minutes. Haimanti Roy, Associate Professor at University of Dayton, discusses the 1947 Partition of India, when Britain split the region into two states, India and Pakistan, and the mass migrations and violence that followed.
Bollywood Movie Recommendations
Romcoms
- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
- Jab We Met
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
- Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Sports related movies
Period dramas