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Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).

Select Blogs
Spicy IP. 2013. Spicy IP: De-Coding Indian Intellectual Property Law. Berkeley, CA; http://spicyip.com/.

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

Select Books
Chatterjee, Partha. 1997. A Possible India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Chatterjee, Partha. 1997. The Present History of West Bengal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Chatterjee, Partha. 2003. A Princely Impostor? The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hansen, Thomas Blom. 1999. The Saffron Wave. Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hansen, Thomas Blom and Finn Stepputat (eds.). 2005. Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hansen, Thomas Blom. 2001. Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Select Communities, Email lists, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).

Select Films
Lee, Ang (dir.). 2012. Life of Pi. 20th Century Fox.

Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Maps
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. 2013. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Paris, FR: whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/in.

Select Museums
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).

Select Photos
Choejor, Tenzin. 2013. His Holiness posing with children in their classroom during his visit to the Care Home for Street Children, in Mehrauli, New Delhi, India. December 7. Mehrauli, New Delhi, India: plus.google.com/u/0/+DalaiLama

Select Programs, Applications, Languages, Software
Mizushima, Tsukasa. 2011. India Place Finder. Tokyo, Japan: Mizushima Lab at The University of Tokyo.

Select References
Baja, Vikas. 2012 Strains on India’s Government Grow After Sharp Economic Slowdown. May 31. New York, NY: The New York Times.

CHANDRASEKARAN, ANUPAMA. 2012. Lacking Teachers and Textbooks, India’s Schools Turn to Khan Academy to Survive. October 15. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Gates, Bill. 2012. Bill Answers #askBillG Questions about India. July 6. Seattle, WA: thegatesnotes.com/.

Global Voices Advocacy. 2013. Bangladesh: Global Voices Condemns Assault on Bloggers. April 6. Cambridge, MA: advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org.

GUHA, RAMACHANDRA. 2013 The past & present of Indian environmentalism. March 27. Dehli, India: thehindu.com.

Koch, Katie. 2013. Inside India’s pop-up city: Harvard team maps the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering. January 21. Cambridge, MA: news.harvard.edu.

MacKinnon, Rebecca. 2011. Surveillance and Censorship in India. November 11. rconversation.blogs.com.

Mazumdar, Siddhartha. 1981. [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1981/9/18/east-and-west-the-search-for/ East And West The Search For Eternal India]. September 18. Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Crimson.

McMurtrie, Beth. 2011. At U.S.-India Summit, Leaders Call for More Collaboration in Higher Education. October 13. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Menon, Parvathi. 2013. A state-of-the-art digital tool for India studies. August 26. New Dehli, India: The Hindu.

Najar, Nida. 2011. Squeezed Out in India, Students Turn to U.S.. October 13. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Ray, Aparna. 2012. India: Dalit Camera - Media for the Marginalised. September 5. Cambridge, MA: Global Voices Online.

Ray, Aparna. 2012. India: The Curious Case of Draping Statues to Ensure Fair Elections. January 11. Global Voices Online.

Ray, Aparna. 2012. India, Bangladesh: Water Disputes and Teesta River Diplomacy. June 8. Cambridge, MA: Global Voices.

Rezwan. 2012. India: Dalit Camera – Media for the Marginalised. September 5. globalvoicesonline.org.

Rezwan. 2013. India Stops 160-year-old Telegram Service. June 16. globalvoicesonline.org.

Sandhana, Lakshmi. 2011. An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry. fastcoexist.com.

terminus. 2011. INDIA'S PROPOSAL FOR A UN COMMITTEE FOR INTERNET-RELATED POLICIES (CIRP). October 29. Internet Governance Forum Watch.

PANDIT, VIRENDRA. 2013. Now, Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels!. Chennai, India: thehindubusinessline.com.

Select Video and Audio
Bhattacharjee, Moni. 1960. Talat & Lata - Aaha Rimjhim Ke Yeh Pyaare Pyaare - Usne Kaha Tha - 1960. Youtube.com.

China’s Forgotten Hindu Temples. 2013. China’s Forgotten Hindu Temples. China: chinadigitaltimes.net.

Incredible India - 3: Varanasi (Benares). 2013. Incredible India - 3: Varanasi (Benares). Ludwig Bispink's Youtube channel.

Select Websites
The Virtual University of Pakistan. 2012. The Virtual University of Pakistan - Open Course Ware. ocw.vu.edu.pk/

Select Wikis
Bangalore. 2013. Bangalore. (An example how of Wikidata geocoordinates work). wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355.

India Wiki at Wikia: http://india.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

One Laptop per Child India. 2011. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India

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Languages of India: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages_of_India

Languages of South Asia: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages_of_South_Asia

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Meditation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Meditation

Pakistan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Pakistan

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In Google Earth
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In Virtual World
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/

OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)

Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/

Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/

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