Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Religious Studies
Major Professor
Gil Ben-Herut, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Michael P. DeJonge, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Manu Samnotra, Ph.D.
Keywords
Ganges, Hydro Politics, Physical-spiritual discourse, Pollution
Abstract
This paper studies if the Flagship Namami Gange program of Cleaning the river Ganges in India aligns with the transcendental discourse on the river. Web contents as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter along with Indian English daily newspaper reports are used here as the source of data. The study shows that the program aligns with the transcendental discourse on river Ganges as the Mother Goddess and reaching out to her devotees.
Scholar Commons Citation
Kamal, Muttaki Bin, "Complex Tripartite Hydro Politics of River Ganges" (2019). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/7821
