%0 Journal Article
%T Introduction: Modelling Exemplarity in South Asia
%A Laurent Gayer
%A Ingrid Therwath
%J South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
%D 2010
%I Centre dĄ¯Etudes de lĄ¯Inde et de lĄ¯Asie du Sud
%X In 2007, Prashant Tamang, a young Indian police officer of Nepalese origin, became the winner of the third edition of the television show ĄŽIndian IdolĄ¯. This victory was made possible by the mobilization of TamangĄ¯s profession -the Indian Police force- and of his ethnic community -Indians of Nepalese descent- both in India and abroad. The young man had captured the imagination of these two groups with his musical talent but also with his life-story and personality. Born and educated in Darjee...
%K role models
%K achievers
%K exemplarity
%K heroes
%K martyrs
%K subjectivation
%K morality
%K materialism
%K conservatism
%U http://samaj.revues.org/3011