University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Theses (Historic Preservation) Graduate Program in Historic Preservation 2016 A Voice for Public Memory: A Comparison Between the Memorial Practices in India and the United States of America to Propose a Suitable Response to the 26/11 Attacks in Mumbai Sanjana Sanjay Muthe University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses Part of the Cultural History Commons, and the Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons Muthe, Sanjana Sanjay, "A Voice for Public Memory: A Comparison Between the Memorial Practices in India and the United States of America to Propose a Suitable Response to the 26/11 Attacks in Mumbai" (2016). Theses (Historic Preservation). 607. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/607 Suggested Citation: Muthe, Sanjana Sanjay (2016). A Voice for Public Memory: A Comparison Between the Memorial Practices in India and the United States of America to Propose a Suitable Response to the 26/11 Attacks in Mumbai. (Masters Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/607 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A Voice for Public Memory: A Comparison Between the Memorial Practices in India and the United States of America to Propose a Suitable Response to the 26/ 11 Attacks in Mumbai Abstract This thesis compares the memorial culture and practices in India and the United States. Based on the observation that memorial construction is not a popular culture in India, the thesis first studies the memorial history of India to establish that the country has had a rich tradition of memorialization.