South Asia: Local Solutions with Global Impact
SAI’s Annual Symposium on April 16 and 17, 2015 brought together scholars and practitioners for a series of workshops on SAI’s ongoing research projects.
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Jayaprakash Narayan reconsidered
By Ghazal Gulati, Ed. M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education; SAI Student Coordinator (@GhazalGulati) On April 9, 2015, SAI hosted a student-organized seminar at Harvard on Jayaprakash Narayan, a complex and elusive political thinker from India. J.P., as he...
2015 Student Summer Grants
SAI has awarded 35 grants for 2015 summer and research, internship, and language study in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Video: Harvard celebrates Holi
On Sunday, April 12, 2015, Harvard students gathered to celebrate the festival of colors. Video from the Crimson:
Faculty Q+A: Temporary religious landscapes in Latin America and South Asia
The Research Project on the Ephemeral City, lead by professor Rahul Mehrotra, GSD, has been engaged in documenting and systematically compiling different forms of temporary urbanism in South Asia, Latin America and worldwide.
Virtual tour: Temporary Landscapes of Religion in South Asia and Latin America
Take a virtual tour through the exhibit, which examines ephemeral configurations deployed to celebrate religious beliefs from the two regions. SAI is hosting a seminar on Wednesday, Apr. 22 about the exhibit.
Language for Metaphysics, Language for Politics: Some Lessons from Allama Prabhu’s vacanas
By Ghazal Gulati, Ed.M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education “Writing that cannot be erased, ought not to be written” – Allama Prabhu As part of its South Asia Without Borders Series, SAI hosted a seminar on Friday, April 3 with Dr. Prithvi Datta Chandra...
Transnational urbanism and postcolonial cities
In a SAI Urbanization seminar on March 31, Maristella Casciato, Canadian Centre for Architecture, discussed the challenges of postcolonialism for cities in South Asia.
Rediscovering a nation at the Harvard Pakistan Forum
The second annual Harvard Pakistan Forum took place on March 28th and 29th, 2015 at Harvard. With approximately 250 people in attendance, it was an eclectic mix of people from different walks of life, all connected by their interest in some facet of a modern-day...
SAI Director Tarun Khanna named 2014 HBR McKinsey Award Finalist
Khanna wins for for “Contextual Intelligence,” an article about managerial knowledge.
From Eulogies to Euphoria: Redefining the Indo-US Relationship
The Indo-US relationship is not just defined by economic investment or a military partnership; it is increasingly becoming a combined strategic view. By Ghazal Gulati, Ed. M Candidate, International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education...
Silencing India’s Daughter
By Divya S. Sooryakumar, International Education Policy, Ed.M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education On March 26th, the Harvard South Asia Institute screened the controversial BBC documentary India’s Daughter, by Leslee Udwin. The film captures the story of...