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Exploring identity through South Asian poetry

By Sunayana Kachroo, poet participant South Asia is a region of diversity with a peculiar synthetic cultural unity.  Rich in history, languages, literature and philosophy, the region has explored the signature of humanity in man through religion, art, monuments, food,...

Research spotlight: Water and poverty in urban slums

This is the third article in a series highlighting SAI’s ongoing research projects that were featured at SAI’s Annual Symposium ‘South Asia: Local Solutions with Global Impact‘ in April. By Divya S. Sooryakumar, International Education Policy, Ed.M Candidate, Harvard...

Ben Siegel wins Sardar Patel Award

Congrats to Ben Siegel, former SAI Graduate Student Associate, whose dissertation “Independent India of Plenty: Food, Hunger, and Nation-Building in Modern India” won the 2014 Sardar Patel Award for “the best doctoral dissertation on any aspect of modern India –...

India’s Prospects and Policy Challenges

By Ghazal Gulati, Ed. M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education, @GhazalGulati On May 1, 2015, the South Asia Institute (SAI) hosted an engaging and insightful conversation with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of...