Video: Harvard celebrates Holi
On Sunday, April 12, 2015, Harvard students gathered to celebrate the festival of colors. Video from the Crimson:
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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...
April 16: Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity Book Launch and Exhibition
The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral MEGACITY book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at Harvard.
Update from TraumaLink: Saving lives in Bangladesh
TraumaLink was founded in 2013 by Dr. Jon Moussally, an attending emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and North Shore Medical Center, along with Eric Dunipace and Ryan Fu, arvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health students. The organizations’s goal is...
Internship site profile: The Woodstock School
The Woodstock School will be one of SAI’s internship partner sites for Harvard students. With a location 7500 feet above sea level in the Himalayas of Northern India, the Woodstock School offers its students a unique experience. Founded in 1854, the K-12 school has...