Category : Blog
Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Community, India, News, South Asia in the News
The goal of the Murty Classical Library of India is to present the greatest literary works of India from the past two millennia to readers all over the world.
Jan 21, 2015 | Blog, Faculty, India, News, South Asia in the News
In an op-ed for The Boston Globe, SAI Steering Committee member Nicholas Burns, HKS, explains how President Obama’s visit to India for Republic Day is an important symbolic gesture that may kickstart the revival both countries have been looking for.
Jan 20, 2015 | Arts at SAI, Blog, Community, India, News
“More than the political aspect, it is understanding how women cope with the phenomenon of disappearances that appealed to me as a filmmaker,” says director Nilosree Biswas in an interview with SAI on the unique culture of Kashmir.
Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Community, Faculty, In Region, News, Students
SAI’s blog welcomes submissions from Harvard students, faculty, alumni, and affiliates on an array of topics pertaining to South Asia.
Dec 2, 2014 | Arts at SAI, Blog
This is the fifth blog post in a weekly series from a student enrolled in the course ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ co-taught by SAI Director Tarun Khanna. The course features several modules on issues...
Nov 17, 2014 | Blog, News, South Asia in the News
This article was originally published in the Indian Express By Ashish K Jha, K.T. Li Professor of International Health, Harvard School of Public Health; Director, Harvard Global Health Institute, and Tarun Khanna, Director of the South Asia Institute & Jorge Paulo...
Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, News
This is the fourth blog post in a weekly series from students enrolled in the course ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ co-taught by SAI Director Tarun Khanna. The course features several modules on issues...
Nov 1, 2014 | Blog, Community, News, Students
On October 17th, the Harvard India Student Group hosted a successful Diwali celebration. The attendees came from all over Harvard: Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Extension School, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and...
Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, News
This is the third blog post in a weekly series from students enrolled in the course ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ co-taught by SAI Director Tarun Khanna. The course features several modules on issues...
Oct 29, 2014 | Blog, News
By Abhishek Rahman, MDiv Candidate, Harvard Divinity School Suketu Mehta, a journalist and fiction writer, visited Harvard University last week to deliver three lectures to sold-out audiences at the Graduate School of Design, all on the topic of ‘The Secret Life...
Oct 23, 2014 | Blog, India, News, South Asia in the News
What is next on the agenda for India? Read what Jaganath Sankaran, a postdoctoral research associate at the National Security Education Center at Los Alamos National Laboratories say about the future of India’s space program.
Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, News
This is the second blog post in a series from students enrolled in the course ‘Contemporary South Asia: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Social and Economic Problems’ taught by SAI Director Tarun Khanna. The course features several modules on issues facing...