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Shree 420

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Fri, Sep 7, 2012 from 07:00pm — 09:00pm, ET

RAJ KAPOOR FILM SERIES presented by: SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE AND THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE Directed by Raj Kapoor, India, 1955 Raj Kapoor stars as country bumpkin Raju, who arrives in the big city to make his fortune and woos honest schoolteacher Vidya (Nargis) while secretly getting deeper and deeper into the urban underworld.  

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Global Health and Urbanization Seminar Series

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Tue, Sep 4, 2012 from 05:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

MAPPING MUMBAI’S TOILETS Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design James Potter, Master’s Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health Jennifer Weaver, Master’s Candidate, Harvard School of Public Health Chair: Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public […]

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Bol

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Thu, Aug 9, 2012 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

Directed by Shoaib Mansoor, Pakistan A female convict on death row, her last wish is to tell her story to the media.

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The Kite Runner

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Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 05:15pm, ET —
Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 07:00pm, ET

Directed by Marc Forster, United States Amir returns to Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, […]

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A Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leader Development Workshop

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Mon, Jul 30, 2012 - Fri, Aug 3, 2012, ET

From July 30 to August 3, the South Asia Initiative (SAI) at Harvard University hosted a “Multidisciplinary Approach to University Leadership Development” Workshop for university leaders from Maharashtra, India. Thirty leaders and policy makers attended, including vice chancellors, directors, principals and deans of both public and private higher learning institutions, as well as senior Government […]

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Big Ideas: Conversations with SAI’s Graduate Student Associates

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Thu, May 3, 2012 from 01:00pm — 03:00pm, ET

RELIGION, MEANING AND BELIEF IN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETIES “Social Justice in Islamicate South Asia: Ismat Chughtai’s Cosmopolitan Struggle” Sadaf Jaffer, Doctoral Candidate in the Indo-Muslim Culture program at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations “Producing Islam – Belief, Practice, & Politics at an Islamic Seminary (Madrasa) in Pakistan” Bilal A. […]

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Annual SAI Symposium

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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 from 09:00am — 05:00am, ET

Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World On April 26th and 27th, South Asia Initiative at Harvard University held its second annual symposium, focusing on Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World. The conference brought together global experts with deep research, implementation and policy experience to learn and find […]

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Urbanization Seminar Series

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Wed, Apr 18, 2012 from 08:00am — 05:00pm, ET

Mega-Cities, the Urban Poor and the Price of Planning: The Case of Slum Upgrading in Indian Cities Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design Janice Perlman, Founder & President of the Mega-Cities Project Co-sponsored with the Harvard Graduate School of Design   Watch the video below:

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