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Weekly Tea Break

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Wed, Sep 21, 2016 from 04:30pm — 05:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy chai tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.

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Disasters and Development in South Asia

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Fri, Sep 16, 2016 from 09:00am — 06:00pm, ET

Cosponsored Event Over a year after Nepal’s earthquake, this conference brings together practitioners, policy-makers, academics, students, and experts in disaster response to examine the importance of risk mitigation, and to discuss the role of development partners, aid accountability and the role of the media in disaster response. The overarching objectives of this symposium are to […]

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Directive Principles and Transformative Constitutional Design

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Fri, Sep 16, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Book Talk Tarunabh Khaitan, Associate Professor and Hackney Fellow in Law, Wadham College, University of Oxford Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Harvard University Borrowing and developing the concept from Ireland, framers of India’s Constitution inserted a chapter titled ‘directive principles of state policy’ in the founding document. They were a mix of principles […]

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Gandhi’s Forgotten Campaign: The Abolition of Indenture and the Mahatma

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Thu, Sep 15, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

Student Event Presented by the South Asia Across Disciplines Workshop Mrinalini Sinha, Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History; Professor (by courtesy) of English and Women’s Studies; Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows (2015-), University of Michigan Respondents: Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History Mou Banerjee, PhD Candidate, Dept. of History, Harvard University Cosponsored […]

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Jazz Goes to Bollywood

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Wed, Sep 14, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

Cosponsored Event MIT-India and the Harvard South Asia Institute present South Asia and Its Diasporas, a speakers series Naresh Fernandes, Author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age Discussant: Vivek Bald, Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT In the late 1950s, a period acknowledged as the Golden Era of Hindi film music, Bollywood songs were enlivened by […]

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Tea Break

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Wed, Sep 14, 2016 from 04:30pm — 05:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy chai tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.

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Welcome Back Mixer

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Thu, Sep 8, 2016 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

Celebrate the start of the school year with the South Asia Institute! Meet SAI’s Visiting Fellows and faculty Learn about student funding opportunities Meet with representatives from Harvard South Asia student groups Enjoy delicious South Asian food!   Join the Facebook event.    

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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity

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Mon, Aug 1, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:30pm, ET

Special Event Launched in 2015, the Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at Harvard. The faculty leaders and Kumbh administrators will discuss their experience studying the world’s largest festival, and lessons learned for future research. This event marks the launch […]

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One Harvard Young Harvard Mixer

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Fri, Jul 29, 2016 from 07:00pm — 10:00pm, ET

Special Event The Harvard Club of India, SAI and the Harvard India Student Group invite you to attend this mixer event in New Delhi. This mixer is open to all incoming students, alumni and other Harvard community members and intends to serve as a great networking opportunity. Join the Facebook event.

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