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Reflections: A Conversation with Salim and Sulaiman Merchant

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Fri, Oct 2, 2015 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Read a summary of the event here. Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, Musicians and composers Moderator: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University The Merchant brothers, Salim and Sulaiman, rank among the most dynamic and talented musicians and composers […]

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The Disinherited: Conversion to Christianity and the Economies of Loss in Colonial Calcutta

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Wed, Sep 30, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

GSA Seminar Mou Banerjee, Graduate Student Associate, SAI; History PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Chair: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs Mou’s research explores the dialogues and debates of Indian intellectuals with evangelical Protestant Christianity and missionaries in the nineteenth century, especially in the Bengal Presidency in India. In her analysis […]

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Rahul Roy Film Festival: The Factory & Q and A with Rahul Roy

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Fri, Sep 25, 2015 from 04:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

Film Screening and Discussion Rahul Roy, Director Chair: Shankar Ramaswami, Lecturer on South Asian Studies, Harvard University 147 workers of India’s largest automobile manufacturing company Maruti Suzuki are on trial for the murder of a senior manager and 2500 workers dismissed. It has been two and a half years and the case drags on. Their bail […]

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Degrees of Clientelism in the World’s Largest Democracy

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Fri, Sep 25, 2015 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Aseema Sinha, Wagener Family Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College Aseema Sinha is the Wagener Chair of South Asian Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College’s Government department. She was previously an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and […]

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Rahul Roy Film Festival: Till We Meet Again Screening & Panel Discussion on Masculinity and Gender Violence in South Asia

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Thu, Sep 24, 2015 from 04:00pm — 06:30pm, ET

Film Screening and Panel Discussion Geeta Aiyer, Founder, Direct Action for Women Now Worldwide (DAWN) Elora Halim Chowdhury, Associate Professor and Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies, U-Mass Boston Beena Sarwar, Editor, Aman ki Asha, Jang Group Pakistan; former Nieman Fellow and Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Rahul Roy, Director Chair: Parimal G. […]

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Rahul Roy Film Festival: The City Beautiful

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Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:00pm, ET

Film Screening and Discussion Q+A with Rahul Roy, Director Sunder Nagri (Beautiful City) is a small working class colony on the margins of India’s capital city, Delhi. Most families residing here come from a community of weavers. The last ten years have seen a gradual disintegration of the handloom tradition of this community under the […]

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Rahul Roy Film Festival: When Four Friends Meet & Majma

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Tue, Sep 22, 2015 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

Film Screening and Gender Seminar Bunty, Kamal, Sanjay and Sanju, best of friends and residents of Jehangirpuri, a working class colony on the outskirts of Delhi are young and trying to make their lives in an environment which is changing rapidly… girls seem to be very bold… stable jobs are not easy to come by… […]

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Securities Regulation and Financial Institutions in India

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Tue, Sep 22, 2015 from 03:30pm — 05:00pm, ET

Cosponsored Event U.K. Sinha, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Eugene F. Soltes, Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Cosponsored with the Accounting and Management Unit, Harvard Business School

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Mobile Technology Summer Program Final Presentation

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Mon, Sep 21, 2015 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

SAI Special Event This summer, with support from Harvard’s President’s Innovation Fund for International Experiences, SAI ran an 8-week summer program in India for Harvard College students to explore the potential of mobile technology to enable economic and social mobility, which combined academic coursework and experiential learning. The program culminated in a final project, which the […]

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Welcome Back Chaat Party

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Thu, Sep 17, 2015 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

Celebrate the start of the school year with SAI! Meet SAI’s Visiting Fellows and faculty Learn about student funding opportunities Hear what’s happening at SAI Enjoy delicious South Asian food This event is for Harvard affiliates – please be prepared to show your Harvard ID. Join the Facebook event. If you are interested in representing […]

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