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Awaara (The Vagabond)

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Sat, Sep 8, 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, 1951 One of the greatest and most famous Indian films ever made, Awaara was a global sensation and marks the first appearance of the tramp persona that would make Raj Kapoor famous: a sly, sexy bandit, […]

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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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Amar Akbar Anthony

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Thu, Jun 27, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm, ET

Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Bollywood film about three brothers who were separated during childhood and who grew up in three separate homes, adopting different religions. The film was directed by Manmohan Desai and features Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, and Rishi Kapoor. Amar Akbar Anthony was the biggest blockbuster of 1977 and won several […]

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Aag (Fire)

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Sun, Sep 9, 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, 1948 Raj Kapoor’s first film as director and star, the brooding, noir-ish Aag often feels like a 1930s Hollywood melodrama with an expressionistic twist, and with a distinct influence from Citizen Kane in its complex flashback […]

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Water and Climate Change

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Fri, Feb 11, 2011 from 12:30pm — 02:00pm, ET

How Climate in South Asia is Becoming a Water Issue Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future; Professor of International Relations and Geography & Environment, Boston University Chaired by John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, HSPH; Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, […]

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Urbanization Seminar Series

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Thu, Jan 27, 2011 from 06:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

  ‘Dharavi, Slum for Sale’-Film Screening, and Panel Discussion on ‘Mumbai-The Future of the Informal City’ Bryan Bell, Founder and Executive Director, DesignCorps Liza Weinstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University Moderated by Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, GSD Co-sponsored by SAI and the Harvard […]

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