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DAIRA

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Thu, Jul 11, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm, ET

DAIRA (“Circle”) is a 2002 Pakistani movie based on the international bestseller Moth Smoke, authored by Mohsin Hamid. Set in Lahore, DAIRA is a film about givings and misgivings, love and deceit, or as Hamid puts it, the “cooled” and the “uncooled.” It is a story of the vicious circle of love, lust, longing, and […]

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Summer Film Series: DAIRA

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Thu, Jul 11, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm, ET

DAIRA (“Circle”) is a 2002 Pakistani movie based on the international bestseller Moth Smoke, authored by Mohsin Hamid. Set in Lahore, DAIRA is a film about givings and misgivings, love and deceit, or as Hamid puts it, the “cooled” and the “uncooled.” It is a story of the vicious circle of love, lust, longing, and […]

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Knowledge Exchange Platform: Frontiers in Neuroscience

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Sat, Jun 29, 2013 from 11:30am — 07:00pm, ET

Join Venkatesh Murthy, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Pawan Sinha, Professor of Vision & Computational Neuroscience, MIT, and speakers from industry, government and business for a day long conference on the landscape of neuroscience, as part of this summer’s Resonance Knowledge Exchange platform on focused on building research and business for the […]

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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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Summer Film Series: 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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“To Express and Not to Explain: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore”

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Thu, Jun 20, 2013 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

Asia Society India Centre invites you to an AsiaLens lecture with Dr. Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History, Harvard University Renowned South Asian scholar Dr. Bose will discuss the paintings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) in the context of his venerated literary, artistic and political legacy. The exhibition on view at the NGMA, “The Last Harvest: Paintings of […]

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Seventeenth Annual India Poetry Reading

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Mon, May 13, 2013 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

The South Asia Institute and Department of South Asian Studies will host the 5th Anniversary Meeting of South Asian Poets of New England and 17th Annual India Poetry Reading on May 12, 2013 at 3:00pm. The theme of this year’s poetry reading will be “Healing,” and poems in all languages are invited for recitation. Individuals […]

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Education Reform Measures in India: Lessons from the World

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Wed, May 8, 2013 from 02:45pm — 07:15pm, ET

On May 8, the South Asia Institute at Harvard University (SAI) and the Central Square Foundation (CSF) convened a group of high-level stakeholders for a roundtable discussion to shape and commit on the agenda for forging linkages between education reformers in the US and in India focused on improving learning outcomes for children. The program […]

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Indian Democracy: Prospects and Challenges

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Tue, May 7, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies Chair: Prerna Singh, Assistant Professor at the Department of Government,Harvard University Professor Yogendra Yadav is an Indian social scientist. He was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council for the implementation of the Right to Education Act in 2010. He was appointed […]

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Sri Lankan Education Photo Exhibit

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Mon, Apr 22, 2013 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

The high mountains of the Sri Lankan hill country produce picturesque streams and cascades in and around stepped tea plantations. Photo by Tyler Arnot, HGSE Master Candidate and SAI Winter Session Grant Awardee Reflections on Serendipity The Initiative for Sri Lankan Education (ISLE) presents the opening of its photo exhibit “Reflections on Serendipity. The exhibit will be […]

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Peabody Essex Museum Student Trip

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Fri, Apr 19, 2013 from 12:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

SAI will host a student trip to historic Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum to view its exhibition “Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence.” The exhibition, on display until April 21, showcases the three generations of artists who shaped India’s golden age of modernist painting. Susan Bean, who recently retired as the museum’s senior […]

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