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The Social and Political Cost of Inaction

WHEN
Thu, Dec 8, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
Harvard School of Public Health

ADDRESS
Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge 502
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA

Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director Facilitated by Jacqueline Bhabha, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School and Lecturer on Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Sponsored by the FXB Center at Harvard, co-sponsored in part by SAI

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The Kite Runner

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

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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The Arts and Social Change in Pakistan: An Evening of Conversation and Music with Shehzad Roy

WHEN
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH)

ADDRESS
Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH)
59 Shepard Street
Cambridge 02138

Pakistani music icon and social activist, Shehzad Roy will talk about his new documentary series titled “Chal Parha.”The show dramatizes Roy’s journey to schools across Pakistan and stages and expose of Pakistan’s national education system. Roy will share how his music has helped him advocate for education reform and will expand upon some of the […]

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Swaniti Initiative’s Inaugural Kavya Conference: Inspire, Empower, Engage

WHEN
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 from 09:00am — 05:00pm

VENUE
New Delhi

Swaniti Initiative, with the strong support of Harvard University’s South Asia Institute, held its inaugural Kavya Conference on April 13, 2013, at Welingkar School of Management (WeSchool) in Mumbai. The day-long, seminar-style program was targeted towards inspiring, engaging and empowering young women from across the country to participate in policy and in social development of […]

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Summer Film Series: Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

WHEN
Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is a based on a Bengali novel by Bimal Mitra, providing a glimpse into the fall of feudalism in Bengal during the era of the British Raj. The film explores a platonic relationship between the lonely and beautiful wife of an aristocrat and a hard-working, part-time servant. The film has been […]

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Summer Film Series: Dor

WHEN
Thu, Aug 1, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Dor (“String”), a 2006 Indian film, is a story about two women who come from different backgrounds and how fate brings them together. Meera, a young woman who becomes a widow shortly after marriage, is trapped by tradition. Zeenat faces the daunting task of saving the life of her husband, who is on trial for murder. […]

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Summer Film Series: DAIRA

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

VENUE
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium S010
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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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South Asia Without Borders Seminar Series

WHEN
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Dispersed Radiance: Caste, Gender, and Modern Science in India Abha Sur, Lecturer, Program in Women’s & Gender Studies, MIT Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Co-sponsored with the Department of South Asian Studies

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