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Thu, Dec 8, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
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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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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Fri, Apr 5, 2013 from 08:00am — 05:00pm
The “Future of Afghanistan” conference, co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s India & South Asia Program, the Future of Diplomacy Project, and the Harvard South Asia Institute, is a daylong conference that seeks to answer important questions about the current state of affairs in Afghanistan and the prospects for regional peace and stability in a post-2014 […]
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Tue, Apr 17, 2012 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm
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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Tue, Mar 6, 2012 from 07:00pm — 08:30pm
Richard Widdess, Professor of Musicology, SOAS Co-Sponsored by the Harvard University Music Department, The Department of South Asian Studies, The Mahindra Center’s Music, Sensory Ecologies, and the Body Seminar Series.
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Sat, Apr 13, 2013 from 09:00am — 05:00pm
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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Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 05:30pm
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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Thu, Aug 1, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm
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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Thu, Jul 11, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm
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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Fri, Oct 28, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
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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Tue, Nov 15, 2011 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm
India by Song, a film by Vijay Singh A Special Film Screening Event Vijay Singh, Film Director Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor Department of South Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, Harvard University
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Fri, Mar 2, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
Preserving the Buddha’s Teachings by Policing the Self: Moral Reform and Community in Colonial Burma Chaired by Parimal Patil, Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Alicia Turner, York University Watch the video here.
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