Dr. P. Sivakami is an acclaimed Indian author who writes across many genres of literature. She is the author of six novels, four collections of short stories, and many essays and other works of non-fiction.
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Fri, Oct 20, 2023 from 11:00am — 12:00pm
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Online on Zoom
The Mittal Institute brings to you a book discussion on ‘Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir’s Last Pandit Prime Minister and his English Wife’ with authors Lila Bhan and Siddharth Kak, and moderated by Natasha Warikoo, Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts University. Register here! Date and Time: Friday, October […]
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Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 11:00am
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Harvard Science and Engineering Complex, Room 1.402
A Center for Research and Computation on Society Seminar featuring Prof. Rajesh Veeraraghavan from Georgetown University Abstract: How can development programs deliver benefits to marginalized citizens in ways that expand their rights and freedoms? Political will and good policy design are critical but often insufficient due to resistance from entrenched local power systems. The book is […]
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Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 05:00pm
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Belfer Room (S020), CGIS South
This discussion will mark the in-region release of this book on Partition and provides an opportunity to reflect on how this massive event has shaped the subcontinent’s cultural, economic, political and social dimensions including architecture, art, demographics, language, and music.
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Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 05:30pm
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Barker Center 110
Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential man most people have never even heard of. As the founder of BRAC, his work had a profound impact on the lives of millions.
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Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 05:30pm
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Belfer Room (S020), CGIS South
What can India and China, the world’s most populous countries, teach us about meritocracy? In Making Meritocracy, Professors Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi have gathered over a dozen experts from a range of disciplines to discuss how these two societies have addressed the issue of building meritocracy historically, philosophically, and in practice. India and China […]
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Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 09:30am
Register for this talk via zoom Speaker Oishik Sircar, Professor, Jindal Global Law School Discussants Faizan Jawed Siddiqi, Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Mini Saxena, Lawyer; Harvard Law School LLM Candidate, ’22 Chair Durba Mitra, Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University; Carol K. Pforzheimer Assistant Professor, […]
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Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 10:30am
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Webinar
Register for the “Phantom Plague” Book Talk On World Tuberculosis Day, this panel will discuss the history of the spread of tuberculosis, particularly among the most vulnerable populations across the globe, and lessons to be learned from historical public health crises and failures. Vidya Krishnan, Author and Journalist Discussant: Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in […]
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Fri, Feb 4, 2022 from 04:00pm — 05:45pm
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Webinar
Register for the talk Speakers: Me Me Khant (Penname: PamarNi) is a Burmese poet from Yangon, Myanmar. She began her poetry journey by writing political poems in local media outlets, criticizing the military-controlled education system (particularly the National Education Law) and crackdown of the journalists. She has then transitioned to composing a wide array of topics […]
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Register for the Webinar Join the Asia Center on June 24, 2021, from 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. EDT for an Asia Center Author Conversation with Arjun Subramaniam, Retired Air Vice Marshal, IAF; President’s Chair of Excellence in National Security, India’s National Defence College. Subramaniam will discuss his recent book, A Military History of India Since 1972: Full […]
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Thu, Apr 22, 2021 from 12:30am — 01:50am
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Webinar
Register here to join the webinar. Watch the preview video here. 10:00-11:20 am IST // 12:30-1:50 am ET Join us for the 13th Session of Distinguished Global Indian Speaker Series by Amity University Gurugram, and co-sponsored by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. Program: 10:00-10:10 am IST // 12:30-12:40 am ET Opening Remarks by Prof. […]
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Tue, Mar 2, 2021 from 04:00pm — 05:00pm
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Webinar
Registration required for this event: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ANpdh_VUTvKvpvWk4AbGGA Speaker: Andrew B. Liu, Assistant Professor of History, Villanova University Tea remains the world’s most popular commercial drink today, and at the turn of the twentieth century, it represented the largest export industry of both China and colonial India. In analyzing the global competition between Chinese and Indian tea, Andrew B. […]
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