Welcome to this exciting year of major public lectures, cultural events, academic conferences, media, and other explorations of India and its dramatic rise on the world stage. During the academic year 2009-2010, the Year of India aims to advance the understanding of India's people, culture, economy, and politics - and their growing impact around the world.

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Literary Festival to Feature Jhumpa Lahiri, Rana Dasgupta, and Suketu Mehta

11/23/09: On December 1 and 2, a "New Indian Writing: The Rising Generation" literary festival will feature Jhumpa Lahiri (at right), author of Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, and Unaccustomed Earth; Rana Dasgupta, author of Tokyo Cancelled and Solo; and Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found.

In Today's World, What Would Gandhi Do?

Marxist Dramatist's Legacy Lives On

 

Related Developments

Kotiswaran Examines Bar Dancing, the Place of Gender in the Indian Economic Sphere

11/24/09: The recent crackdown on bar dancing by the Indian government provides a key case study of the complexities surrounding social reform. Prahba Kotiswaran of the School of African and Oriental Studies (University of London) explored this issue in a recent South Asia and Social Change series lecture.

Sinha Discusses Gender Roles, Labor Rights in the Indian Coal Fields

High School Teaching Guide Addresses India-Pakistan Relations

 

Student Activities

South Asian Poets Explore Issues of Sexuality, Family, and Identity in South Asian Identity Week

11/24/09: As part of South Asian Identity Week, poets from India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan told stories about sexuality, transgenderedness and the redefinition of the self at "A Change Of Heart," an evening of queer South Asian performance poetry and discussion that took place on Nov. 17. The poets used music, dance and speech to express their experiences.

South Asian Identity Week Takes Place

Students Gather Writing and Art for Awaaz

 

From the Archives

Brown Acquires Indian Mathematics Collection

6/26/07: The Brown University Library has acquired the library of the late David E. Pingree, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of mathematics. The collection, consisting of more than 22,000 materials, is a remarkable resource for the study of mathematics in the ancient world, in particular India, and the relationship of Eastern mathematics to the development of mathematics and related disciplines in the West.

Cable Television Linked to Gains for Women in India

World Bank Social Scientist Pinpoints Weaknesses in India's Public Health System