Author Archives: Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia

The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia Invites you to a screening of the film – What the Fields Remember Room 3-133MIT Saturday October 8, 3 PM, 2016 On 18th February 1983, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, more than 2000 Muslims were killed in the town of Nellie and its surrounding villagesContinue reading “What the Fields Remember – Oct 8, 2016”

Sponsored by CGIS/HarvardSupported by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia Governance for Development: Political and Administrative Reforms for Bangladesh by Dr. Nazrul Islam United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs4:00 pm, Friday, September 30CGIS South S354,1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA Governance problems are possibly the main constraint on the realization ofContinue reading “Governance for Development: Political and Administrative Reforms for Bangladesh”

Responding to the call by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union for an international day of protest on March 2nd, the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia invites you to join a vigil: Harvard Square “T” stop, Cambridge MAWednesday 7 PM – March 2, 2016 Please bring candles, signs, songs, chants…and pleaseContinue reading “Call by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union for an international day of protest on March 2nd, 2016”

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asiapresents“Development and Dispossession: The Indian Case”March 12th, 2PM, MIT 2-105Prof. Amit Bhaduri Amit Bhaduri is an economist and a consistent critic of mainstream neoclassical economic theory. He exposes its logically flawed foundations – including ‘corporate-led growth strategies’ and ‘developmental terrorism’, ideas that have emerged in India and otherContinue reading “Development and Dispossession: The Indian Case”

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asiapresents March 13th, 2PM, MIT 2-105Film: Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai, by Nakul Singh Sawhneyfollowed by Q & A with the director In his film “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai”, documentarian Nakul Singh Sawhney examines the 2013 communal riots in Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts of western Uttar Pradesh, India, in which antagonismContinue reading “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai”

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South AsiaPresents Post War Sri Lanka – A Journalist’s Impression Saturday, Feb 13, 2PMMIT Room 4-253 Sri Lanka witnessed a historic election in January 2015. Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated in this election after being in power for nearly a decade. What were the circumstances that led to this changeContinue reading “Post War Sri Lanka – A Journalist’s Impression”

The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia invites you to a Commemorative Meeting Beyond Tazreen Saturday 3 pm – December 5, 2015 Presentations by Saydia Gulrukh, Nafisa Tanjeem, Paul Malachi and Tarif Rahman followed by an open discussion MIT Room 56-167 On November 24, 2012, a fire broke out in a garments factoryContinue reading “Beyond Tazreen – Dec 5, 2015”

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia PresentsThe World Before Her A filmbyNisha Pahuja Saturday October 24, 2015 4pm Encuentro Cinco 9A Hamilton Place, near Park St “T” Station In Mumbai, a group of young women undergoes an intense month-long Bootcamp for the Miss India Pageant, winning which will mean lucrative stardom and, forContinue reading “The World Before Her – Oct 24, 2015”

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia presents Caste and Gender in Dalit Feminist WritingA conversation with Prof. Vimal Thorat Thu. May 21 | 7 pmMIT Building 3, Room 13377 Mass Ave Cambridge The last few decades have been witness to an eruption of Dalit women writing to tell their stories from their uniqueContinue reading “Caste and Gender in Dalit Feminist Writing”