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”
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Post War Sri Lanka – A Journalist’s Impression
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”
Beyond Tazreen – Dec 5, 2015
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”
The World Before Her – Oct 24, 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”
Our Destiny is to Resist: An evening with Palestinian human rights activist BASSEM TAMIMI – Oct 7, 2015
Caste and Gender in Dalit Feminist Writing
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”
5 Broken Cameras – Iyad Burnat March 28 – April 1, 2015
Condemnation of the murder of Avijit Roy on Feb 26, 2015
The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia unequivocally condemns the murder of Avijit Roy on February 26, 2015, on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Avijit Roy was a naturalized American citizen of Bangladeshi origin. An engineer by profession, he wrote on themes related to science, philosophy, religion, and society. More than aContinue reading “Condemnation of the murder of Avijit Roy on Feb 26, 2015”
The Murky Politics of an Identification Project (UID)
We cordially invite you to a lecture/discussion on Surveillance, Profiling, and Exclusion: The Murky Politics of an Identification Project (UID) by Usha RamanathanThursday, November 206:30PM, MIT Room 4-145 Usha Ramanathan works on the jurisprudence of poverty. She writes and speaks on issues such as the Bhopal gas disaster, mass displacement, and eminent domain. She hasContinue reading “The Murky Politics of an Identification Project (UID)”
REFLECTIONS ON INDIA
Seminar by GAUTAM NAVLAKHA Room 3-333, MIT4PM, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 About the Speaker: Gautam Navlakha is a civil liberties activist working for the non-funded People’s Union for Democratic Rights (Delhi) and was associated with the Economic and Political Weekly for more than three decades. He lives in Delhi and has written extensively on issues ofContinue reading “REFLECTIONS ON INDIA”
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