Past Events Archive

A Conversation with Rukmini Shrinivasan: It Comes In Waves: Hope and Failure in Indias Battle with the Novel Coronavirus, and with Itself

Thursday, December 3, 2020, 6 - 7pm
Rukmini Shrinivasan is a data journalist. She was a reporter with The Times of India. She was the first Data Editor of an Indian newsroom at The Hindu, Indias third largest newspaper in English. She was also Editor of Data & Innovation at Huffington Post India. Since 2018 she has been writing for The Hindu, India Today, The Guardian, the South China
Naindeep Singh

A Conversation with Naindeep Singh: Chicken Stix and Central Valley Sikhs: Class and Labor On Cesar's Soil Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 6 - 7pm
This talk will look at the demographic changes throughout the Central Valley. While new populations increasingly call the region home, many of the same inequities and inequalities that have long plagued the region still exist, and have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet new coalitions are opening possibilities for change. From the rise of
Pavithra Prasad

A Conversation with Pavithra Prasad: Lemuria to Wakanda: Speculative Cartography from the Deep

Thursday, February 20, 2020, 6 - 7pm
The Yadunandan Center for India Studies is proud to present a lecture by Pavithra Prasad: Lemuria to Wakanda: Speculative Cartography from the Deep
Shalini Shankar

A Conversation with Shalini Shankar: Generations of South Asians in the US: Generation Z and Competition in the New Millennium

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 6 - 7pm
As South Asian Americans gain unprecedented levels of educational and professional success, their visibility and presence has come under increasing scrutiny and even critique. This talk explores how being a Tiger Parent today epitomizes a type of Asian immigrant intensity that may even exceed Amy Chuas original Tiger Mother character.

Past 2013 Event

Sunday, January 6, 2013, 5 - 6pm