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March 6, 2015
This week's news from the South Asia Institute
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Cultivating peace in Afghanistan with saffron
Rumi Spice, founded by a group of US military veterans who have served in Afghanistan, has a unique tool for peace in Afghanistan: Saffron. "We are leveraging the power of the American consumer economy to increase stability in Afghanistan," says Keith Alaniz, a US Army veteran, who co-founded Rumi Spice with several HBS alums.
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 A literary colossus
The Murty Classical Library of India hopes to introduce a vast corpus of literature, thought, and science to fresh audiences across the world. "It's completely transformative," said Parimal Patil, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies and SAI Steering Committee member, to the Gazette. The final launch event took place at the Harvard Art Museums on Thursday, March 5.
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Podcast: Decolonization in Nagaland and South West Africa
In this podcast, SAI Graduate Student Associate Lydia Walker, PhD Candidate, Department of History, talks about her dissertation, 'Stillborn States: Failed Nationalism in Nagaland and South West Africa, 1960-1966,' a connective project that looks at decolonization in the early 1960s.
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Save the Date! SAI Annual Symposium, April 16 & 17, 2015
The Annual Symposium will bring together scholars and practitioners for a series of workshops on SAI's ongoing research projects and see the launch of an exhibit and book Mapping the Ephemeral City: Kumbh Mela 2013.
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In case you missed it...
Access to Toilets and Women's Rights
In honor of
International Women's Day on Mar. 8, take a look at this Urbanization and Global Health seminar from November 2014, which explored the connection between women's rights and the challenges of improving access to sanitation.
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Upcoming SAI Events
India Conference at Harvard
Saturday, Mar. 7 - Sunday, Mar. 8, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School
 Beyond Harvard
Rahul Bose, Actor, Director & Social Activist
Chair: Richard Delacy, Preceptor in Hindi and Urdu, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard
Welcome by Rakesh Khurana, Dean of Harvard College
Cosponsored with the Harvard India Student Group
 Webinar: Planning and Preparedness
Tuesday, Mar. 10
9:00 AM in Cambridge, 5:00 PM in Pakistan, 5:30 PM in India, 5:30 PM in Sri Lanka, 6:00 PM in Bangladesh, 5:45 PM in Nepal
Payal Modi, MD, MPH, Fellow, Brigham & Women's Hospital International Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Watch live on SAI's website.
 Sufi Shrines and the Secular State
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