 Women in Politics: The Case of India Does electing women to political office make any difference? How can women's representation in political office be increased? Lakshmi Iyer, Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, addressed these questions in SAI's last webinar of the semester, with participation from 7 universities in South Asia.
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Summer in South Asia
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 Romila Thapar discusses historical traditions of North India
On Monday, May 5, SAI hosted a book talk with prominent Indian historian Romila Thapar about her most recent book, The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India, which is a panoramic survey of the historical traditions of North India. In the book, Thapar reveals a deep and sophisticated consciousness of history embedded in the diverse body of classical Indian literature.
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Upcoming SAI Events
For a full list of our events, please visit our website.
 South Asian Poets Meeting
This year's meeting theme is "Matrubhsha" ("Mother Tongue" in Hindi). Poems in any South Asian or related languages are welcome. There will be Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Kashmiri and Oriya participation.
Saturday, May 17, 3 PM, CGIS S010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
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Harvard University South Asia Institute
CGIS South Building, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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