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October 5, 2018
The Mittal Institute Newsletter
The Mittal Institute engages in interdisciplinary research to advance and deepen the understanding of critical issues of South Asia and its relationship to the world. Our weekly newsletter highlights the work of the institute and its affiliates.
Sugata Bose, Harvard University
Rohit De, Yale University
Sreenivasan Jain, NDTV
Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University
Homi Bhabha, Harvard University

Oct 9, 6pm, Emerson Hall
Reporting India
Sreenivasan Jain, Managing Editor of one of India's major TV news networks, NDTV, discusses the immense demands and challenges of effectively covering such a large and diverse country, with former BBC News producer and 2014 Nieman-Berkman Fellow Hasit Shah.

Friday, Oct 12, 3.00-4.30pm, CGIS Knafel
Join celebrated Hindustani musician Aastha Goswami for an intimate concert on the Harvard campus. Her voice, according to the renowned classical dancer Padmashri Geeta Chandran, “is like honey flavored by the rarest saffron.”

Weds, Oct 10, 7.30-9.00pm, Stewart Room, Lowell House
Harvard visiting scholar Chinmay Tumbe provides an overview of his book India Moving: A History of Migration, which attempts to explain when, how and why people have moved to, from and within the subcontinent over centuries.

Weds, Oct 10, 4.30-6.00pm, CGIS South
Last week, first-generation students from all over the developing world gathered in Dubai for the second annual Crossroads Emerging Leaders Program. Three of them spoke to The National about their aspirations during and after the week-long event.