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February 21, 2020
We caught up with last year's Seed for Change winners to learn how Gramhal has grown its social enterprise to build smallholder farmers' income and agency. Read about their progress so far, and if you have a project of your own, apply for this year's Seed for Change competition!
Each month, the Mittal Institute's Graduate Student Associates meet to discuss their latest work on South Asia, spanning various disciplines — from politics to religion and the arts — and providing feedback on one another's dissertations, articles, and more.
Recently, undergraduate student Siva Emani traveled along the eastern and southern coasts of India, stopping at numerous Hindu temples to learn more about the inspirations and motivations that drove musicians to compose music about the idols worshipped at these establishments.
Upcoming Events
Monday, February 24, 4:00 PM
ROBINSON HALL, LOWER LIBRARY, 35 QUINCY STREET
Using the case study of tea plantation labor through the lens of Social Reproduction Theory, Tithi Bhattacharya challenges traditional notions of work as inadequately attentive to labor performed outside the points of production. She will examine how the reproduction of society—within households, schools, and hospitals—produces and sustains the economy.
Tuesday, February 25, 5:00 PM
S010, TSAI AUDITORIUM, CGIS SOUTH, 1730 CAMBRIDGE STREET
In South Asia, the current debate around issues of citizenship has ignited divisions and unrest.  Sana Aiyar , Associate Professor of History at MIT;  Kalyani Ramnath , Prize Fellow in Economics, History, and Politics at Harvard;  Sahana Ghosh , Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University;  Suchitra Vijayan , Founder and Executive Director of The Polis Project; and  Rohit De , Associate Professor at Yale University, will explore the post-Partition history of citizenship in the region.
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Deadline: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
The annual Seed for Change competition at the Mittal Institute welcomes applications from Harvard students to present projects that can positively impact societal, economic, and environmental issues in India and Pakistan. Students have the chance to receive a grant to bring their project to life in-region.
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