Why the Words Still Sing
AVIJIT GHOSH
April 8, 2013
In this issue of India in Transition, Avijit Ghosh, Senior Editor at The Times of India, argues that rumors of the death of good poetry in Hindi films is premature.
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CASI Welcomes Spring 2013 Distinguished International Scholar, C. Raja Mohan
Dr. C. Raja Mohan is the Head of Strategic Studies and a Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. His visit to Penn is made possible through the University of Pennsylvania Office of the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and its Distinguished International Scholars Program.
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CASI Announces Winners of Summer 2013 Travel Funds Competition
The travel funds for 2013 will be distributed among 19 PENN STUDENTS. The travel funds assist Penn students to participate in volunteer internships with grassroots partner organizations or conduct independent research projects in India during the summer months.
A total of twelve Penn undergraduate students have been selected for internship programs at five NGOs this year, and seven graduate students have been selected to conduct independent research projects in India during the summer.
Funds for the CASI internships are made possible through the support of Penn’s Office of the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and in conjunction with Penn Abroad and Penn’s International Internship Program (IIP).
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Upcoming Events
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013, 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. (at Silverman Building, 240A, Penn Law)
"Can India Emerge as a Global Science Power?"
A CASI NAND & JEET KHEMKA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES PANEL
by SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA (Distinguished Professor, TIFR)
and PRIYAMVADA NATARAJAN (Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Physics,
and Chair of the Women's Faculty Forum, Yale University)
RSVP to casi@sas.upenn.edu by Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - seating is limited
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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (at 103 McNeil Building)
“Does a Legal Ban on Sex-Selective Abortions Improve Child Sex Ratios? Evidence from a Policy Change in India”
PSC Spring Colloquium Series (co-sponsored by CASI) by ANIL B. DEOLALIKAR (Associate Dean, Professor of Economics, Co-Director, One Health Center, UC Global Health Institute, Director, Center for Sustainable Suburban Development, University of California, Riverside)
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
"Beyond Borders: India's Military Power and International Purpose"
CASI Seminar by C. RAJA MOHAN (Head of Strategic Studies, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and CASI Spring 2013 Distinguished International Scholar)
RSVP to casi@sas.upenn.edu by Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - seating is limited
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