Ignorance is Bliss: The Truth About Inequality in India
Sanjoy Chakravorty
October 8, 2018
In this issue of India in Transition, Sanjoy Chakravorty, author, Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University, and CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar, argues that the absence of appropriate data makes it impossible to know the truth about inequality in India, an ignorance that is convenient for almost everyone.
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October 16, 2018, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Perry World House - (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
The World Today presents “Ladies Only”
CASI-PWH Co-sponsored Documentary Viewing & Discussion with Filmmaker Veda Shastri
October 24, 2018, 12:00-1:30 p.m. at CASI
"India's Inter-State Water Wars: Causes, Consequences, and Cures"
CASI Seminar by Scott Moore - Associate Professor of Practice, SAS, and Senior Fellow, Water Center, Penn
November 16, 2018, 12:00-1:30 p.m. at CASI
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CASI Seminar by Emmerich Davies - Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
CASI Student Programs
CASI Student Programs will launch applications for the 2019 Summer Internship Program, Travel Funds for Research, and Sobti Fellowship on October 15, 2018. Stay tuned for details!
CASI Student Programs Symposium
Save the Date: Wednesday, November 14, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
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2018 CASI Interns will present on their summer internships in India. Prospective applicants to CASI Student Programs are encouraged to attend.
CASI Student Programs Open House
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CASI Podcasts Now Available on iTunes
Hosted by Bilal Baloch (CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University), CASI's podcast series is now available for download in iTunes.
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As a reminder, CASI's office is now located closer to the heart of Penn's campus at the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics at 133 South 36th Street (Suite 230) Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215.
