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Join us for "Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty, and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia," a talk by Rajbir Singh Judge on Maharaja Duleep Singh’s failed bid to restore Sikh rule. Drawing from his new book, Judge examines how Sikhs engaged with loss to reshape history.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 1st, for a South Asia Colloquium talk entitled "The Way You Want To Be Loved," led by Aruni Kashyap from the University of Georgia.

Please join us on Friday, April 4th, for Round 1 of the Yale Hindi Debate! Yale students will be debating the listed prompts.

Check out this piece on Varun Grover’s "Nothing Makes Sense" tour, where he uses comedy as resistance. From sharp political critiques to using storytelling as activism, his performance was both thought-provoking and hilarious. Read more here: macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/stor…

Please join us on Tuesday, April 8th, for a South Asia Colloquium talk entitled "To Fashion a Fauna for British India," led by John Mathew from the Asian University for Women.

Undergraduates interested in pursuing the major in South Asian Studies (SAST) or a Certificate of Advanced Language Study in Hindi or Sanskrit are welcome to join the South Asian Studies Council for an information session this week.

Join us for "Buddhist Philosophy and Its Critics: An Anthology of South Asian Sources," a conference on April 21 - 22. To view the full schedule, please visit our website.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 15th, for a South Asia Colloquium talk entitled "Bangladesh: Constitutional Experiments in an Aid Lab," led by Cynthia Farid from the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Please join us on Friday, April 18th, for the National Round of the Yale Hindi Debate! Students from across the country will be competing.

📰 The Indian Express: "World’s first particulate matter trading scheme in Gujarat cut pollution by up to 30%" 🆕 study from EGC researchers and coauthors evaluated the world’s first cap-and-trade market for particulate matter. Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250416/eg…

Join us on Tuesday, April 22nd, for a South Asia Colloquium talk entitled "Constitutionalism, State Capture and Rescue: What May We Learn from Sri Lanka?" led by Dinesha Samararatne from the University of Colombo. Please note the location change.

Navigating the New World (Dis)Order: India's Strategic Challenges and Opportunities April 25 | 4:00 PM | Horchow Hall, Room 103 Join us for an insightful dialogue between two distinguished experts in international relations: Shivshankar Menon and John Mearsheimer.

May 7th | 4:00 PM | Horchow Hall, Room 103 Please join us for a talk by David Engerman on his book, Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the World They Made, followed by comments from a robust group of scholars.

Join us on May 9th and 10th for a workshop on the recent surge of scholarship on the literary output of Jīva Gosvāmin (16th century), one of the leading intellectuals of the tradition of Gauḍīya of Bengali Vaishnavism. Visit our website for more details.

Thrilled to see this edited version of a conversation hosted by SASC in January 2025!

Anthony Acciavatti featured in The Times of India #TimesEvoke.

Thanks to those who joined us for an evening of music, dance, and poetry at Mehfil-i-shauqeen. The event was a rich culmination of a year-long partnership between Professor Ameera Nimjee and ISM Fellow Suhail Yusuf. Visit our website for an article exploring the collaboration.

A great conversation about David Engerman's latest monograph, Apostles of Development.

We are thrilled to announce the SASC 2025 Summer Grantees Instagram Takeover Series! Follow us on Instagram Yale South Asian Studies Council to catch all the action. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for our FIRST takeover on June 27th by Hari Manchi!

Congratulations to Priyamvada Natarajan for being recognized as one of 20 #GreatImmigrants for 2025 by Carnegie Corporation of New York! carnegie.org/awards/honoree…