Inequality, Mobility, and Sociality in Contemporary India
APRIL 26, FRIDAY
2:00pm - Opening Remarks
Steven Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
2:15pm -Perspectives on Inequality
Alpa Shah, London School of Economics
Kalpana Kannabiran, Council for Social Development
Moderator: Sara Shneiderman, Yale University
4:00pm -Hunger, Scarcity and Vulnerability
Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics
Sanjay Ruparelia, New School for Social Research
Discussant: Janam Mukherjee, Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University
Moderator: Steven Wilkinson, Yale University
APRIL 27, SATURDAY
9:30am -Development: Aspirations and Opportunities
Satendra Kumar, Delhi School of Economics
Laura Jenkins, University of Cincinnati
Sarah Hodges, Warwick University
Discussant: Jennifer Bussell, University of Texas at Austin
Moderator: Shailaja Paik, Yale University
1:30pm -Changing Expressions: Media, Public Culture, and Identity
Stefan Fiol, University of Cincinnati
Carol Babiracki, Syracuse University
Pamela Philipose, Independent Researcher
Discussant: Ritty Lukose, New York University
Moderator: Ashok Acharya, Yale University
4:00pm -Mobile Worlds: Limits and Possibilities of Interconnections
Shilpa Phadke, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Priya Deshingkar, University of Sussex
Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex
Discussant: Svati Shah, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Moderator: Inderpal Grewal, Yale University
7:30pm - Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, World-renowned Sitar Maestro.
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
APRIL 28, SUNDAY
10:00am -
Moderator: K. Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University
Comments by: Tanika Sarkar, Dhawan Visiting Professor of South Asian History, Yale University
Discussants at Large:
Ashok Acharya, Yale University
Janam Mukherjee, Yale University
Shailaja Paik, Yale University
Henry R. Luce Hall
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06520
Sessions: Room 203
Concert: Luce Hall Auditorium
Supported by the South Asian Studies Council at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund and the Nopany Fund of South Asian Studies.