‘RAMAYANA HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES’ New Delhi: Narratives of epics change according to the places they have travelled to and different places put different emphasis on various parts of epics like Ramayana, said Paula Richman, William H Danforth professor of South Asian Religions at Oberlin, Ohio. She was speaking on the topic of …
A Special Lecture by Paula Richman from Oberlin College, Ohio Paula Richman is William Danforth Professor of South Asian Religions at Oberlin College in Ohio, USA. She received her Ph.D. in South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and has published two books on Tamil literature: Women. Branch Stories. and Religious Rhetoric …
Department of Sociology, South Asian University is organising a two-day international seminar on, ‘Performative Communication: Culture and Politics in South Asia’ in collaboration with Center for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, on 20th and 21st January 2015. The venue of the seminar is Tagore Hall at Jamia Millia Islamia. The seminar seeks to unravel the interface between culture and politics in …
Written by Mihika Basu | Mumbai | Posted: January 5, 2015 Stating that spirituality is the hallmark of Indian ethos and there is little interest in experimental sciences, R K Saxena, vice-president of New Delhi’s South Asian University, said Sunday that the Mars mission cannot be called a true innovation. Speaking at a session on …
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