As an initiative from the Office of the President , South Asian University, a one day art camp was organized at SAU premises on 08th February 2015. For logistical purposes, this initiative was coordinated by the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology in conjunction with the Hostel Fest 2015. The camp consisted …
New Delhi: Academic writing cannot be for merely the sake of publishing and earning brownie points for promotion in job. This was one of the central points of discussion at the launch of South Asian University’s first academic journal – Society and Culture in South Asia. The journal was launched by eminent economist Prabhat Patnaik …
‘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 …