SOUTH ASIA PROGRAM 2020 BULLETIN Mythically the Vaitarna river does not contain water, it is a river full of blood, pus, with heaps of rotting bones and flesh on its banks, mud of blood, mucus, pus, seething with smoke, fumes, decay and misery. Sifting carrion, worms, maggots, insects, scavenging birds and animals crowd its bank. It is impossible to cross this river to enter heaven, as one is obstructed by one’s deeds, karma in this life. Thirsty and hungry at its bank you will drink blood flowing in the river. You will fall into it with no rescuer; the hundreds of whirlpools in the river will take you further, to the lowest depths, to rise again in filth of our own creation. We are all in Vaitarna and there is no other bank. These works came about from images shot following the Vaitarna river north of Mumbai to its Dam, a source of water to most of Mumbai. Atul Bhalla, 2020 SAP Virtual Artist in Residence TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS 28 Ethnographic Fieldwork in Sri Lanka SSRC Fellowships The Courage and Endurance SAP Occasional Papers of the Langtangpa Wildlife Health Partnerships ACHIEVEMENTS 29 Hunger Fugitives Selected SAP Faculty Publications 170 Uris Hall Women’s Empowerment & Nutrition TCI Scholars Cornell University Recently Graduated Students Ithaca, New York 14853-7601 NEWS 11 FLAS Fellows Phone: 607-255-8923 Acquisitions Trip 2020 Visiting Scholars
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