CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

University of Michigan Fall 2012 Newsletter LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

I’D LIKE TO WELCOME everyone— lecture series (September 7). da titioners of this art form. Based students, community members, Cunha’s lecture contributes to in New , Farooqui will be staff, and faculty—to the 2012- our Trehan Theme Year for 2012, in residence in Ann Arbor for six 2013 academic year. Let me take “The Environment of India,” which weeks this Fall as a “Scholar this opportunity to thank Juan commenced earlier with lectures from the Muslim World” fellow Cole for his three years of leader- and an international mini confer- of the Islamic Studies Program. ship at the Center. Faced with ence. Under the theme-year ban- Farooqui is a former Rhodes the particular challenges of this ner, we look forward to welcoming scholar, historian, filmmaker, fiscal climate (including unan- Raman Sukumar of the Indian and storyteller, or dastango (you ticipated cuts in federal funding), Institute of Science, Bangalore, can read more about him on p.10 Juan nonetheless maintained the in November, who will be speaking of this newsletter). On September core mission of the Center: pro- about the sacred elephant of 27 he will be performing for us, viding a vibrant intellectual hub ancient India, and we will con- and on September 28 he will give for the study of South Asia. He clude the theme year with another a lecture on storytelling in was assisted in this task by a tire- international mini conference, history and practice. I hope you’ll less staff, a supportive Associate to be held on November 16, 2012. take advantage of this wonderful Director, and an executive com- Our fall program also features opportunity to participate in a mittee, three of whose members Anushiya Ramaswamy (Septem- world of storytelling that spans CONTENTS have now completed their service. ber 14) who will be speaking on across South Asia, and beyond. FACULTY NEWS & PUBLICATIONS 3 I would like to extend thanks to translating Tamil poetry and Dalit Christi Merrill for her service as literature, and Amitav Ghosh, who Finally, I am pleased to announce SUMMER IN SOUTH ASIA 3 Associate Director and to execu- is a Zell Distinguished Interna- that our Summer in South Asia tive committee members Meilu tional Writer in Residence this fall (SiSA) undergraduate fellowship THIRD TREHAN THEME YEAR 4 Ho and Aswin Punathambekar and will be speaking on December program continues to thrive. FLAS RECIPIENTS 6 for their contributions. With 7. We’re also very pleased that This summer we sent seven UM their support, the Center had a our colleague Varuni Bhatia of the students to India to work on an HARTLAND WORKSHOP 7 compelling program of events this Department of Asian Languages array of projects. Please join us PAKISTAN CONFERENCE 8 past semester, including visits by and Cultures will be sharing her on October 19, when the students Professor Tanika Sarkar of the current research with us in a will share their experiences FALL 2012 PROGRAM 9 Centre for Historical Studies at lecture entitled, “Chaitanya with us at the SiSA Fellowship MAHMOOD FAROOQUI 10 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New and the Politics of Recovery in colloquium. Our students are Delhi, and Harish Kapadia, moun- Colonial Bengal” (November 30). doing fabulous things under the ANTICASTEISM WORKSHOP 11 taineer and activist. We also had You’ll find complete details of all auspices of this program, one the pleasure of hearing about the of these events in this newsletter made possible by the generosity HOW TO GIVE A GIFT 12 current research of our own Mrin- and updated information on of an anonymous donor. alini Sinha and Tom Trautmann. our website (http://www.ii.umich. edu/csas/), where you’ll also As you can see, it promises to be This semester we have a diverse find plenty of other news about an exciting semester for the study DESIGN: program for you that will kick off the Center and its students of South Asia. Please join us. We’ll Marty Somberg/Somberg Design with a lecture that is sure to make and faculty. look forward to your contributions

EDITOR: you question everything you to the conversation. Zilka Joseph/CSAS thought you knew about India’s As part of our Fall program, we rivers: Dilip da Cunha of the Parsons invite you into the world of das- COVER: School of Design and the Univer- tangoi, or the art of storytelling, Farina Mir, Director Downpour 2 (detail); courtesy Mathur/da Cunha sity of Pennsylvania will be the with Mahmood Farooqui, who is Center for South Asian Studies first speaker in our scholarly one of the world’s leading prac- Associate Professor of History

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, Biochemistry Summer in South Asia CSAS and Spanish; , Psychology Tessa Adzemovic Tessa 3 Marisa Perera , Psychology, Gender & Health; and Gender & Health; , Psychology, , MA, South Asian Studies, won a Boren , MA, South Asian Studies, to be held on October 19, 2012. Please come , Theatre Arts and Global Media Studies; , PhD, Asian Languages & Cultures won a Rackham Asian Languages & Cultures won , PhD, , Anthropology and Urban Studies. Rabia Mahmood , Chemical Engineering; , Chemical Engineering; Funded by an anonymous donor, these undergraduate students, from undergraduate these an anonymous donor, Funded by to do research: various disciplines, traveled to India this summer Nicholas Pilarski Yarina Eric Ranyal and French; Bradley Iott Fellows! Congratulations to this year’s We look forward to their presentations at the Fellowship Colloquium and support our students! Robert Poulson-Houser the National fellowship, sponsored by Fellowship to India. The provides up to $30,000 to US graduate Security Education Program, education through specialization in area students to bolster their proficiency. or increased language language study, study, will be studying Urdu, and volunteering in local Houser Poulson- elementary schools. Harjeet Grewal work on India - International Research Award to pursue his thought and “Languages of South Asian devotion: religious experience.” Summer in South Asia Summer in South Asia Fellowships 2012 Student News

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Choubuli and Other Stories NEWS first book on South Asia.” Farina Mir’s Culture in Language: Vernacular British Colonial Punjab University of California Press, 2010; Black, 2010) was Delhi: Permanent awarded the 2012 Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize from the Association of Asian Studies. The prize recognizes and innovative “outstanding scholarship across discipline and country of specialization for a a wide audience. Christi Merrill’s of Detha (published by Vijaydan won an Fordham Press and Katha) Ramanujan Book Prize for SAC AAS (South Asia) at the AAS Translation this year. Conference in Toronto The award is intended to recognize and encourage translations from South Asian languages into English and innovative work that reaches AWARDS: won the Best Essay award for “Reality Television won the Best Essay award for “Reality Television , Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History, was Professor of History, , Alice Freeman Palmer

2010) from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Aswin Punathambekar (published in ‘Real Worlds: Global and the Making of Mobile Publics” Routledge, New York: of Reality Television, on the Politics Perspectives permanent-black.blogspot.com/2011/10/farina-mir-wins-ahas- richards-books.html Read more at: Indian demand. Mrinalini Sinha awarded the prestigious Guggenheim fellowship. Her research topic is — history of a nationalist Complete political independence: the curious FACULTY FACULTY THE THIRD TREHAN THEME YEAR: “The Environment of India” Conference – PART I

A Report on the Trehan Conference March 9, 2012 By Richard Tucker, Adjunct Professor, SNRE

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THE THEME OF this year’s Trehan Ann Grodzins Gold, Professor Initiative mini conference is “The of Religion and Anthropology, Environment of India.” The first of Syracuse University, gave the first two sessions was held on March lecture, “From Snakes’ Blood to 9, from 2 to 6 pm, at the Center Sewage: Mythology and Ecology for South Asian Studies. Three of a Minor River in Rajasthan,” in eminent scholars from India and which she drew on her many years Ann Grodzins Gold the United States presented their of experience in villages and cutting-edge research in major urban areas of Rajasthan to show addresses. Each presentation was how socio-economic hierarchies, followed by a lively discussion gender differences and cultural with a large and very knowledge- traditions collectively determine able audience of the university’s society’s use of water resources South Asia students, faculty and in a semi-arid setting. friends. The afternoon ended with Ashwini Chhatre a panel discussion and a final general discussion session.

CSAS4 Three eminent scholars from India and the United States presented their cutting-edge

Arun Agrawal research.

The second speaker was Ashwini a number of questions and Chhatre, from the Department of addressed several issues that Geography, University of Illinois arose during the conference and at Urbana-Champaign. Professor was able to enlighten the audi- Chhatre spoke on the “Complex ence with information about Interdependence and Co-evolution some of his most recent projects. of Environment, Development, and Democracy,” using as a starting Arun Agrawal, Professor, School Mahesh Rangarajan point his years of research in rural of Natural Resources and Environ- Himachal Pradesh. His presenta- ment, brought the conference to tion demonstrated the importance a close with a brief summation of meeting rural people’s needs, and a panel discussion which he if natural systems are to be also chaired. We owe him en- maintained. thusiastic thanks for his major role in planning and hosting the The afternoon’s final speaker afternoon’s conference. was Mahesh Rangarajan, Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum We look forward to “The Environ- and Library, New Delhi, who ment of India” Conference— Part spoke on “Conserving Nature as II, to be held on November 16, Richard Tucker is Adjunct if Democracy Mattered.” Dr. 2012, which will feature three Professor in the School of Rangarajan is India’s leading more stellar scholars who will Natural Resources and historian of the national parks present the most recent research Environment, University of and wildlife conservation move- on environmental issues in India. Michigan. For many years ment, as well as one of India’s (See page 9.) his publications centered on most prominent political com- the environmental history of mentators. He placed the effort Our special thanks and apprecia- India under the British Raj; to protect the subcontinent’s tion go to Drs. Ranveer and Adarsh a collection of his essays is remaining natural areas in the Trehan for their generous support “A Forest History of India,” context of complex political and of CSAS and for sponsoring these published by Sage India social pressures around the coun- international conferences. Press in 2011. try. In addition, he answered

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Congratulations to the FLAS RECIPIENTS 2011-2012

Buddhist communities in the studying Urdu this year as he fin- North Indian Himalayan region ishes his thesis on a pre-modern (Spiti, Ladakh, Zangskar). political culture, seen through His goal is an academic career chancellery correspondence and in South Asian religion and other compositions from the late Buddhist studies. fifteenth-to seventeenth-century Zain Khan is an incoming MA Jane Menon is a PhD candidate Golkonda kingdom seated at student in Fall 2012 in South Asian in the Department of Political today’s Hyderabad (India). After Studies. He graduated from the Science, 2012–13. She will be graduation, he hopes to join a University of Michigan this year studying Urdu at the advanced Phd program and pursue a career with a Bachelor of Arts degree, level. Jane’s research interests as a history professor. with a double concentration in lie at the intersection of religion History and Asian Studies. In and politics in South Asia. Her Andrew Haxby the MA program, he plans on Rebecca Bloom is a first-year dissertation comparing varia- Andrew Haxby is a first year PhD continuing his studies in Urdu PhD student in the department tion in violence among Islamist student in the Sociocultural as his language of focus and of Asian Languages and Culture. groups in India and Pakistan has Anthropology program. He has plans to begin studying Persian or Her primary focus is Tibetan been funded by an NSEP David L. a regional focus on Nepal where Pashto as well. Zain is interested Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhist Boren Fellowship and a Rackham he previously studied for two in studying the history of and Art and she will be studying International Research Award. years. For his dissertation field- exploring ideas of secularism, Modern Tibetan language. She has Jane earned an MA in Languages work project, he will be working nationalism, and state-building worked for several years at the and Cultures of Asia from the with Tibetan, Tamang, and Nepali in modern South Asia. Upon com- Rubin Museum of Art in New York University of Wisconsin at Madison speakers. His project will be pletion of the MA program, he and having just completed her MA in 2002 and a BA with honors in a study of changing patterns hopes to gain admission to a PhD in Asian Religions at Yale Divinity political science and religious of ownership and conceptions of program in History with a sub- School, she is now eager to pursue studies from the University of property in the Kathmandu Valley. focus on South Asia. research in the historical develop- Miami in 1998. Jane plans a career Andrew plans to study Tibetan ment of Buddhist artistic and combining university teaching during his FLAS fellowship period. religious traditions in the Western and policy analysis. Himalayan regions of Tibet and India, including parts of the mod- ern states of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir. Rebecca hopes to examine sacred art-in-context T. Joseph Leach is a PhD student alongside the multiplicity of in the Department of Asian textual sources connected to Languages and Cultures with a religious content and artistic Trevor Brabyn is a second-year focus on Tibetan Buddhism. He production, thus shedding new Master’s student at the Center for will be studying advanced modern light on the early Buddhist heri- South Asian Studies, having com- Tibetan at UM next year. His tage of this region, as well as the pleted his first year at Michigan research focuses on the visual repercussions of Western Hima- plus an intensive summer language and material culture of Tibetan layan innovation on the evolution program in Urdu in , of Tibetan religion and art India. His plans are to continue more broadly.

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FROM TEMPLE TO BOLLYWOOD Indian Performing Arts Workshop, Language and Culture Festival, Hartland High School

Madhavi Marcia Mai is a Bharat- natyam dancer and choreographer. She trained at Kalakshetra in Chennai with gurus Anandhi Ramachandran and Ambigai. She is a lecturer in the Department of Music, Theater and Dance at Oakland University, Rochester, MI, and artistic director of Sadhana Dance Theater and Sadhana Studio in Ann Arbor, MI. She has a Master’s degree in South and Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Michigan.

John Churchville has a degree in Indian Classical music performance from the California Institute of the Arts where he studied tabla under Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012, Madhavi Later there was a demonstration superb rhythmic accompaniment. He currently studies under Pandit Mai, Bharatnatyam dancer and of classical Bharatnatyam dance After learning the steps, they Samar Saha from Kolkata, India. John Churchville, tabla player, movements, a talk about the danced together. The delighted He has been performing for the presented a lively workshop as origin of the dance and its trans- students then asked that they past 25 years, is the founding part of the Language and Culture formation from temple ritual to all repeat the dance once more, member of the very popular Indian Festival at Harland School, MI. theatrical entertainment, brief and they did. Music group Sumkali, and music Thirty-five students participated explanations of the Sanskrit director of both the Ann Arbor in the workshop. slokas and song that they would The workshop gave the students Kirtan and Go Like The Wind School be performing. This was followed an opportunity to learn about in Ann Arbor, MI. Madhavi began by singing a kirtan by a performance of the Dyna the history of dance and music with Churchville accompanying sloka and Ganapathy Kauthuvam. and gain hands-on (feet-on on tabla and they taught the Afterwards, Madhavi talked about too!) experience of both classical students the song in the tradi- the wide array of Indian classical, movements and current trends. tional call and response format folk and popular dance styles, Special thanks to Madhavi Mai (the Sanskrit lyrics were on a explaining how the popular Bolly- and John Churchville for con- handout). After listening to and wood style evolved. The workshop ducting this exciting and very singing the kirtan, the students ended with a “filmi” conclusion successful workshop. responded to the experience and a with the students enthusiastically discussion of sound vibration and joining the dancer on stage to its relationship to Indian music learn a Bollywood Bhangra se- and dance followed. quence, with John keeping up his

7 PAKISTAN: A CRISIS STATE? University of Michigan Pakistan Conference

The 2012 Conference was honored to host distinguished guest speakers and panels for this year’s Conference with a diverse array

of expertise and research interests.

Standing (L-R): Alina Alam, Sharik Bashir, Anoosh Nisar, Asim Siddiqui, Musa Raza, Emad Ansari, Osama Khan, Faisal Masood, Noor Pandit. Sitting (L-R): Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi, Dr. Nosheen Ali, Prof. John Ciorciari, Amb. (Retd.) Howard Schaffer, Dr. Sadia Saeed, Mr. Zahid Hussain.

ON 24 MARCH 2012, the Pakistani year’s Conference with a diverse of Afghanistan. Dr. Sadia Saeed The day-long Conference was Students’ Association hosted array of expertise and research (Teaching Fellow, Department of attended by over 60 students, the 2012 University of Michigan interests. Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi Sociology, Yale University) and faculty, staff, as well as by Pakistan Conference (www.umi- (Visiting Professor, Columbia Dr. Nosheen Ali (Lecturer, Center members of the wider Michigan chpakconf.wordpress.com) –the University and expert on the for South Asia Studies, University community. The event was co- second student-initiated effort political economy of Pakistan) of California, Berkeley) spoke sponsored by the Center for in Ann Arbor aimed at facilitating spoke to the audience on politi- on minority affairs – specifically South Asian Studies. For further fresh perspectives and pertinent cal developments and prospects relating to the Ahmadiyya com- information on the Pakistan dialogue regarding issues of of democratic participation in munity and sectarian violence Conference initiative or content governance, diplomacy, Pakistan- Pakistan. Ambassador (Retd) from the lens of community of this year’s Conference, please United States relations, political Howard Schaffer (Author of “How participation and education. feel free to contact psa.board@ development and socioeconomic Pakistan Negotiates with the Facilitating members of the umich.edu. issues relevant to Pakistan. United States” and Former US University of Michigan faculty Ambassador to Bangladesh) and included Professors John Ciorciari Cosponsored by the Center for The 2012 Conference was honored Mr. Zahid Hussain (2012 Pakistan and Yazier Henry from the Ford South Asian Studies. to host distinguished guest Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center) School of Public Policy. speakers and panels for this debated on Pakistan-United States relations in the context 8 CSAS FALL 2012 EVENTS The University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination Sept 7: Dilip da Cunha, University of Pennsylvania and affirmative action, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 South Asia as a Hydrological Surface/4 pm/Room 1636/SSWB and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Cosponsored by the Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning and the School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, Sept 14: Anushiya Ramaswamy, Southern Illinois University national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, Lost without Translation: Telling the Stories of a Silenced People or Vietnam-era veteran status in employment, educational programs and 4 pm/Room 1636/SSWB activities, and admissions. Cosponsored by the Fall 2012 LSA Translation Theme Semester Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for Institutional Sept: 27: Mahmood Farooqui, historian and theatre persona Equity and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator, Office of Institutional Equity, 2072 Dastangoi performance Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432, 734-763-0235, 6 pm/Vandenburg Room, Michigan League TTY 734-647-1388. For other University of Michigan information call: Sponsored by the Islamic Studies Program 734-764-1817.

Sept 28: Mahmood Farooqui, historian and theatre persona The Revival of Dastangoi: Urdu Storytelling in History and Practice 4 pm/Room 1636/SSWB Cosponsored by the Islamic Studies Program REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

Oct 19: Summer in South Asia Fellowship Colloquium Julia Donovan Darlow Undergraduate Fellows present reports of their research Ann Arbor conducted with NGOs in India 4 pm/ Room 1636/SSWB Laurence B. Deitch Bloomfield Hills Oct 26: International Institute Symposium Translating Human Rights: Bodies of Evidence Denise Ilitch 9 am–5 pm/Room 1636/SSWB Bingham Farms

Nov 2: Raman Sukumar, Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute Olivia P. Maynard of Science, Bangalore Goodrich Gajatame and Ganesha: The Sacred Elephant of Ancient India 4 pm/Room 1636/SSWB Andrea Fischer Newman Ann Arbor Nov 16: The Trehan Theme Year: “The Environment of India” Conference—Part II Andrew C. Richner J.Mark Baker, California State College, Humboldt Grosse Pointe Park Shubhra Gururani, York University, Toronto K. Kannan, State University of New York at Albany S. Martin Taylor 1—6 pm/Room 1636/SSWB Grosse Pointe Farms

Nov 30: Varuni Bhatia, Asian Languages and Cultures, Katherine E. White University of Michigan Ann Arbor Chaitanya and the Politics of Recovery in Colonial Bengal 4 pm/Room 1636/SSWB Mary Sue Coleman (ex officio) Dec 7: Amitav Ghosh, Award winning author and Zell Distinguished International Writer in Residence/TBD Cosponsored by the Fall 2012 LSA Translation Theme Semester, the MFA Program and The Michigan Quarterly Review CSAS 9 MAHMOOD FAROOQUI and the Art of Dastangoi By Farina Mir, Director Center for South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of History

Farooqui is

almost single-

handedly reviving

a traditional

performance art of story-telling,

dastangoi.

MAHMOOD FAROOQUI of New of 1857-58 in Delhi, Besieged: liberalization media culture and Delhi, India will be in residence Voices from Delhi, 1857 (New politics in India. In addition to in Ann Arbor this September and Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2010). these impressive accomplish- October as a “Visiting Scholars ments, Farooqui is also almost from the Muslim World” fellow, an While in Ann Arbor, Farooqui will single-handedly reviving a initiative of UM’s Islamic Studies be doing research for his current traditional performance art of Program. Farooqui is a dynamic writing project: a study of the story-telling, dastangoi. He has figure whose range of interests late-nineteenth century publica- published on this subject, and and activities make it difficult tion and circulation in India of received awards for his cultural to categorize him: he is at once a the forty-six volume Dastan-i- work in this arena. His engage- historian, a theater persona, Amir Hamza. Farooqui’s project ment with dastangoi is more than a filmmaker, and a critic. He examines the publication of these scholarly, however. Farooqui is a might best be characterized as a texts as a crucial moment in the performance artist who is reviv- cultural critic, and he is one with cultural history of modern India, ing this art form through his own impressive scholarly credentials. pointing to the interconnections practice. His performances have His academic training includes between oral storytelling tradi- been critically acclaimed, and we degrees from St. Stephens tions and print culture. Farooqui are very pleased that he will be College, Delhi University, Oxford will be presenting a lecture on the performing for us on September University (as a Rhodes Scholar), history and practice of storytell- 27, 2012. You’ll find complete and Cambridge University. His ing in the CSAS Scholarly Lecture details on the performance on our scholarly publications include Series on September 28, 2012. website (http://www.ii.umich. his recently published book of edu/csas/). This is a unique translations (from Persian and Farooqui’s scholarly work not- opportunity to see a traditional Urdu) of documents that provide withstanding, he is perhaps best art form in a modern guise. As keen insights into the everyday known in India for his filmPeepli always, all of our events are free experience of the Rebellion Live (2010), which he co-direct- and open to the public; we very ed, a scathing critique of post- much hope to see you there!

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critical pedagogy for teaching anticasteism. The workshop made a significant contribution to the study of anticasteism and stimulated interest in understanding the complex dimensions of caste in the era of globalization. These presentations provided These presentations provided realitiesan overview of the complex category, of caste as a cultural community identity and a social also learned Participants category. about the similarities and differ ences between race and caste. Several case studies to under stand caste in relation to gender, globalization and social class were presented to workshop discussedpresenters The participants. the challenges in developing a

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, Laura (Psychology, (Psychology, (Political Science, Uni Science, (Political Gajendran Ayyathurai Gajendran Ayyathurai how state policies and reservation have shaped the political system mobilization of Dalits in recent years. Professor, Visiting (History, University) William Patterson provided a historical account resistance and chal of Dalits’ lenge to social marginality and oppression. Ram Mahalingam discussed University of Michigan) research on the psychological study of caste in relation to issues of privilege and power. Jenkins versity of Cincinnati) discussed - - Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of - -

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on anticasteism, Balmurli Natrajan’s Shailaja Paik’s Anticasteism Workshop —A Report —A Report Workshop Anticasteism ties of studying caste in relation to gender and social class. counts. University of Cincinnati) presen tation focused on the complexi University) presentation focused on how caste has been studied in various anthropological ac by a panel of interdisciplinary by scholars. William Patterson (Anthropology, complexities in the context of a global world. It was conducted 6, 2012. It was aimed at teach students ing undergraduate about anticasteism and all its A WORKSHOP the Center for South sponsored by on April Asian Studies, was held (L-R) Balamurli Natarajan, Shailaja Paik, Laura Jenkins, Ram Mahalingam and Gajendran Ayyathurai Laura Jenkins, (L-R) Balamurli Natarajan, Shailaja Paik, By Ram Mahalingam By Ram Mahalingam Non-Profit Org US Postage CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PAID Permit No. 144 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1080 S. University, Ste. 3603 | Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 734.764.0448 P | 734.936.0996 F www.ii.umich.edu/csas

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