India Votes 2024: From the Outside In
India Votes 2024: A Four-Part Series on the Indian Elections
2024 is a significant election year globally with more voters than ever before heading to the polls. India will hold the largest election of them all and is one of several South Asian countries to have national votes this year. This four-part series – led by Harvard Professors Arunabh Ghosh, Maya Jasanoff and Vastal Naresh – will feature cutting-edge scholars across the social sciences and media who will come together over the next two months to provoke discussions about democracy, the press, and diasporic politics that resonate with parallel trends in the U.S., Asia, and globally. Learn more and RSVP
Part 2: From the Outside In
How do India’s neighbors perceive recent developments in India?
This session features the following speakers:
- Nusrat Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
- Farzana Haniffa, Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Colombo
- Nida Kirmani, Associate Professor of Sociology, Lahore University of Management Sciences
- Kanak Mani Dixit, Founding editor of Himal Southasian
Moderator: Arunabh Ghosh (Department of History, Harvard University)
Online on Zoom, with in-person watch party in CGIS South, Room S030 (Lee Gathering room)