Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 5-12, 1999

Volume 27, Number 27

Scholars will share perspectives on issues
in South Asia in series of events

The Yale Center for International and Area Studies and its South Asian Studies Committee are presenting two major events under the title "Perspectives on South Asia" on Thursday, April 9.

The first event, the Rustgi Panel, will be a "Workshop on India at the Turn of the Century: Economy, Polity and Society." It will be held 9 a.m.-noon in Rm. 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.

The annual Gandhi Lecture will follow 12:30-2 p.m. with a discussion on "Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament in South Asia: One Year after the Tests," in Rm. 217, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St.

In conjunction with the Gandhi event, the South Asian Studies Committee and the Asian-American Cultural Center of the Yale College Dean's Office will sponsor an exhibit on the theme "Gandhi and Nuclear Arms" in the Memorabilia Room of Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. It will feature the Mahatma's writings on the atomic bomb and nuclear arms, as well as newspaper editorials from Pakistan and India after the nuclear explosions in 1998. The exhibit will be open April 7-May 12.

The "Workshop on India at the Turn of the Century" will feature three leading specialists on India: M.R. Sivaraman, the executive director for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka at the International Monetary Fund, who will speak on "The Economy"; Atul Kohli, professor at the Woodrow Wilson School and the department of politics at Princeton University, who will discuss "The Polity"; and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University, who will focus on "The Society."

How to assess the impact of last year's nuclear tests by India and Pakistan and the tests' impact on nuclear disarmament is the subject of this year's Gandhi Lecture. The discussion will focus on the differing perspectives represented by the two countries in the dispute. There will be two featured speakers:

* S.P. Udayakumar, research associate and codirector of programs at the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota, who has been coordinating the BJP Government Watch since March 1998. Udayakumar's current research is on rethinking Indo-Pakistan bilateral relations.

* Zia Mian, visiting fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton University, who is a specialist on Pakistan's nuclear power program. He has edited three books on the subject.

All of the above events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 432-3410.

Also that day, there will be a special dinner at 7 p.m. in the Regal Inn, 1605 Whalley Ave., New Haven. It will be catered by the Indian restaurant, Darbar India. Following the dinner, there will be a panel discussion on South Asia and instrumental music. The dinner is open to any one with an interest in South Asia. Reservations and a donation of $20 per person ($15 for students with I.D.) are required. Call Pravin N. Bhatt at (203) 281-6208 and leave a detailed message.

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