Apr 2, 2021
Priyamvada Gopal Book Adda — Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent
12:00pm – 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Book Adda
Adda means a site for collective deliberation in South Asia. This series features panel discussion of important new books written by our colleagues or those significantly involved with CCSA as intellectual interlocutors.
Feb 11, 2021
Declan Walsh Book Adda — The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
11:00am – 12:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Dec 3, 2020
Oct 16, 2020
Jan 31, 2020
Ajantha Subramanian Book Adda — The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Nov 1, 2019
Rohit De Book Adda — A People’s Constitution: Law and Everyday Life in the Indian Republic
2pm – 4pm Petteruti Lounge, Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center
Sep 28, 2018
Mar 21, 2018
Sep 29, 2017
Milan Vaishnav – When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle In Indian Politics a Book Adda
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Sep 22, 2017
Apr 24, 2017
Devesh Kapur Book Adda ─ The Other One Percent: Indians in America
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Sep 16, 2016
Prerna Singh Book Adda ─ How Solidarity Works for Welfare
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 12, 2016
Book Adda featuring Kanchan Chandra's Democratic Dynasties
2pm – 4pm Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum
111 Thayer Street
Sep 18, 2015
Book Adda featuring Tariq Thachil's Elite Parties, Poor Voters: Social Services as Electoral Strategy in India
Featuring Commentators:
Patrick Heller, Brown University
Dan Slater, University of Chicago
Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Brown University
Ashutosh Varshney, Brown University
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer Street
Apr 3, 2015
The Brown-India Initiative Presents: Book Adda and Art Show featuring Bhrigupati Singh's "Poverty and the Quest for Life"
Commentators:
Amanda Anderson, Brown University
Leela Gandhi, Brown University
Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University
Michael T. Taussig, Columbia University
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer Street
Mar 16, 2015
The Brown-India Seminar Presents: Book Adda featuring Leela Gandhi's The Common Cause
Commentators:
Toral Gajarawala, New York University
Forrest Gander, Brown University
Kevin McLaughlin, Brown University
Bhrigupati Singh, Brown University
Akhil Sharma, Rutgers University
6pm – 8pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer Street
Feb 6, 2015
Oct 19, 2012
Barkha Dutt -- The Unquiet Land: Exploring India's Fault Lines
2pm – 4pm Barus and Holley 166