Human Rights, Democracy and Identity in South Asia

October 19, 2023 01:04:27
Human Rights, Democracy and Identity in South Asia
Events at USIP
Human Rights, Democracy and Identity in South Asia

Oct 19 2023 | 01:04:27

/

Show Notes

Blending historical fact with creative imagination, “Gandhi and Jinnah Return Home” is a play that offers new insights into the lives and legacies of two of the most important figures in modern South Asian history. On October 18, USIP hosted a conversation with playwright Akbar Ahmed, director Manjula Kumar and several of the play’s performers.

Speakers

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed
Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University; Playwright, “Gandhi and Jinnah Return Home”

Manjula Kumar
President and Executive Director, Global Performing Arts; Program Director, Smithsonian Institution Emeritus

Farhan Bhaba
Performer, “Gandhi and Jinnah Return Home”

Soumya Kini
Performer, “Gandhi and Jinnah Return Home”

Sri Mirajkar
Performer, “Gandhi and Jinnah Return Home”

Tamanna Salikuddinmoderator
Director, South Asia Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace 

 

For more informtion about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/human-rights-democracy-and-identity-south-asia

 

Other Episodes

Episode

October 22, 2024 01:41:34
Episode Cover

Searching for Colombia’s Missing Persons

In Colombia, more than 100,000 people have disappeared over the course of the country’s six decades of ongoing armed conflict. On October 21, USIP...

Listen

Episode

April 24, 2020 01:29:31
Episode Cover

The Path to Intra-Afghan Talks

USIP and members of the Afghan government’s negotiating team held an online discussion on recent developments, the challenges of getting intra-Afghan negotiations underway, and...

Listen

Episode

March 06, 2019 01:31:37
Episode Cover

Building Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies Amid a World on Fire

At a time of global peril, the Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy in Washington, New York University’s Center on...

Listen