[Nwsanet] Calendar 2.21.05

[K. Snodgrass]

There are 8 events on this week's NorthWest South Asia Net Calendar. All
events are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified.

Tsunami relief efforts: the South Asia Center has set up a list of some 
local organizations engaged in relief efforts for victims of the Dec. 26 
tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Please visit it at 
http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/soasia/tsunami%20relief.htm and 
help out.
Thank you.

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1.
February 24
"When Farmers Die--The Agrarian Crisis, Farmer Suicides, and the Media" a 
lecture by
P.Sainath.
Sainath is the author of Everybody Loves a Good Drought and well known and 
influential journalist in India. As rural affairs editor of The Hindu, he 
covers the countryside while writing about international economics and 
politics.
His talk will be at Seattle University on Feb 24th at 4:30 PM in the 
LeRoux Room at the Student Center. Talk is free and open to the public.
For further information, please contact Professor Sonora Jha at 
206-296-5347 or sonora at seattleu.

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2.
Feb. 25
Muktir Gaan (Song of Freedom)
Bangladesh. 1995.
76 minutes. 35mm Color.
Screening: Friday, February 25, 2005; 7:00pm
Savery Hall, Room 239
University of Washington, Seattle.
Organized by the Bangladesh Student Association at the UW .
and supported by Tasveer

Come join us for a free screening of Muktir Gaan (Song of Freedom), an 
award-winning film about the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Muktir Gaan is a documentary film which explores the impact of cultural 
identity on the liberation war, where music and song provided a source of 
inspiration to the freedom fighters and a spiritual bond for the whole 
emerging nation. A group of Bengali cultural activists travel through 
refugee camps and battle zones performing rousing songs which capture the 
essence of the Bengali nation. Directors Catherine and Tareque Masud used 
original footage by American film-maker Lear Levin, as well as other 
archival footage collected from the UK and India.
Twenty-five years in the making, this film began with the ambition of Lear 
Levin, an American filmmaker, to make an epic documentary in the tradition 
of Robert Flaherty on the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Levin and his 
crew came across a troupe of traveling musicians, members of a larger 
cultural movement known as the Bangladesh Mukti Sangrami Shilpi Sangstha, 
who were traversing the zones of war singing songs of struggle to inspire 
the guerrilla cadres and the millions of refugees. Levin, who did not know 
any Bengali, followed this troupe and captured the spirit of the Bengali 
people through 20 hours of beautifully photographed footage. However, he 
became so caught up in filming that he returned to the US only just as the 
war was coming to an end. he was unable to get funds to complete the 
project and for 20 years, the footage lay in storage in his basement in 
New York.
In 1990, the directors tracked Levin in New York with the intention of 
making a film based on his footage. It took five years to complete the 
film, which supplements Levin's footage with archival material on the 
major events of the war from around the world.
Muktir Gaan was a critical and commercial success, and won the National 
Award for best documentary, as well as a Special Jury Prize at Film South 
Asia '97, Kathmandu.
Director Tareque Masud's latest film, Matir Moina (The Clay Bird), was 
featured at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded the 
International Critics' Prize for Best Film.
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3.
Feb. 25- 26
South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN)
Presented with the Centre for India and South Asia Reseach (CISAR), 
University of British Columbia.

Feb. 25, 6.30 p.m.  Reception and dinner at residence of Professor Frank 
Conlon. RSVP to sascuw at u.washington.edu.

Saturday, Feb. 26, 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW 
Campus
Speakers:
Tariq Rehman, National Distinguished Professor, Qaid-i-Azam University, 
Islamabad, Pakistan; and currently Qaid-i-Azam Professor of South Asian 
Studies, UC Berkeley.
"Language Policy, Multilingualism and Language Vitality in Pakistan"
E. Annamalai, former director of Central Institute of Indian languages in 
Bangalore, visiting Professor at Yale for AY 2004-2005.
"The Contribution of Language Policy to the Expansion of English in India"

Ram Rawat, Critical Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Simpson Center for 
the Humanities, UW
"The Formulation of an Achhut Agenda by Chamars in Early Twentieth Century 
UP"

Jisha Menon, Assistant Professor, Department of English, UBC
"Unimaginable Communities: Identities in Traffic in Rukhsana Ahmad's Black 
Shalwar"

Sponsored by the South Asia Center of the Henry M. Jackson School of 
International Studies at the Universityof Washington and the Center for 
India and South Asia Reserach at the Unviersity of British Columbia. For 
more info, contact the South Asia Center at 206-543-4800.

No-host luncheon Feb. 26, suggested $10 donation, rsvp to 
sascuw at u.washington.edu
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4.
For wide distribution. Please forward as appropriate.

Pratidhwani Drama Wing would like to announce auditions for its production 
of a Hindi play HATYAARE by Dr. Narendra Kohli.

You must be a fluent Hindi speaker.

Thirteen (13) different characters will be cast, both genders, all ages.

Some crew are also required - please contact if interested.

Auditions will be held at:

When: Saturday, Feb 26, 1:00 to 5:00pm.
Please contact Agastya (agastyak at gmail.com, or call 425-814-8270) for 
appointment. Each slot will be under 10 minutes.

Where: Bellevue Regional Library
1111 110th Avenue NE,
Bellevue, WA 98004
Meeting Room #4

Auditions will consist of reading from the script. Monologs, headshots and 
resumes are welcome, but optional.

Call backs (if needed) will be announced at a later time. The show is 
scheduled for mid June.

If you are interested in learning more about Pratidhwani, or HATYAARE, 
there will be a script reading held on Sunday, Feb 20 at 6:00pm in the 
Redmond Regional Library at 15990 N.E. 85th, Redmond WA 98052 (Meeting 
room #2).

You are w! elcome to attend the reading and meet the production team. This 
reading is being conducted for the benefit of potential cast and crew 
members only. Some extra copies of the script will also be available.

http://www.pratidhwani.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pratidhwani_drama
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5.
Feb. 28
Anthropologies of Race and the Crisis of Pluralism in Sri Lanka
by Anne Sheeran, UW Anthropology PhD.
Sociocultural Colloquium
3:30-5:00, Denny Hall 216, UW Campus.
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6.
March 5
Sports & Games of the World Mosaic

Saturday, March 5, 2005

Sponsored by the Jackson School Outreach Centers.

Mosaics Saturday workshops introduce teachers of elementary and middle 
school students to new ideas, resources, and activities for teaching about 
the world beyond our borders. The workshops offer an array of sessions to 
chose from, handouts, seven free clock hours, and an ethnic lunch. Mosaics 
are sponsored by the Jackson School Outreach Centers.
So shake off your winter blues and join us for an exciting day guaranteed 
to challenge both mind and body on Saturday, March 5, 2005 from 8:30 
AM-3:30 PM in Thomson Hall on the UW Campus:

Sports & Games of the World!

Sports and games are used the world over to socialize, teach and learn. 
Did you know that the popular game Chutes & Ladders is originally from 
India and was used to teach children about good and bad behavior? Of that 
kickball can be traced back to the Warring States Period of China (480-221 
BCE)? Learn about some of the world's most popular sports such as tekraw, 
cricket and football (the one played using mostly feet); play popular card 
and board games, as well as playground and neighborhood games.
Presentations include:
Asian Kites
Learn to Play Cricket
Tunj! A Middle Eastern Card Game
Games of Canada's North
Kabbadi, kho-kho and gilli-DanDa of India
Japanese Children's Games
Russian Baseball
And More!
The first 45 paid registrants will receive a copy of Children's 
Traditional Games: Games from 137 Countries and Cultures by Judy Sierra 
and Robert Kaminski. Seven free clock hours, an ethnic lunch, and a 
collection of handouts and lesson plans are included with the registration 
fee of $45. Please wear comfortable and flexible clothing, appropriate to 
both indoor and outdoor activity.
For a registration form, please visit:
http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/soasia/2005mosaic.htm
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7.
Mar. 9
Visuality, Virtuality, and Devotional Culture: "Darshan" in the Sathya Sai 
Baba Movement
Smriti Srinivas, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Davis
3:30 PM
Thomson 317.
Sponsored by the South Asia Center.
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8.
March 16
Wednesday, March 16
Middle East and South Asia Centers Present:
Social Narcotics: Betel [in India] and Qat [in Yemen]
Mathew Schmalz, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, 
College of the Holy Cross
Robert Burrowes, Lecturer, Middle East Center and Political Science, UW

This is part of a  lecture-dinner series addressing current international 
issues: we offer the latest insights from top university scholar, 
convenient early evening programs and buffet dinners featuring catered 
international cuisine.
Sponsored by the Outreach Centers in the Henry M. Jackson School of 
International Studies and the Global Business Center in the School of 
Business Administration, University of Washington, Seattle.
Cost is $25, and includes dinner, wine and clock hours at no extra charge.
For more information, call 206-221-6374, email canada at u.washington.edu, or 
go to:
http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/05-updates-registration.pdf




Keith Snodgrass                                      Outreach Coordinator
South Asia Center, Jackson School                      Associate Director
Box 353650, University of Washington                  Phone:(206)543-4800
Seattle, WA 98195                                        Fax(206)685-0668
                      South Asia Center on the Web:
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