HSC at MIT: Talk on Indian Women in the United States

[Enrica Garzilli]

On Thu, 28 Mar 1996, Rahul Advani wrote:

 Please forward this to all interested people and organizations.
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          	Hindu Students Council at MIT
 
 			    presents 
 
                 INDIAN WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES 
 
 A panel discussion will be held on some of the unique issues and problems
 that Indian women face while growing up or living in this country. 
 Issues such as : 

* The question of Indian or American identity 
* Inter-racial dating 
* Parents expectations of sons and daughters 
* Mistrust between women and men 
* Women against women or helping them? 

WHEN: April 3, 1996  (5:15 PM - 8:30 PM)
WHERE: MIT, Cambridge-MA (USA) 
       Building 3-133

SPEAKERS:

Prof. Enrica Garzilli (Harvard) 
Shuba Satyaprasad (Tufts) 
Deepa Iyengar (MIT)

MODERATOR:  Rahul Advani (President of HSC)

Dr. Enrica Garzilli is a Visiting Researcher at the Harvard Law School 
and is the Editor-in-Chief of the electronic JOURNAL OF SOUTH ASIA
WOMEN STUDIES (http://www.shore.net/~india/jsaws/) and the 
electronic INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TANTRIC STUDIES 
(http://www.shore.net/~india/ijts/). 

S. Satyaprasad is an undergraduate senior in Biology at Tufts University

D. Iyengar is a first year graduate student in Neuroscience at MIT.

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This will be followed by a LECTURE by Prof. Maitrayee Chaudhuri, author 
of the book "Indian Women's Movement".

There will be a discussion following the talk moderated by Chaudhuri and
Poonam Pillai, Visiting Scholar at Women's Studies. 

Co-sponsored by : MIT Program in Women's Studies, SAWA.
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Partecipation is free and open to all. 
We encourage you to bring your questions for the panel discussion. 
For more information please call R. Advani: 617/ 225-7183 or 225-6153.

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