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10 Questions for Vinay Lal

Going by the title of a witty and insightful book by Vinay Lal, associate professor of history, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Surgeon General-designate Sanjay Gupta are among "The Other Indians," distinct in many ways not just from native Americans but also from India's 1 billion people. Lal's book was recently published by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and HarperCollins (India). Here, he discusses the Indian community in the U.S. and geopolitical events in South Asia.
Posted: 1/22/2009

'Creating Places'

At the first "Asia in LA" program, architects, urban designers, and faculty members discuss the relationships between cosmopolitanism in a global city and particular locales.
Posted: 11/26/2008

Tibetan Gift to Library

A Tibetan monk and two Americans dedicated to the Bon tradition of Tibet, an ancient religion that influenced Tibetan Buddhism, deliver a digitized copy of canonical Bon texts to the UCLA Library and Center for Buddhist Studies.
Posted: 6/18/2008

CISA Faculty Fellowship Recipients

CISA faculty projects for the upcoming year.
Posted: 6/17/2008

Dedicated Graduates Spend Summer Improving Global Public Health

Three graduates will spend their summers, and beyond, working to improve the state of public health in far-flung corners of the globe.
Posted: 6/9/2008

Domesticating the Harem

A doctoral student in art history reconsiders 'zenana' (female household) imagery in 19th- and early 20th-century India.
Posted: 6/3/2008

Art and AIDS

AIDS/SIDA symposium mixes one part science and one part art to raise awareness about HIV prevention and the treatment of the disease. View a slideshow from the event.
Posted: 5/20/2008

CISA Announces 2008 Sardar Patel Award Winner

Congratulations to Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey, recipient of the 2008 Sardar Patel Award for the best dissertation submitted at any American university on the subject of modern India.
Posted: 4/14/2008

Remnants Point to an Urban Centre- Excavation Continues, Relics Unearthed at Sishupalgarh

A look at Professor Monica Smith's joint UCLA/Deccan College (Pune) archaeological research project at the ancient site of Sisupalgarh.
Posted: 2/28/2008

Remembering a Journalist

New York Times columnist David Brooks delivered the Sixth Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Tuesday to a capacity audience gathered at Korn Convocation Hall to remember the prominent Wall Street Journal reporter.
Posted: 2/27/2008

The Rise of Asian Nations

In a Q&A with AsiaMedia's Debory Li, former Singapore diplomat Kishore Mahbubani discusses his latest book and the future of the Asian hemisphere.
Posted: 2/27/2008

How America Can Cope with the Rise of Asia

Asia's most famous diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani, has been going around the world outlining just why the United States needs to pay attention to Asia.
Posted: 2/22/2008

Please Listen, People: Addressing HIV/AIDS in Bengali Scroll Paintings

on display at the Fowler Museum, March 16 through July 12, 2008
Posted: 2/12/2008

Music for a Goddess

A new release from CISA ethnomusicologists Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy and Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
Posted: 2/4/2008

Week Explores South Asian Heritage

South Asian Heritage Week at UCLA. Article from the Daily Bruin.
Posted: 2/4/2008

Off India's Beaten Path

Dayamani Barla reports on the concerns of rural people in India, while enduring sexism and financial hardship.
Posted: 1/25/2008

Anderson Students Go Global

The Anderson School, in partnership with the National University of Singapore, offers an executive MBA program which gives students an opportunity to further their business studies in a global context. Students travel to four cities on two continents for classes.
Posted: 8/20/2007

Obituary: Medha Yodh, 79, Professor and Expert on Classical Indian Dance

Her documentary film "Garba-Ras: A Glimpse Into Gujarati Culture"--a study of the Garba and Ras communal dances of the western Indian state of Gujarat, as practiced by the immigrant Gujarati community of Los Angeles--was highly regarded in academic circles.
Posted: 7/30/2007

From Early Modern Indo-Persian Travels to the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture

A look at some of the recent and forthcoming publications by UCLA Faculty working on India and South Asia
Posted: 7/26/2007

Majority World Finds Voice in Photos

Photographer from Bangladesh delivers lectures at UCLA about human rights, images, and new takes on citizen journalism.
Posted: 7/23/2007

307 Degrees Conferred by International Institute in 2006-07

View a slideshow of the 2007 International Institute Graduation Ceremony (Flash plug-in required). Speakers included retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark.
Posted: 7/10/2007

Native Son Returns to Delhi

Historian Vinay Lal's sojourn will take him and his family away from their home at UCLA and back to Delhi, the city of his birth, where he will lead a UC-wide study abroad program.
Posted: 6/15/2007

Gillian Goslinga Wins 2006 Sardar Patel Award

The Center for India and South Asia, and the UCLA Department of History felicitated Gillian Goslinga on June 9, 2007 with the Sardar Patel Award, given for the best dissertation submitted at any American university on the subject of modern India.
Posted: 6/7/2007

The Origin of Language Families

U of Texas-Arlington linguist Jerold A. Edmondson, whose doctorate is from UCLA, explains what the field of linguistic history might stand to gain from advances in population genetics and archaeology.
Posted: 5/3/2007

Online Conflict Reporting Hits the Big Screen

Pioneering solo journalist Kevin Sites screens his film about the civilian cost of war.
Posted: 5/1/2007

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