JSIS South Asia faculty member Christian L. Novetzke was interviewed on NPR’s Rough Translation about the Americanization of yoga and India’s close watch over a California lawsuit about the appropriation of yoga. Associate Professor Sunila Kale was also acknowledged by NPR for her contribution to the podcast.

Special guest tablaist Zakir Hussain was interviewed by Professors Sunila S. Kale and Ramesh Gangolli of UW on Nov. 8. Highlights included Zakirji describing learning to play tabla from his father, his collaborations with many of the giants of South Asian music and with musicians from all over the world, and his experiences when he

UW Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Faisal Hossain has produced Cotton Fields From the Ivory Tower, a film on his work with farmers in Pakistan on using and adapting technology to better help them manage scarce water resources. Hossain has done similar work in Bangladesh, and has also started a film competition for engineers.

UW Anthropology Professor Sareeta Amrute is interviewed by Ilana Gershon of CaMP Anthropology about her new book Sareeta Amrute on her new book, Encoding  Race, Encoding Class: Indian IT Workers in Berlin. “Global corporations compartmentalize temporary coders from India. “Grunts” resist by writing their code in such a way that makes that code harder to hand off

Pradipsinh Rathod’s research project Malaria Evolution in South Asia, which aims to slow the spread of malaria by analyzing its genetics, was renewed by the National Institutes of Health. The NIH has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India. The initiative — Malaria Evolution in South Asia, which

South Asia faculty Sunila S. Kale and Christian Novetzke continue their explorations of the global presence of yoga with Yoga and the Means and Ends of Secularism in The Wire. “In 2016, the Indian Supreme Court asked the Centre to formulate a policy on yoga instruction in state schools, something it hasn’t done yet. Here we

Three reasons to study South Asia at UW: First, the excellence and breadth of our faculty and the interdisciplinarity of our program. In addition to graduate courses and intensive language training (Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Persian) the South Asia Center hosts seminars, conferences, and cultural events throughout the year to promote interdisciplinary discussion and debate amongst

Race, Sexuality and Censorship: Film, Art and Activism in South Asia and Beyond A one-day symposium and film festival, presented by Tasveer and the South Asia Center, UW. This is presented in conjunction with the Eleventh Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Special thanks to the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies for support of Bangladesh related programming

Understanding the “Other” Cities of Asia Author: William Elison, Manish Chanala, and Jeffrey Hou Publisher: Columbia University Press Year: 2016 Summary: Seemingly messy and chaotic, the landscapes and urban life of cities in Asia possess an order and hierarchy which often challenge understanding and appreciation. With a cross-disciplinary group of authors, Messy Urbanism: Understanding the

Video from recent event: “Joyojeet Pal on “Accessibility Infrastructure and the Transition to Touchscreens: Evidence from Bangalore, India” Recent increases in access to smartphones has dramatically altered the accessibility landscape for people with visual impairments in parts of the Global South, where accessible technologies have historically been scarce. Examining ongoing transitions from button-based feature phones