2015 South Asia MA alumna Jessica Bachman is studying Bengali in Calcutta this summer, and recently provided photographs for The Guardian on new public art highlighting the crisis “the missing girls in India” who are forced in prostitution. Each year in India tens of thousands of girls go missing in a country where an estimated 1.2

UW assistant professor of anthropology Sareeta Amrute recently published her article “Moving Rape: Trafficking in the Violence of Postliberalization” in the Spring 2015 volume of Public Culture. This essay reads the case of rape in moving vehicles against the texture of an unfinished liberalization. I argue that the violence of this gang rape and similar cases is firmly tied

UW Art History Professor Sonal Khullar has debuted her first book, Worldly Affiliations: Artistic Practice, National Identity, and Modernism in India in May 2015. “Beautifully written, compellingly argued, Sonal Khullar’s book not only offers a major contribution to the study of Indian modernism, it also advances our methodological understanding of modern art at large. A vital addition

The UW South Asia Center is excited to share that Professor Cabeiri Robinson‘s new book has been recognized by two organizations for its contribution to scholarship. Body of Victim, Body of Warrior was published in 2013 by University of California Press as part of the “South Asia Across the Disciplines” series. The Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

In an op-ed for The Indian Express, Sunila Kale, assistant professor of international studies and South Asian studies, examines the political and civil society efforts needed to extend electricity to poor farmers in North India. Professor Kale will be reading from her book on the topic, Electrifying India, at a South Asia Center book launch event on

Creative letters written by UW undergraduates who studied last summer in Bangalore, India, are gathered in a new book organized by Anu Taranath, senior lecturer in the English and Comparative History of Ideas departments. The book, “T.I.P.S. to Study Abroad: Simple Letters for Complex Engagement,” includes about 60 such letters, all written by the 2013

Electrifying India by Sunila Kale, assistant professor of International Studies and South Asian Studies. “Electrifying India presents new research findings that make a significant contribution to current literature. The argument is novel and important. It addresses literature of specific relevance to India, and to the politics of development in particular, but it also speaks to larger questions

In a blog post to Cultural Anthropology’s series on The Politics of “Post-conflict”: On the Ground in South Asia, Cabeiri Robinson discusses the intersections of tourism, humanitarian aid, and peacemaking efforts. Read the post here. Robinson is associate professor of International Studies and South Asian Studies.

Political Science and International Studies Professor Aseem Prakash has started a blog about Indian politics, www.indianraajneeti.com. A collaboration with two other professors, Indian Raajneeti is intended to be a forum for reasoned discussions of Indian politics. Outside contributions are welcome. Be part of the conversation: www.indianraajneeti.com

UW Asian Languages and Literature Professor Richard Salomon was presented with the “Salomon Festschrift” at a conference in Germany.  The Festschrift is a volume of the Bulletin of Asia Institute commemorating Dr. Salomon’s 65thBirthday. To view a copy of the Festschrift table of contents, click here.