ICS-HYI Fellowship for China Studies – Apply Now
We are pleased to share some information from ICS and HYI about a new doctoral fellowship for Indian students they are offering. Applications are due [...]
Former ICI Fellow Mahendra Lama on the Fate of Darjeeling Tea
We are pleased to share a recent post from one of our former India China Fellows Mahendra Lama (2008-2010). In his latest article in the [...]
Art and locality – Ladakh
By Shirin Mazdeyasna, 08/23/2016. On Aug 13, we attended a local monastic festival and witnessed a beautiful ceremony of first having the site purified of [...]
Temples and Diversity – New Delhi
By Shirin Mazdeyasna, 08/06/2016. The more I stay in New Delhi, the more I feel the similarity between here and my hometown Tehran. I love [...]
ISRO: on resourceful science
By LILIANA GIL, 7/14/2016. June 22nd 2016, yet another great day for ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization. At around 9:25AM in Sriharikota, 100km North [...]
Rural ventures
By LILIANA GIL, 6/22/2016. It took us about two hours to get to Villupuram, one of the villages in Tamil Nadu where the M. S. [...]
Class rains
By LILIANA GIL, 6/20/2016. "Now it poured, a stinging rain. On the high grounds of the liquid city, rich people spoke of the romance of [...]
Transactionality and other experiments
By LILIANA GIL, 6/19/2016. In Mumbai, I had the pleasure of meeting Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty, two urbanists whose work I think opens up [...]
Talking about jugaad
By LILIANA GIL, 6/18/2016. Two very strong narratives prevail in discussions about jugaad - the colloquial Hindi term for quick fixes, hacks, and workarounds - [...]