• LAND, WATER, SEEDS: THE ROOTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL CRISIS IN INDIA, HAWAI‘I, AND BEYOND (Saunders Hall, UH-M)

    Posted on October 1, 2013 by in
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    October 5, 2013 @ 12:30 am – 2:00 am
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    LAND, WATER, SEEDS: THE ROOTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL CRISIS IN INDIA, HAWAI‘I, AND BEYOND:  A week of events (9/30-10/4) featuring P. SAINATH

    P. SAINATH is the recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award (often described as Asia’s Nobel Prize) in 2007 and of Amnesty International’s Global Human Rights Journalism Prize in its inaugural year in 2000. His book EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD DROUGHT is a classic of journalism and has won awards around the world. He has received honorary degrees and lectured at many universities around the world, most recently having taught at Princeton in the Fall 2012 term. His journalism has profoundly affected public policy in India. Sainath has transformed the reporting on the agrarian crisis in India, most especially by writing about neoliberal policies and farmer suicides.

    Friday, Oct. 4: Saunders Hall, UH-M. 2:30-4. Lecture for the Political Science Colloquium Series by P. Sainath entitled “Media in Contemporary India.”

    This visit is made possible by generous funding from the Chancellor’s Office and the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS). Co-sponsors: Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, the English Department, the Political Science Department, Hawai’i SEED, ʻŌlelo, Great Life Cuisine/Mohala Farms, Olakai Hawai’i, Food Sovereignty Hawai‘i, and The UH GMO Education Project

    All events are free and open to the public.

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