Beginning in 2010, the Indian government created the biggest biometric ID system in the world, enabling them to collect the fingerprints, photos, and iris scans of more than 1.2 billion people. This system, called Aadhar, has helped distribute welfare, organize the process to join the civil services, streamline voter rolls and allow people to move between states without losing benefits.
One year after the coup by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s Spring Revolution continues. Amidst the escalating violence and economic collapse, the revolution continues in multiple ways.
Join SARC for an open discussion on Pakistan's recent political crisis, where we will discuss the downfall of Prime Minister Imran Khan and its implications. Articles will be posted in our Instagram bio @tuftssarc for you to get an overview of the topic beforehand. We hope to see everyone there!
Please join SARC this Saturday, March 12 at 10am EST for a panel on Art and Political Resistance in South Asia. The panel hopes to explore the power of art in articulating dissent, looking at both music and visual art and their ability to challenge or fight unjust systems and raise awareness on important political issues across South Asia.
Tufts SARC is starting biweekly discussion events held on Sundays at 5 pm in Tisch 226. We will be posting articles to read beforehand on our Instagram bio. These will be open to everyone regardless of knowledge or experience on the topics. Our first one is taking place next Sunday, and it will be about religious extremism in Pakistan. We hope to see many of you there!
The Tufts South Asian Regional Committee is excited to announce its 2022 Symposium taking place on February 10 and 11. The theme of this event is Political Resistance in South Asia. The students aim to explore various ways that resistance is actively taking place in the subcontinent, analyzing both violent and nonviolent political action across class, caste, and gender, through four panels. Get an in-depth look into politics of resistance in Bangladesh and the role of Muslim women, class-based resistance in labor, art as a form of nonviolent dissent, and anti-coup protests in Myanmar.
The Tufts South Asian Regional Committee is excited to announce its 2022 Symposium taking place on February 10 and 11. The theme of this event is Political Resistance in South Asia. The students aim to explore various ways that resistance is actively taking place in the subcontinent, analyzing both violent and nonviolent political action across class, caste, and gender, through four panels. Get an in-depth look into politics of resistance in Bangladesh and the role of Muslim women, class-based resistance in labor, art as a form of nonviolent dissent, and anti-coup protests in Myanmar.
The South Asian Regional Committee is an academic discourse and research group under the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University. Their work revolves around the 9 countries that fall under the region which include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Pakistan. This group will have a focus on social, political, historical and economic affairs, with the conscious intent to be in touch with current issues facing the South Asian subcontinent.
