• Friday, August 19th
  Raakhee
   
• Saturday, August 27th
  Janamashatami -  The birth of Lord Krishna
  
  
• Sunday, September 4th
  SAS Board Retreat
  Asian American Cultural Center
  Noon-5pm
   
• Wednesday, September 7th
  Big Sib/Little Sib Chit-Chaat!
  Asian American Cultural Center
  9pm
   

• Thursday, September 8, 5:30 PM
  Yale Center for British Art (1080 Chapel Street).  Free admission.

  PADMASHRI MADHAVI MUDGAL and GANDHARVA DANCE ENSEMBLE.

  Performance of the Odissi style of classical Indian dance.

  Sponsored by the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity, The Asian American Cultural Center, the Women’s Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, the South Asian Studies Council, in cooperation with the Consul General of India, New York.

  For more info, contact geetanjali.chanda@yale.edu
   

• Saturday, September 10th
  SAS Picnic On Old Campus
  Bring your Blue Books if you need help!
  Old Campus
  3:00pm
   

• Tuesday, September 13, 4:00 PM. 
  28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room B8.

  WAHIDUDDIN MAHMUD, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

  “The Bangladesh Paradox: Making Social Progress Amidst Poverty and Misgovernance”

  Co-sponsored by the Economic Growth Center and the South Asian Studies Council.

  For more info, contact south.asia@yale.edu
   

• Wednesday, September 14th
  First General SAS Meeting/Info Session
   

• Thursday, September 15, 5:05 – 6:15 PM. 
  Marquand Chapel, Sterling Divinity Quadrangle (409 Prospect Street).

  HOMI BHABHA, Keynote Speaker

  COLIN GRAHAM, Response

  “Sex and Religion in Migration”
   

• September 15 - 18 
  Marquand Chapel, Sterling Divinity Quadrangle (409 Prospect Street).

  “Sex and Religion in Migration”

  An international, interdisciplinary conference examining how religious and gender identities arise and develop in relation to one another in the context of globalization.

  Keynote Address by HOMI BHABHA with response by COLIN GRAHAM.

  Presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music with support from the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund, the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian & Gay Studies, The Program in Judaic Studies, and The Department of Religious Studies of Yale University.

  For more info, contact John A. Hartmann, Conference Coordinator.

  Tel: (203) 432 – 3220

  Fax: (203) 432 – 5296

  Email: john.hartmann@yale.edu

  Conference website: http://www.yale.edu/ism/srmcon/index.html
   

• Friday, September 16, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM. 
  27 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 16. 

  MARK ROSENZWEIG, Professor of Economics, Yale University.

  ”Why is Mobility in India So Low?  Social Insurance, Inequality, and Growth”

  Labor and Population Workshop

  Sponsored by the Yale Department of Economics

  For more info, contact joseph.altonji@yale.edu or Fabian.lange@yale.edu

  Saturday, September 17th
  First SAS Party of the Year
  10:00pm at the AFAM House with professional DJ Raj.
  Thanks to the approximately 400 people who showed up for the event and made it an incredible success! It was a great way to kick off the year!
  "Khao Peeoe Ash Karoe! at TANTRA!"
  
  
  

• September 21, 4 – 6 PM. 
  158 Whitney Ave, Room 206.

  STANLEY INSLER, Department of Linguistics, Yale University

  “The Truth Act in Old Indian Literature”

  South Asian Studies Seminar

  Organized by the South Asian Studies Council

  For more info, contact south.asia@yale.edu

   

• September 22, 1:00 PM 
  Auditorium, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street.

  P. CHIDAMBARAM, Finance Minister, Republic of India

  “US – India Economic Relations”

  2005 Trumbull Lecture
   

• Wednesday, September 28th
  Freshman Liaison Elections!
  Email abbas.hussain@yale.edu to apply.
   
• Saturday, October 1st
  National Gandhi Day of Service
  Contact: kalindi.winfield@yale.edu
   
• Tuesday, October 4th
  First day of Ramadan and Navaratri
   
• Wednesday, October 5th
  SASPAC/SASAC General Meeting
  Location TBA
  9:00pm
   
• Saturday, October 8th
  Friends of South Asia Picnic!...(free food!)
  Silliman Courtyard
  2:00pm
   
• Wednesday, October 12th
  Dussehra GARBA Co-sponsored with the Medical School!
   
• Wednesday, October 19th
  SASAC Meeting to discuss fellowships, the South Asian Studies major, ReachOut programs
   
• Wednesday, October 19th
  Aesthetics and Politics: Reflections on Image, Power, and Modern Pakistan
  Chaired by Sara Suleri Goodyear
  Co-sponsored by South Asian Society
  4:00pm LC 102
   
• Saturday, October 22nd
  SAS/Muslim Students Association Iftaar
   
• Wednesday, October 26th
  Meeting to discuss Roshni (our fall cultural show)! Come with your ideas...
   
• Tuesday, November 1st
  Happy Diwali! Send cards to people from www.santabanta.com!
   
• Thursday, November 3rd
  Eid-al-Fitr! Come break the fast with MSA!
   
• Wednesday, November 9th
  Roshni Dress Rehearsal
   
• Saturday November 12th
  Roshni: SAS Annual Fall Show
  Sudler Hall
  
  Featuring:

  

  The Freshman Dance

  Tabla/Congo Dance Fusion

  And many other exciting performances!

   

  Then, come to the Roshni After Party!

  
   

• Friday, November 18th
  Happy Hour with South Asian Association of Harvard the night before the Yale/Harvard Game
   

Spring 2006

• Monday, January 16th
  SAS Chit-Chaat at the Asian American Cultural Center
  Free Tickets to the SAS Party given out to people who came!
• Saturday, January 21st
  
  
  

Spring 2005

• February 2nd-6th
  South Asian Awareness Week
  


• April 1st
  Jhalak - Spring Cultural Show


• Sunday, April 16th
  Holi - Rang Barse!


• Wednesday, April 19th
  SAS Elections
  WLH 9 P.M.


• Saturday, April 22nd
  SAS Picnic on Old Campus