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Part of the city-wide festival Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas, Iranian American author Reza Aslan discusses Islam today in the contexts of history, faith, ideology, and culture.
Kanchan Chandra (New York University); Sanjay Ruparelia (New School for Social Research), and Hindustan Times' Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, discuss India's 15th General Election, the results and its implications.
NEW YORK, June 3, 2009 - Microfinance and water management experts discuss
innovative private-sector microfinance approaches to water management
in the developing world. (1 hr., 13 min.)
Video Excerpt:Joe Madiath, founder and executive director of Gram Vikas, discusses the need for microfinance and the possibility of its becoming mainstream. (1 min., 35 sec.)
NEW YORK, June 1, 2009 - Abdullah Hussain Haroon,
permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, and George
Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee, discuss the IDP crisis with Asia Society President Emeritus Nicholas Platt. (1 hr., 23 min.)
Video Excerpt: Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon addresses concerns about oversight of the financial aid currently coming into Pakistan. (2 min., 23 sec.)
NEW YORK, June 1, 2009 - Jeffrey Sachs explains
what will be necessary for China and the United States to become fully
committed partners in combating climate change. (1 hr., 21 min.)
NEW YORK, May 21, 2009 - Asia Society President Vishakha Desai discusses
the complex relationships between curators and collectors in the 1960s,
focusing on the decades of collaboration between Sherman Lee and the
Rockefeller family. (1 hr., 6 min.)