May 11, 2021 — To commemorate the global launch of World as Family: A Journey of Multi-Rooted Belongings, Asia Society India Centre and Krea University host a discussion with the author Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, president emeritus of Asia Society, and Prayaag Akbar, writer, journalist and visiting senior fellow at Krea University, as they discuss the key ideas that have shaped Desai's life, the writing of this extraordinary memoir, and the social repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. (1 hr., 9 min.)