Monday, March 19, 2012

Dhar India Studies Program Presents Diasporic Desires: Making Hindus and the Cultivation of Longing

Shana Sippy, Carleton College
Thursday, March 22nd
5:30 pm
Dhar India House (825 E. 8th St.


This lecture explores the discourse of desire among Hindus living in the United States. Based on over 9 years of fieldwork conducted in the U.S. and the U.K., Sippy examines contexts and strategies of desire and argues that the cultivation of desire is a centerpiece of making Hindu identity in the diaspora.

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