{"588481":{"#nid":"588481","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Social Changes: India\u0027s Past, Present, and Future, a public lecture by Bachi Karkaria","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndia Week\u0026rsquo;s line up of highly anticipated speakers continues on Thursday, March 16, when journalist Bachi Karkaria advises audiences to \u0026ldquo;Keep the Change.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;India burst out of socialism\u0026#39;s straitjacket with the economic liberalization of 1992,\u0026rdquo; Karkaria notes, \u0026ldquo;and the new millennium has witnessed incredible change. The making and spending of money is no longer guilt-edged, and Indians are able to fulfil aspirations in ways undreamt of for centuries. The young are predictably the hungriest, but it is women who have seized the moment and made amazing strides in one generation \u0026ndash; across class and geographies. But entrenched patriarchy does not give up its power easily, and the fault-lines are as manifest as the progress.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKarkaria, who has observed, documented and, to a degree, effected social change as a senior journalist with the influential Times of India, encapsulates the excitement and the challenge of India, 2017. Her talk will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in White Hall 101.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/karkaria\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOnline registration is requested\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Well-known Mumbai-based journalist, author, and speaker Bachi Karkaria will speak as part of India Week 2017. Come hear her insights into India\u0027s changing identity."}],"uid":"32825","created_gmt":"2017-03-09 13:19:48","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:27","author":"Katie Sclafani","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-03-16T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-03-16T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-03-16T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-03-16 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-03-16 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-03-16 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Eglobal.emory.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}