Research workshop
on
"Women and Borders in South Asia"
by
CRG in collaboration with ICSSR
Date: 1stAugust 2009
Venue: Hotel Hindusthan International,Bhuveneshwar
9:00 - 9:30 am Registration
9:30-10:00am Opening Session
Chair:Asha Hans, Sansristi.
OpeningAddress by Ranabir Samaddar, CRG.
About the researchworkshop: Paula Banerjee, CRG and University of Calcutta.
10.00 -10.30 am TeaBreak
SessionI Women, Partition andBorders
10:30 -12:00 am
Chair:Vasanth Kannabiran, Asmita Resource Centre for Women or AP Focal Point, National Alliance of Women
(I) Anuradha Bhasin, Kashmir Times.
(II) Anasua BasuRay Chaudhury, University of Calcutta.
(III) SupurnaBanerjee, CRG.
Discussant: Ritu Menon, Women Unlimited.
Session II Overcoming Bordersand Boundaries of Other Kinds
12:00-1:00 pm
Chair: Samir Kumar. Das, CRG, University of Calcutta.
(I) PaulaBanerjee, CRG and University of Calcutta.
(II) Sumona Dasgupta, WISCOMP.
Discussant: AshaHans, Sansristi.
1.00-2.00pm LunchBreak
Session III Sanitized Society andDangerous Interlopers
2.00- 3.30pm
Chair: Gina Shangkham, Naga Women's Union
(I) ChitraAhanthem, Imphal Free Press
(II) Sahana Basavapatna, The Other Media.
(III) Anjuman Ara Begum, Gauhati University
Discussant:Vijaylakshmi Brara, Manipur University.
3.30-4.00pm TeaBreak
Session IV Finalizing Research Programme
4.00-5.00 pm
Chair:Sabyasachi Basu Ray Choudhuri, Rabindra Bharati University and CRG.
(I) PaulaBanerjee, University of Calcutta and CRG.
(II) Supurna Banerjee, CRG.
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