<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Boston South Asia Center presents </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

The First Dr. Omar Khalidi Memorial Human Rights Series:</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Caste, Class and Sexual Violence in India</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Panel discussion on on the Rapes of Dalit women in Haryana</div>

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Rama Srinivasan</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Brown University</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Padma Balasubramanian</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Brigham and Women's Hospital*</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Kritika Chandrasekhar</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">South Asia Center</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">When: 7PM  Wed December 5 2012</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

Where: MIT Room 4-237</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">77 Mass Ave Cambridge MA </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

[<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4</a>]</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Rape has been used as a way of punishment/revenge on Dalit women for a long time but the recent incidents of the heinous crime in the state of Haryana (India), with close to 19 rapes reported in the month of September alone, makes it imperative to seek answers and actions. This panel intends to look for answers behind this increased victimization of women, especially Dalit women, in Haryana and will endeavor to formulate some practical responses.</div>

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<div><span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">Some news links:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">1. </span><span style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#222222" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/as-india-responds-to-latest-rapes-the-unanswered-question-is-why/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/as-india-responds-to-latest-rapes-the-unanswered-question-is-why/</a></font></span></div>

<div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#222222" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">2. </font></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#222222" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-haryana-more-and-more-rapes-every-year-few-convictions-for-crimes-against-dalits/1013752" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-haryana-more-and-more-rapes-every-year-few-convictions-for-crimes-against-dalits/1013752</a></font></span></div>

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<span style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">* For ID purposes only</span></div><div><br></div>-- <br>"The woods are lovely, dark and deep"<br><br><br><br>