Schedule & Content

FEBRUARY 24
PLENARY 1: 10.30am-1 pm: "Neo-liberal Globalisation and War – the global perspective". Speakers: Aijaz Ahmed (India), Sherry Rehman (Pakistan), Ritu Menon (India), Chair-Prabhat Patnaik. (India)

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS: 2- 4.30 pm
Room. 1. 'Struggles of nationalities'. Speakers: Artex Shimray (India), Shahid Fiaz (Pakistan), Gautam Navlakha (India) Chair: Jatin Desai
Room 2. 'Rise of fundamentalism'. Speakers: Flavia Agnes (India), Farhad Mazhar (Bangladesh). Chair: Nandita Shah
Room    3. 'South Asia Peace Treaties' speakers: M V Ramana (India), Pervez Hoodbhoy (Pakistan). Chair Sukla Sen
Room. 4: 'End Occupations' speakers: Sara Vakhshouri (Iran), Abdul Khalek Zamli (Palestine). Chair: Asad Bin Saif
Room. 5. 'Migration and displacement' speakers: Mohammad Sikdar (Bangladesh), Sharit Bhowmik (India). Chair: Nasreen Contracter

PLENARY 2: 5-7 pm. "The struggle for peace-the global perspective and challenges for the movement". Speakers: Walden Bello (Philippines), Jeremy Corbyn (UK), Achin Vanaik (India), Pervez Hoodbhoy, (Pakistan), Chair - Mubashir Hasan (Pakistan)

FEBRUARY 25
Plenary 1: 10.00 am-1 pm. Nationalism, Sovereignty and Internationalism.
Speakers: Jairus Banaji (India), Kumkum Sangari (India), Nimalka Fernando (Sri Lanka), Farhad Mazhar (Bangladesh) Chair: Siddharth Varadarajan (India)

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS: 2- 4.30 pm
Room. 5. 'Water sharing and national conflicts'. Speakers: Afsar Jafri (India), Arun Kumar Singh (India). Chair: Surabhi Sinha
Room    1. 'US Empire in South Asia'. Speakers: Linus Jayatilake (Sri Lanka), Prabir Purkayastha (India). Chair: Varsha Rajan
Room    4. 'Recent trends in defence expenditure in South Asia'.
Speakers: C. Ram Manohar Reddy (India), A H Nayyar (Pakistan). Chair: Jaya Velankar
Room. 2. 'Foreign Policy in South Asia and Alternatives'. Speakers: Anuradha Chenoy (India) and Walden Bello (Philippines). Chair: Ragini
Sen
Room. 3. 'Alternative regionalisms'. Speakers: Anil Chaudhury (India), Cecila Olivet (Netherlands) Sushovan Dhar

PLENARY 2. 5-7 pm. Imperialist globalisation: Impact on South Asia.
Speakers: Eric Toussaint (Belgium), Sameer Dossani (USA), Farida Akhter (Bangladesh), Linus Jayatilake (Sri Lanka), Chair: S P Shukla (India),

PUBLIC MEETING: 7.30 – 9.00 pm. Public meeting (at A B Goregaonkar School, Goregaon west). Chair: Mrinal Gore (India), Sherry Rehman (Pakistan), Ashok Dhawle (India), Walden Bello (Philippines), Jeremy Corbyn (UK), Christoper Fonseca (India), Nirmala Deshpande (India)

FEBRUARY 26
Plenary 1: 10.00am-1 pm and 2pm – 4.30pm. "Pressure points in South Asia"
Speakers: Admiral Ramdas (India), Nazir Ahmad Ronga (Kashmir), Mayori Shimray (India), Nimalka Fernando (Srilanka), Syed Saiful Haque (Bangladesh), Anand Teltumbde (India), Karamat Ali (Pakistan), Arjun Karki (Nepal), Nandita Haksar (India), Hari Roka (Nepal), Chair: Lalita Ramdas, Pushpa Bhave (India)

PLENARY 2. 5-7 pm. Future strategy and POA
Chair: Meena Menon (India) and Karamat Ali (Pakistan), Soni Thengamom (India)

Registration fee (includes papers and lunch):  Three days: Rs 200.
Single day entry: Rs 75 per day.

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