Archive for the ‘India’ Category

March 1 — “The US in the World: Global Issues the Candidates and the Electorate Should Be Talking About”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Some very bright analysts of international relations are teaching in the smaller colleges and universities of Indiana, refining their insights far from the distractions of DC (or even of Bloomington and Lafayette). Hear what they have to say at the Indiana Consortium for International Programs (ICIP) conference. (more…)

April 22 — Dinner with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Chicago International Trade Commissioners Association

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Get your networking groove on in a joint program with the World Trade Club of Indiana, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and CITCA (Chicago International Trade Commission Association). This will be a significant trade delegation visiting Indianapolis and looking for trade opportunities. (more…)

April 23 to May 3 — Indianapolis International Film Festival

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Discover the world while in the dark. (more…)

January 29 — former US ambassador Robert Oakley on “PAKISTAN: WHAT’S NEXT?”

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

One of the most familiar figures commenting about Pakistan on cable news TV is former Ambassador Robert Oakley. He’ll be coming to Indy to tell us just how frightened we should be of the disintegration of a nuclear-armed Pakistan. (more…)

January 17 — Indian-American film “The Namesake”

Monday, December 31st, 2007

See the latest of several sensitive films exploring the “Desi” exerience of Indians living away from India, assimilating in some ways while still seeking to preserve a distinct identity. (more…)

January 29 — Global Business Person of the Year Award

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

With the rapid increase in Indiana’s international business linkages, who will be the World Trade Club’s “Global Business Person of the Year”?

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January 30 — “Is India Still a Secular Country?”

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

India recently celebrated its 60th anniversary as a country. Six decades is a long time for such a religiously-fragmented and religiously-passionate country to stay secular … how much longer can it keep it up? (more…)

October 3 — Free ServLife Benefit Concert in Indianapolis with Robbie Seay Band & Brandon Heath

Monday, October 1st, 2007

The Robbie Seay Band is called “a thinking man’s worship band.” They are coming to Indy to help promote ServLife’s efforts to build global community by creating mission communities among the most marginalized and oppressed regions of the world. With raspy vocals and a social consciousness distinctive among Christian rock bands. (more…)

October 3 — The International Center releases the book “New Faces at the Crossroad”

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

New Faces at the Crossroads: The World in Central Indiana, a book produced by the International Center of Indianapolis, will be the most valuable resource for learning about the surprisingly diverse range and sheer numbers of world citizens who have recently made central Indiana their home … at least until Provocate gets around to publishing books. (more…)

November 12 — Towards a Bright Line in Uncertain Terrain: What’s Next for Antiquities in U.S. Museums

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

A few years ago the heads of the world’s top museums signed a statement defiantly rejecting the claims from Italy and Greece to return art treasures looted over the centuries. Indianapolis Museum of Art president Maxwell Anderson shook up the international artworld when he announced that he was defying that trend and that IMA would “impose a moratorium on acquiring antiquities that left their probable country of modern discovery after 1970, unless we can obtain documents establishing that they were exported legally.” Hear how Anderson thinks this represents a step toward museums redefining their role as global citizens. (more…)