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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">SI Speaker Series: Fascism as a Temporary Default Setting in South Asia</span></b><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/events/ical/1314/calendar.ics"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="33" height="20" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CF3C53.AFEE83F0" alt="Export this event to calendar"></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Friday, March 28, 2014 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">An exploration on how the religious right in the subcontinent have always had a hold on street level populism and fostered
a narrative of being the choice of "strength" during times of socioeconomic and political crisis. An examination of the latest rise of right-wing groups in India, juxtaposed against other movements of a similar ilk in the rest of the subcontinent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span class="s1"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">About the Speaker</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Sriram Ananth is a writer and activist from Bangalore, currently living in Toronto. He has been active around a variety of peace and justice
issues. His book "Across the Sabarmati" is an autobiographical novel based on his work as a human rights activist during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">This event is free<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Location
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="fn"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">REN - Renison University College</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Dunker Family Lounge
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">240 Westmount Road North
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="locality"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Waterloo</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">,
<span class="region">ON</span><span class="postal-code">N2L 3G4</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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