ITHACA, NY — A presentation on “Race and Indo-Caribbean Immigration in the Poetry of David Dabydeen” will be held at Ithaca College on Monday, Nov. 16. The free public talk by Anjali Nerlekar, assistant professor of English, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall.

Nerlekar’s areas of research include South Asian literature and culture — with...

On Wednesday, October 28th, at 6:30 p.m., On the Verge will present a staged reading of Hayavadana, which was written in 1971 by Girish Karnad, India's foremost living playwright as well as an acclaimed actor and film director. 

The staged reading is scheduled to coincide with Karnad's visit to Ithaca College. It will feature a cast of Ithaca College students and faculty members (including Greg Bostwick and Kathleen Mulligan, from the Department of Theatre Arts), and it will be directed by Claire Gleitman, a professor in the English department.

This visit is also supported by substantial help from the English Department, the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies (DIIS), Honors Program, and the South Asian Studies Program at Cornell.

An IC English professor and his onetime student stumble upon literary treasures.    by George Sapio

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