Madihah Akhter

In this podcast Center for South Asia Associate Director Lalita du Perron talks to Madihah Akhter, PhD student in the Stanford History department. They discuss the history of pandemics, the responsibility of the state, the role of technology, the power of social media, and contemporary music.Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

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The South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) Podcast features conversations between the Center for South Asia at Stanford and guests who have a connection to Stanford as faculty, staff, students, or alumni. The podcasts feature a wide range of topics, ranging from poetry to politics, from manuscript collecting to music, from business to Bollywood. Every podcast consists of an informal and informative conversation about South Asia and its meaning in the world, in our lives, and at Stanford.