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History of the SASNET network 2001-2016, in SÜDASIEN
In its 2021 No.1 issue, the eminent German magazine SÜDASIEN published an article on the History of SASNET, written by me (Lars Eklund), but translated into German language. The title is ”SASNET auf Abwegen. Bilanz eines schwedischen Südasien-Netzwerks” (SASNET gone astray. A balance sheet of a Swedish South Asia network). Go for the article. In […]
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Reactions to the SASNET History report
Go for a pdf file with all reactions.
SASNET History 2000-2016
Go for Lars Eklund’ s document on the old SASNET (2000-2016) – a unique feature being a national all-Swedish research and information network, not found elsewhere in the World. It was built up by Staffan Lindberg and Lars Eklund in 2001, and within a few years became an internationally highly recognised network connecting all Swedish and […]
Hommage to Professor Ashok Swain
Excellent article in Upsala Nya Tidning, Read the article, first page Sidan 2 Sidan 3 sid4unt
2019-20 Lund International Tagore Choir tour to Bangladesh
Thursday 26 December 2019: Flying from Copenhagen at 18.50 to Kolkata, via Delhi, and onwards to Dhaka for a two weeks tour in Bangladesh, with performances in Dhaka, Jessore, Kushtia and Sylhet. Time 18.20, half an hour before boarding the Air India flight for Delhi. Little tired after hectic planning for the Bangladesh tour and […]
Lund University coordinated Erasmus+ project on capacity building in Nepal and Bhutan
Four years back, in 2015, Lund University was awarded a grant from the European Union Erasmus+ Programme, to fund a collaborative project entitled CIMCEB, an acronym for ”Curricula Development of Interdisciplinary Master Courses in Energy Efficient Building Design in Nepal and Bhutan”. The project, completed in June 2019 was run by a consortium with six […]
Prison Diary by Kishorechandra Wangkhem
In Outlook April 29 2019, Manipur journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem, who was jailed, detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for critiziing the government, speaks out about detention, life in jail, democracy and personal freedom.He belongs to a small, unrecognised minority religion called Sanamahism, a pre-Hindu traditional ethnic stream. Barring a few, no civil organisation came out […]
Thanks for Karolinska-Aga Khan University long-standing collaboration
The Division of Global Health at Karolinska Institutet Medical University in Stockholm focuses on health problems that are big in the world but small or non-existent in Sweden. Many know the division by its earlier acronym, IHCAR. It is part of the Department of Public Health Sciences. Since the start in 1984 it has developed […]