50 Years of Independent India: Democracy and Culture in Balance
J.C. Sharma, Joseph Elder, Harpal Bal and S. Gayathri
Saturday, 31 Jan 1998 at 12:00 am – Memorial Union
J. C. Sharma is Consul General of India at the Indian Consulate in Chicago; Joseph Elder is professor of sociology and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Harpal Bal is professor emeritus in the College of Vet Medicine at Iowa State, and S. Gayathri is a Bharatnatyam classical Indian dancer.From the Lectures Program Archive.
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