The 50th Year: Looking Back| Looking Forward, 1997

Photograph of an unidentified speaker at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. The South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) is an organization of the South Asian diaspora based in… more

Photograph of unidentified individuals, including Hari Sharma at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Hari Prakash Sharma (1934-2010) was a sociologist and Marxist scholar, who was born at Dadri in… more

Photograph of unidentified individuals, including Hari Sharma at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Hari Prakash Sharma (1934-2010) was a sociologist and Marxist scholar, who was born at Dadri in… more

Photograph of an unidentified speaker at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. The South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) is an organization of the South Asian diaspora based in… more

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as… more

Photograph of an unidentified individual at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. The South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) is an organization of the South Asian diaspora based in… more

Photograph of an unidentified individual at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. The South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) is an organization of the South Asian diaspora based in… more

Photograph of an unidentified speaker at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. The South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) is an organization of the South Asian diaspora based in… more

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as… more

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as… more

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as… more

Photograph of an unidentified individual performing bharatanatyam at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Bharatanatyam, a classical dance style of India, is indigenous to the Tamil Nadu region and… more

Photograph of Riasat Ali Khan addressing the audience at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Riasat Ali Khan was born in India, but his family shifted to Pakistan after independence. Khan immigrated… more

Photograph of Hari Sharma addressing the audience at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Hari Prakash Sharma (1934-2010) was a sociologist and Marxist scholar, who was born at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh… more

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals performing bhangra at an event organized by the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD). The event was called The 50th Year: Looking Back; Looking Forward, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of India from colonial rule. Bhangra is a folk dance and music form that originated from Punjab, India. It originated as… more