Hired to be Overheard: Resonances of Chindon-ya on the Streets of Osaka

Join us for the launch of Francesca Orsini's (Professor Emerita of Hindi and South Asian Literature) recent book, East of Delhi: Multilingual Literary Culture and World Literature.

An authentic performance of a centuries-old ritual that unites the mind, the heart, and the body through the universal language of music and movement

Presents a new history of how Hindustani court music responded to the political transitions of the nineteenth century.