Conferences & Invited Talks
"Speaking in Tongues: Translation and Transnationalism" - International Conference on "Translation and Postcolonialities," Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Dharwad, India. February 2009.
"From Burma to Myanmar: The East India Company and Beyond." Talk. Camas Public Library, WA. April 2008.
"Literature, Language and the New Economy" - 17th Annual British Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies Conference at Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA. February 2008.
"Manipur in Motion: Conflict and Displacement in North East India" - International Interdisciplinary conference on "Terrorism & Migration" at the School of Humanities, University of Southampton, UK, Nov. 2007.
"Living in proximity to toxic waste - Bhopal and Hanford residents." Video Presentation & Talk. Liberal Arts Series at Washington State University Tricities, April 2007.
"Exploring Gender Issues through Public Policy." Talk. Winter Pride Conference, Salt Lake City, February 2007.
"Examining the Wordsmith - Supreme Courts, Legislation, and Bhopal." Talk. International Law Society. University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR. November 2006.
"Remembering Manorama: Gender, Violence and Militarism in Manipur." Talk. Women's Studies Speaker Series. Antioch College, Yellowsprings, OH. April 2006.
"Let's Talk Economics." Talk. World Issues Forum. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. February 2006.
"The Price of Peace." Talk. Human Security Lecture Series. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. February 2006.
"Facing North-East: Remembering Manipur, Manorama Unforgotten." The Politics of Movement - Second Annual Gender Research Conference, Washington State University Vancouver, WA. October 2005.
"On the Backs of Women: Economic Development in India." Talk. Co-speaker - Clare Wilkinson-Weber. The Clark College Women's Conference - Bridging the Global Gap to Transform Communities. Vancouver, WA. February 2005.
"Global Trade Policies and India." Remembering Bhopal: The Twentieth Anniversary of the Union Carbide Disaster. Washington State University Vancouver. December 2004.
"A Dialogue across Gender." Talk at the Bangla Sammelan Social Issues Seminar. Asha for Women, D.C. June 2004.
"Thinking about Bhopal in the Globalization Era." Talk. Bhopal: Past, Present and Future. Association for India's Development, University of Cincinnati, OH. February 2004.
"Domestic Violence and the South Asian Diaspora." Talk. Violence against Women. Association for India's Development, University of Maryland, MD. July 2003.
"The Need for a Gender Consciousness: Female Infanticide in India." Conference on Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality: The Power of Intersectionality. Miami University, OH. April 2003.
"Say NO to Dowry." Sixth International Conference on Dowry, Bride-Burning and Son-Preference. Centre for Gender & Religions Research. New Delhi, India. January 2003.
"The Amalgam of War." East of California Conference. University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL. November 2002.
"Gender Issues." 11th Association for India's Development Conference, San Francisco, CA. May 2002.
"In Search of a Good Medium." North American Conference on Peace and Human Rights in India and Pakistan. International South Asia Forum. Montreal, Canada. September 1999.
"On a Different Note." Video Presentation. Race, Gender, Class Symposium, Miami University, OH. March 1999.
"Teaching English to Non Native Speakers." Talk. Orientation Course for Lecturers. Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, India. 1997.
"Sexist Bias in Curricula." University Grants Commission Workshop on Women's Studies Curriculum Development Program. Center for Women's Studies, Pondicherry University, India. 1994.
"Images of Woman in the fiction of Miles Franklin and Alice Munro." 5th International Society for Commonwealth Studies, Hyderabad, India. 1993.
"The Return of the Native: The Journey Back in the novels of Sally Morgan and Beatrice Culleton." 4th International Society for Commonwealth Studies, Pune, India. 1992.
"Patrick White's The Twyborn Affair." Seminar on Three Nobel Laureates - Tagore, Soyinka and White. Literary Centre, Mysore, India. 1991.
"Aborigines and Europeans: A Vision of Integration in Patrick White's Novels." 3rd International Society for Commonwealth Studies, Bhubaneshwar, India. 1991.
"Patrick White: Filling the Void." Seminar on Patrick White. Dept. of English, Bharathidasan University, India. 1990.