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Ananya Vajpeyi comes to Tufts from New Delhi, India to give a talk on her 2012 book, “Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India, “ honored with the Harvard University Press’ Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize for outstanding first manuscript. Ananya Vajpeyi is with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, India, where she works on intellectual history, political theory and critical philology.

Born without an immune system, four-month-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Mustafa will die without a bone marrow transplant, a procedure that can only be done in an Israeli hospital. A desperate plea from his doctor to save Mohammad’s life leads Israeli journalist Shlomi Eldar to document this complex and emotional story. A powerful appeal for peace, Precious Life explores the challenges and prejudices that must be overcome when officials from conflicting nations attempt to put aside their differences for a noble cause. The film will be introduced by Dr.

Flow is Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. The film will be introduced by Shafiqul Islam, Tufts Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.