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    The document announces a free, day-long event on November 5th at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History celebrating South Asian film, literature, performance and poetry. The event will include a keynote by author Aatish Taseer discussing his new book, a film screening of "The Boy Mir" by Phil Grabsky, a performance by poet Shailja Patel, and a panel of authors including Mitali Perkins, Nina Godiwalla and Roksana Badrudojja discussing their works exploring South Asian and South Asian-American identity.

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    The document announces a free, day-long event on November 5th at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History celebrating South Asian film, literature, performance and poetry. The event will include a keynote by author Aatish Taseer discussing his new book, a film screening of "The Boy Mir" by Phil Grabsky, a performance by poet Shailja Patel, and a panel of authors including Mitali Perkins, Nina Godiwalla and Roksana Badrudojja discussing their works exploring South Asian and South Asian-American identity.

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    NetSAP-DC and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program bring you a day to connect with South Asian

    film, authors, performers, and poets at...

    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
    Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

    10:00AM to 5:30PM
    FREE-to-attend

    Keynote Keynote
    Acclaimed Indian-Pakistani author Aatish Taseer of Stranger to History: a Son's Journey through Islamic Lands, part memoir-part travelogue, which has been translated into more than 14 languages and hailed as a 'must-read' for anyone attempting to understand the Muslim world, will discuss his newest book Noon.

    Film Screening
    Phil Grabsky, whose international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, now continues with The Boy Mir in which the documentarian tracks cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old in Afghanistan.

    Performance
    Indian-Kenyan-American poet, performer, and activist Shailja Patel will perform a dramatic piece from her internationally acclaimd spoken-word theater show Migritude.

    Author Panels
    Bengali-American Mitali Perkins will discuss how she interweaves her dual identities into books, some of which have received recognition such as the IRA Notable Book for Global Society and made the ALA's Amelia Bloomer list of great titles that empower girls. Nina Godiwalla will discuss her book Suits: A Woman on Wall Street, an insider's perspective on her experience at Morgan Stanley from an outsider's point of viewboth as a woman and a second-generation Indian American. Bangladeshi-American Roksana Badrudojja will discuss her book In Eyes of a Storm, which explores the perceptions of second-generation South Asian-American women about daily social practices in the U.S. and how they view themselves in comparison to broader American society.

    FREE-to-attend
    Full-schedule available online

    Sponsored by the Indian Embassy of Washington, D.C., DC Office on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, Boston Coach, MinuteMan Press, and Ramesh Suri .

    Visit SALTAF.org to learn more

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