Events

April 14, 2026 from 12-1:30pm CT on Zoom
“Letter Writing as a Way of Thinking”
A workshop hosted by The Philosopher
Register here

March 31, 2026 at 4pm Houston at Rice University
”The Literature Classroom as Counterargument” [VIDEO]
Scientia Institute Lecture Series, “Knowledge Under Fire”
Duncan Hall McMurtry Auditorium, Room 1055

March 18, 2026 at Duke University
“How Indian English Literature Becomes Ethnic, Postcolonial, and Anglophone”
Pink Parlor, East Duke Building, sponsored by India@Duke and AMES
5:15-6:45pm

March 11, 2026 at Northwestern University
Postcolonial Method: A Symposium
1:45-3:15pm (Panel)

February 27-28, 2026 at ACLA in Montreal
”The Difference Accent Makes” (Seminar Co-organizer)
In Person | 8:30-10:15am | 511E

February 12, 2026 at 1:30pm at University of California, Irvine
”What is Public Writing? The Humanities in Translation”
In Person | HG1010

February 2, 2026 on Zoom at 2pm ET/1pm Houston/7pm GMT
Virtual launch of What is We? hosted by The Philosopher [VIDEO]
In conversation with Tara Needham

January 22, 2026 at 7pm at Basket Books & Art in Houston, Texas
Houston launch of What is We?
In conversation with Mohan Ambikaipaker

December 6, 2025 at the Bangalore Literature Festival
1:30pm: ”Tomorrow is Another Day”: In conversation with Neena Verma, Aruna Gopakumar, and Sabin Iqbal [VIDEO]
3:45pm: ”The Tiger’s Share”: Keshava Guha in conversation with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan [VIDEO]
7pm: Shashi Tharoor in conversation with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan [VIDEO]

November 10, 2025 from 5-6:30pm PT on Zoom
A Book is Born, hosted by UC Berkeley Art of Writing [VIDEO]
In conversation with Chi Rainer Bornfree and Marianne Constable

October 14, 2025 (UNLV) and October 15, 2025 (UNR)
”Reading with an Accent, Writing without AI”
Oct 14th at noon @ UNLV RLL 101
Oct 15th at 5pm @ UNR Wells Fargo Auditorium, Knowledge Center

September 29, 2025 on Zoom
Virtual launch of Overdetermined hosted by the University of Hong Kong
In conversation with J. Daniel Elam

September 8, 2025 in Houston, Texas
InPrint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in conversation with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan

September 6, 2025 in Houston, Texas
Jaipur Literary Festival Houston [VIDEO]
Amish in conversation with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan

September 6, 2025 in Houston, Texas
Jaipur Literary Festival Houston[VIDEO]
In conversation with Chi Rainer Bornfree, Amit Majmudar, and Rich Levy

July 13, 2025 at Kunzum (Jor Bagh, New Delhi)
Delhi launch of The End Doesn’t Happen All at Once
In conversation with Urvashi Butalia

July 1, 2025 at Odyssey (Chennai)
Chennai launch of The End Doesn’t Happen All at Once
In conversation with Shreekumar Varma

March 27, 2025 on Zoom
Virtual launch of The End Doesn't Happen All at Once
In conversation with Chi Rainer Bornfree, Kiese Laymon, Johanna Skibsrud, Shruti Swamy, and Carly Thomsen