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DESCRIPTION:South Asia Center presents: Aarakshan (2011) The film is a soci
 o-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste-based reserva
 tions in government jobs and educational institutions. The film opens in 2
 008 with Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) at an interview for the post of a te
 acher at an affluent school. The interviewers quickly turn him down when t
 hey discover his low caste background. His mentor\, Dr. Prabhakar Anand (A
 mitabh Bachchan)\, consoles Deepak and offers him an interim job at STM Co
 llege. However\, the situation becomes complicated when Dr. Anand refuses 
 to enroll the no-good nephew of State Minister Baburam. The film then take
 s a dramatic turn as politics\, corruption\, and greed threaten the educat
 ional system for those who do not come from privileged backgrounds. Refres
 hments will be served at Intermission Directed by Prakash Jha 164 min Spon
 sor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor South Asia Center\,
  Co-Sponsor 
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SUMMARY:South Asia Center presents: Aarakshan 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:South Asia Center presents: Aarakshan (2011) T
 he film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of ca
 ste-based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions. Th
 e film opens in 2008 with Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) at an interview for
  the post of a teacher at an affluent school. The interviewers quickly tur
 n him down when they discover his low caste background. His mentor\, Dr. P
 rabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan)\, consoles Deepak and offers him an inte
 rim job at STM College. However\, the situation becomes complicated when D
 r. Anand refuses to enroll the no-good nephew of State Minister Baburam. T
 he film then takes a dramatic turn as politics\, corruption\, and greed th
 reaten the educational system for those who do not come from privileged ba
 ckgrounds. Refreshments will be served at Intermission Directed by Prakash
  Jha 164 min Sponsor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor So
 uth Asia Center\, Co-Sponsor <br>
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