BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Eastern Standard Time
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20251102T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250301T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;\nSouth Asia Book Aw
 ard for Children’s and Young Adult\nLiterature presents&nbsp\;\n\nMeet the
  Winners Discussion Series\n\nJoin us to celebrate the 2020 South Asia Boo
 k Award winners!\nThrough a series of virtual discussions\, we will get to
  know these authors\,\ntheir award-winning titles\, and how these books ca
 n be used to learn about and\nteach about South Asia in our schools\, libr
 aries\, and homes.\n\nThis discussion features Padma Venkatraman\, who won
  the 2020\nSABA Book Award for her book The Bridge Home ((Nancy Paulsen Bo
 oks\, 2019). In\nthis book\, runaway sisters Viji and Rukku learn the hars
 h realities of life on\nthe swarming streets of Chennai\, India. They find
  shelter and friendship with\nMuthi and Arul\, two homeless boys living un
 der an abandoned bridge. Forming a\nfamily\, the four use their instincts 
 and tenacity to survive in a perilous\,\nindifferent world.Padma Venkatram
 an is the award-winning author of several\nhighly acclaimed novels. Her bo
 oks have been featured on numerous best book\nlists and received a total o
 f 20 starred reviews.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Born in India\, Padma survived a diffic
 ult childhood. When\nshe left India at the age of nineteen\, she decided t
 o pursue her love of\nscience and mathematics rather than her love of lite
 rature. She immigrated to\nAmerica on her own and studied oceanography and
  environmental engineering at\nthe College of William and Mary and Johns H
 opkins University. Before becoming a\nfull-time author\, Padma explored ra
 inforests and coral reefs\, directed a school\nin England\, taught at a un
 iversity\, served as chief scientist on ships where\nshe was the only fema
 le and only person of color\, and worked in Germany\, where\nshe learned t
 o speak German fluently. As a first-generation immigrant and a\nwoman of c
 olor who has an invisible disability\, she has been dedicated\, for\nover 
 a decade\, to increasing diversity and multiculturalism.Click here to regi
 sterFor more information or to request accessibility accommodations\, plea
 se contact Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr.edu.
DTEND:20201120T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20260511T010125Z
DTSTART:20201120T000000Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Meet the South Asia Book Award Winners: Padma Venkatraman
UID:RFCALITEM639140436851284207
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>\nSouth Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult\nLiterature 
 presents</p>&nbsp\;<p>\n\n</p><strong>Meet the Winners Discussion Series</
 strong><p>\n\n</p><p>Join us to celebrate the 2020 South Asia Book Award w
 inners!\nThrough a series of virtual discussions\, we will get to know the
 se authors\,\ntheir award-winning titles\, and how these books can be used
  to learn about and\nteach about South Asia in our schools\, libraries\, a
 nd homes.</p><p><br></p><p>\n\n</p><p>This discussion features Padma Venka
 traman\, who won the 2020\nSABA Book Award for her book The Bridge Home ((
 Nancy Paulsen Books\, 2019). In\nthis book\, runaway sisters Viji and Rukk
 u learn the harsh realities of life on\nthe swarming streets of Chennai\, 
 India. They find shelter and friendship with\nMuthi and Arul\, two homeles
 s boys living under an abandoned bridge. Forming a\nfamily\, the four use 
 their instincts and tenacity to survive in a perilous\,\nindifferent world
 .</p><p><br></p><p>Padma Venkatraman is the award-winning author of severa
 l\nhighly acclaimed novels. Her books have been featured on numerous best 
 book\nlists and received a total of 20 starred reviews.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p><
 p><br></p><p>Born in India\, Padma survived a difficult childhood. When\ns
 he left India at the age of nineteen\, she decided to pursue her love of\n
 science and mathematics rather than her love of literature. She immigrated
  to\nAmerica on her own and studied oceanography and environmental enginee
 ring at\nthe College of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins University. Bef
 ore becoming a\nfull-time author\, Padma explored rainforests and coral re
 efs\, directed a school\nin England\, taught at a university\, served as c
 hief scientist on ships where\nshe was the only female and only person of 
 color\, and worked in Germany\, where\nshe learned to speak German fluentl
 y. As a first-generation immigrant and a\nwoman of color who has an invisi
 ble disability\, she has been dedicated\, for\nover a decade\, to increasi
 ng diversity and multiculturalism.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://bit.ly
 /SABAWinners2020 " title="Click here to register">Click here to register</
 a></p><p><br></p><p>For more information or to request accessibility accom
 modations\, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr.edu.</p>
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR