Darinee Alagirisamy - Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India

Name: Darinee Alagirisamy - Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India
Start: 2026-09-29T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-29T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Luce Hall

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 12:00 PM

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM
Venue: Luce Hall
Address: 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511
Category: Other
Organizer: Yale University Events
Setting: Indoor

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This talk examines how prohibition became a lens for understanding democracy, nationalism, and state-building in modern India. Drawing on archival research, it traces how prohibition was conceptualized, contested, and embedded in the constitutional framework of independent India.

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Darinee Alagirisamy - Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India

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