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(1) SAJA & AAJA: Book reading and party with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Thursday, October 12, 2006, 7:00 PM
SAJA-DC and AAJA-DC present a fascinating book reading and party featuring Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor for continuous news at The Washington Post and one of the area's highest-ranked South Asians in the newsroom. Listen as he recounts stories from his reporting of the war in Iraq when he was Baghdad bureau chief for the Post, all described in full in his new book, "Imperial Life in the Emerald City."
Refreshments will be served, and books will be available for purchase at the event!
DATE: Thursday, October 12, 2006
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: NPR Building
, Second Floor Conference Room, 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001. PH: 202.513.2000. http://www.npr.org
METRO: Near Gallery Place/Chinatown stop on the Red Line
RSVP: Send an e-mail to sajadc_rsvp@yahoo.com by 12 P.M. on Thursday, October 12, 2006. We need each person's name to give to the security desk upon entry.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
"Every American who wants to understand how and why things went so badly wrong in Iraq should read this book." —Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars
Iraq is on the brink of civil war. Every day, additional bombings keep any sort of resolution at bay. And yet, we wonder: how did we get here?
We've heard the military side of this story; we've heard, too, from personalities such as L. Paul Bremer who have told their tale of the first year in Iraq. But one story remains untold, and it is that of the Green Zone—the bubble from within which American officials operated, where key decisions were made and sweeping policies enacted—and that story is half of why we are where we are in Baghdad and beyond. Now, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former Baghdad Bureau Chief for the Washington Post who spent more time in Baghdad that first year than nearly any other journalist, gives us the answer in IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY (Knopf, September 22).
Extensively researched and compellingly told, IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY details just how disastrous the first year following the fall of Saddam was, exposing the world of "Little America" inside the Green Zone through the lens of a reporter moving between it and the country at large. Highlighting how unprepared and ill-advised the Coalition Provisional Authority was, Chandrasekaran shows that hubris, inexperience, and irrelevant goals set the reconstruction efforts far off course before they had even begun.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rajiv Chandrasekaran is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. From April 2003 to October 2004, he was The Post's bureau chief in Baghdad, where he was responsible for covering the American occupation of Iraq, leading a team of American correspondents, and supervising more than two dozen Iraqi staffers. He also spent much of the six months leading up to the war in
Baghdad, reporting on the United Nations weapons-inspections process and the build-up to the conflict.
He currently heads The Post's Continuous News department, which provides breaking news stories to the paper's Web site, washingtonpost.com.
He took a sabbatical from The Post in 2005 to serve as the journalist in residence at the International Reporting Project at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies in Washington and as a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington.
He has appeared on National Public Radio and numerous television programs and stations, including the News Hour, CNN, Fox News, Nightline, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, and the BBC.
Before the U.S.-led war in Iraq, he was The Post's Cairo bureau chief. Prior to that assignment, he was The Post's Southeast Asia correspondent, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the months following September 11, 2001, he was part of a team of Post reporters who covered the war in Afghanistan
. He has been a foreign correspondent for The Post since 1999. Prior to that, he was the paper's Washington-based national technology correspondent.
(2) USIACC: Second Annual Convention of the US Indian-American Chamber of Commerce
The Second Annual Convention of the US Indian-American Chamber of Commerce ( usiacc.com) will be held in Washington, DC, on October 12, 2006. It should be an inspiring and learning experience for small, medium-sized and women-owned Indian-American businesses, as well as those wanting to explore going into business.
Given the tremendous developments that are taking place in India, there has been no better time for people interested in doing business in or with India. At the Convention, Indian officials and CEOs coming from India will discuss opportunities for Indian-Americans in IT, BPO, export, import and a variety of other areas.
The Convention will also cover extensively business opportunities within the US. For example, the Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Commerce, Charles Conner, and other a number of senior US government officials will discuss ways of accessing business opportunities with the US government.
The nearly best kept secret of the vast procurement and mentorship opportunities with all large
US corporations for small, minority and women-owned businesses will also be described.
The world's leading expert in franchising Philip Zeidman of the International Franchising Association will describe opportunities in a vast variety of areas for men and women, within the US, and also between US and India.
Senior officials and experts will describe support systems available at no cost in areas such as businesses development and financing.
Vernon Parker, former US Assistant Secretary will be the Master of Ceremonies at the Gala Banquet to be held at the nearby Renaissance Hotel, evening of October 12. The evening reception on October 11 will be to be held at the Department of Energy.
For more or registration information, please visit www.usiacc.com.
(3) EXHIBITION: Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faith Through August 2007
Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faithhighlights the emergence of Hinduism, Buddhism, the belief system of Ancient Egypt, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others. The exhibit presents objects unique to particular religions and many that reflect influences of earlier cultures. Of particular interest in the exhibit are beads for prayer and containers for holy words suggesting common spiritual needs among people of many religions.
A thought provoking exhibit, Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faith is anopportunity to examine the differences and shared elements of faith among religions. Tours for groups of 8–12 can be arranged through Kiltie Leach, Bead Museum Operations Manager at 202-624-4500. Please contact the Museum during open hours Tuesday through Saturday 11am–4pm and Sundays Noon–4pm. You can also email us at info@beadmuseumdc.org. or visit us on the web at www.beadmuseumdc.org.
The Bead Museum DC is located in the heart of the Washington’s revitalized Penn Quarter neighborhood at 7th and D Streets, NW, Washington, 3 blocks south of the Verizon Center and easily accessible by Metro. We look forward to meeting you soon and introducing you to the wonder and beauty of beads.
Bead Museum DC For more information contact:
400 Seventh Street, NW Kiltie Leach, Bead Museum
Washington, DC 20004 202-624-4500 |
