15:00 -15:50 15:50 Prof. Francesca Orsini (School of Asian and African Studies, UK,  Emirita) “Pol(l) Khol: Expose, Political Comedy, and the Ground of Satire in Contemporary Hindi”

15:50-16:00 Break Time

16:00 -David16:50 Dr. Ray Asada (JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development) ” Rethinking the Sustainable Development Discourse in Contemporary Sri Lanka.”

16:50-17:00 Break Time

17:00-18:00 Discussion

Discussants

1) Rohan D’Souza (ASAFAS, Kyoto University)

2) Inika Hazarika (Tokyo University of Foreign  Studies)

Rohan D’Souza 

professor

Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University