Manil Suri: A Room in Bombay

Manil Suri, distinguished university professor of mathematics and statistics, and the author of the forthcoming memoir A Room in Bombay, is joined by Aditya Desai ’09, English and media and communication studies, to discuss the book.

Manil Suri is the author of three internationally acclaimed novels — The Death of Vishnu, The Age of Shiva and The City of Devi — and a book on popular mathematics, The Big Bang of Numbers. He has served as a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. A passionate promoter of both mathematics and the humanities, he has motivated audiences worldwide to embrace both, rather than just one or the other.

Aditya Desai is a writer, editor, teacher, and activist who lives in Baltimore. He also works with several arts and racial justice organizations in Baltimore, including the CityLit Project, Baltimore Youth Arts, and the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective.

Admission is free, and a reception will follow the talk.

This event has been organized by the Asian Studies Program with support from the Global Asias Initiative.