BALLINA native and New York Times journalist Declan Walsh will be among a number of guests who will address a conference organised by Mayo Says No to Racism. C.
The Nine Lives of Pakistan
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December 11, 2020
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outh Asia has always been a place of great interest to me. Like much of my interest in foreign affairs and international relations, this is due to Dr. Elizabeth Hanson at the University of Connecticut. I was fortunate enough to take her South Asia in World Politics course in my junior year of college and convert it for honors credit. Early on in the class, she suggested we attend an exhibition at the university museum of South Asian art and music. Seeing this as an opportunity to make it a date, I asked a classmate if she would like to join me (nerdy, I know). While the date came and went well enough, my interest in South Asia lasted much longer. Later, I was tasked with tracking South Asia for a client whilst I lived and worked in London, providing periodic updates on politics and security. I also found myself helping a colleague’s wife finish up some research on her Ph.D. dissertation (later turned into a book) on the debat