How to Love in Sanskrit
Wednesday, 21 October 2026 | 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. | Room 302, Accolade West Building, Keele Campus, 91ÑÇÉ« and virtually via Zoom
Anusha Rao (New 91ÑÇÉ«) and Suhas Mahesh (Independent Translator)
A conversation about classical poetry in translation.
Anusha Rao currently teaches South Asian Religions at New 91ÑÇÉ«. She holds a PhD in Sanskrit intellectual traditions from the University of Toronto. Alongside her academic research, she writes short, sharp essays where classical Sanskrit meets everyday life.
Suhas Mahesh is a scholar of Sanskrit and Indian literature—and, by day, a materials physicist with a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Suhas brings a scientist’s precision to the pleasures of Sanskrit verse.
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This event is part of the Demos, Democracy and Democratization: South Asia Lecture Series 2026–27.
For more information: sarc[at]yorku.ca
