Vishakha Desai (@vishakhadesai) 's Twitter Profile
Vishakha Desai

@vishakhadesai

President and CEO of Asia Society. Scholar of Asian art, committed to all things Asian, from food and fashion to politics and power issues.

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linkhttp://www.asiasociety.org calendar_today08-03-2011 20:05:09

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What will happen to India's dream of becoming a global power if it can't govern with conviction? With recent elections, future looks cloudy.

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What does Asia's rising mean for women in the workplace? 130 women leaders gathering in China to discuss scty.asia/wlna2012 #wlna2012

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"I want to be a verb, not a noun, so I can go from Vision to Action" - Wu Qing, amazing Chinese woman leader, prof, activist at #WLNA2012

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Women leaders must learn to navigate a rapidly changing world, but also articulate what we are navigating toward and for. #WLNA2012

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Via Pew Research Center: Asians surpass Latinos in US immigration. Will they make bigger difference in US political life? pewsocialtrends.org/2012/06/19/the…

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My farewell message (+ video) as I step down as Asia Society President. Thank you for 22 wonderful years. asiasociety.org/blog/asia/fare…

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No India,barely a mentionof Asia in the last Presidential debate. Does the U.S. remain blind to enormous shift in power underway? #cohen,IHT

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"How can you create a sense of place in the age of globalization? Tradition is not style but layers over time" Norman Foster, Abu Dhabi Fair

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It's sad to hear about the plight of Muslims in Myanmar just as it emerges globally. Let's hope the Leaders will remember the Buddha.NYT.