The AsCon Dispatch|April-October 2021 | Vol. 4

Warm greetings from the Asian Confluence. It is our pleasure to release the official newsletter of Asian Confluence: "The Ascon Dispatch" for the months of April to October 2021 at the onset of the festival season. These shared threads of tradition and culture, that run deep within the grooves of this continent, form the very basis of our work here at Asian Confluence. While the challenges posed by a second wave of the pandemic loom large, it is also apt to take a momentary break and to celebrate common traditions that bind us together. We draw strength from their symbolism, as we reflect on learnings from a difficult year passed and the opportunities, they present for us. We grieve the demise of the founder chairperson of our parent institution Divya Jeevan Foundation Professor Bidhu Bhushan Dutta. In the last few months, the Asian Confluence hosted several new dialogues, webinars and is currently working on several publications. We also have had the opportunity to partner with other organizations within India and abroad on events of mutual interest We also curated several conversations as part of the new "Ground Speak" series that reflect voices from the ground up. The "NADI Conversations" reflecting various aspects of the region being connected by shared waters and shared ideas and also being mentioned in the media as a growing organization Through this newsletter we recap various projects and events organized by the team to engage in research, dialogues and deliberations in the “Third Space”.