Events

The world appears to be waging a war on free speech. The infamous attack on Charlie Hebdo, the call for a ban of the film ‘Messenger of God’, and the book by Perumal Murugan ‘Madhorubhagan’. Is the right to freedom of expression absolute? Should it be? Join us for #ccstalks, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 from 7-8pm as we debate this issue. Log in to tweetchat.com or Twitter and follow #ccstalks. We look forward to speaking with you!

For more information, contact Manasi Bose (pr@ccs.in).

CCS is hosting Cris Lingle on 19 January 2015 to discuss sound money and how we can restore it, with a focus on the Indian context.  Cris is Visiting Professor of Economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala, Adjunct Scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney), Research Scholar at the Centre for Civil Society (New Delhi), and Member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Globalization Institute (Brussels). His research interests are in the areas of Political Economy and International Economics that focuses on emerging market economies and public policy reform. He is widely credited with anticipating the turmoil in the East Asian economies that began in 1997 (The Rise and Decline of the ‘Asian Century’: False Starts on the Road to the ‘Global Millennium’).  Join us for this important discussion! RSVP Manasi Bose (pr@ccs.in).

South Asia SFL is partnering with CCS to host its inaugural conference in Asia! The event will take place on 17 and 18 January 2015 at Jesus and Mary College, Delhi. They have a great line up of speakers, and the conference offers great networking opportunities, free resources and unique activities like Open Space Technology. Don’t miss it, register NOW! For more information, contact Abhinav Singh (asingh@studentsforliberty.org | +91 8010 33 6584).

Asia Centre for Enterprise (ACE), in partnership with Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation is hosting the 3rd Annual Asia Liberty Forum in January! Asia’s largest public celebration of liberty aimed at Advancing Liberty & Markets will provide a much needed platform to identify critical issues plaguing Asia and explore strategies and international best practices in how to face the challenges ahead. Join us in our efforts to strengthen the liberal movement in this part of the world! The previous editions of the Asia Liberty Forum saw attendance of 400 freedom champions from across 40 countries in Delhi. For highlights of these two conferences, follow the links: ALF 2013 | ALF 2014.

Contact Srijan Bandyopadhyay (ace@ccs.in | +91 99536 72130) for more information.

The Constitution of India grants an ‘extraordinary’ power to the President that allows him to pass an ordinance when (a) both Houses of the Parliament are not in session and (b) he is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action. In the last week, nine ordinances have been promulgated by the government. Is this democratic? Join us for #ccstalks, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 from 7-8pm as we debate this issue. Log in to tweetchat.com or Twitter and follow #ccstalks. We look forward to speaking with you!

For more information, contact Manasi Bose (pr@ccs.in)