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Elizabeth Flock + Dr. Vijayeta Sinh

Marriage in Mumbai: Shifting Power Dynamics

Wednesday, February 13, 2019
7:00 PM–8:30 PM

What is the role of arranged marriage in an era of increasing opportunity and choice? Is it an outdated tradition, or a refuge of security in an ever-changing world? Journalist, author, and filmmaker Elizabeth Flock spent a decade in India exploring the changing expectations in traditional and modern romance and marriage. Her first book, The Heart Is a Shifting Sea, chronicles the journeys of three couples whose relationships illuminate these sweeping cultural shifts in dramatic ways. Analyzing these marital dynamics with Flock is psychologist and relationship expert Vijayeta Sinh. Through her practice she helps clients navigate cultural and social issues as they relate to work, career, marriage, and parenthood.

A book signing featuring Elizabeth Flock and her book The Heart is a Shifting Sea will take place after the talk.

Presented with the India Center

 

About the Speakers

Photo by Abbey Oldham
 


Elizabeth Flock began her career at Forbes India Magazine, where she spent two years as a features and investigative reporter in Mumbai. More recently she has worked at PBS Newshour, U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Post, reporting on social issues. Her work has also been published in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Atlantic, New York Magazine, and Hindustan Times, among others. She is currently on the road reporting.

Psychologist Vijayeta Sinh is a self and relationship expert, helping clients understand modern relationships and how to grow and thrive in them. Born and raised in India, she is fluent in Hindi and helms a therapy practice in New York City, where she helps clients navigate cultural and social issues as they relate to work, career, marriage, and parenthood. Vijayeta received her PhD from Columbia University and is an Assistant Clinical Professor for Psychology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. She is a contributing writer at Psychology Today writing for her blog Life in Balance. Learn more at therapycouchnyc.com or by following @DrVijayetaSinh on Instagram.

 

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