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...mourners stood in silence listening to almost an hour of speeches, poems, and religious songs at the event hosted by the South Asian Association...
...languages. The Harvard College Buddhist Community served rice pudding—said to have been fed to Siddhartha Gautama while fasting in order to reach enlightenment, according to Buddhist Community President Mihiri U. Tillakaratne ’09. Dharma, the Harvard Hindu Students Association, provided samosas, a traditional South Asian appetizer. While the Hindi faith does not have any holidays in December, the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, took place at the end of October. Hillel set up a booth for Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights that begins at sundown on December 21 this year...
...Flores-McLeod ticket is currently leading in the campaign’s endorsement count, with support from the Dems, Strong Women Strong Girls, the Environmental Action Committee, and the Asian American Association. Schwartz-Biggers is second with endorsements from the Black Students Association and Freeze College Magazine...
...where it was the day before the attacks, with no sudden drop or panicked selling. Yet investors have certainly noticed the attacks; Mark Matthews, chief Asia strategist for Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, says that India missed the rally over the past week enjoyed by the rest of the Asian markets. "India didn't get a share of that bounce." In the long term, he says, investors may simply start thinking of India as a place where terror attacks happen regularly and price its market accordingly. "Investors tend to get used...
...Executive Director of Harvard Hillel Bernard Steinberg urged students to participate in a vigil tomorrow night at 10:30 p.m. at Memorial Church, led by the South Asian Association. “When students organize grassroots events, that is Harvard,” he said. CORRECTION