Word: lalas
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...programs is really difficult if they have drug abuse problems,” she said. “I’ve always sort of wondered, is that right? Should we be doing more to help them?” While the grants are focused on ethics, Om L. Lala ’06, who will study the human organs market in India, said they have broad appeal. “I am more interested in public health, but ethics ultimately relates to any policy issue or any area of research,” said Lala, a Kirkland House government...
...climax with the ceremonial throwing of rang, a colored powder that is tossed at fellow observers, symbolizing the filling of the world with colors, according to Sandesara. In modern-day India, the celebration is a large-scale event where cities enjoy an entire day of rejoicing, Om L. Lala ’06 said. “Even men in suits get hit, and they can’t get mad because it’s Holi,” Lala said. Holi commemorates the coming of spring, according to Sandesara. It comes from a Hindu myth about a demon...
...all” religious. Some students said that the study highlighted the significance of spirituality. “[The report] shows that spirituality is definitely an important issue to students and faculty across the country,” President of the Harvard Interfaith Council Om L. Lala ’06 wrote in an e-mail. “Though [Harvard] is a secular institution, as it should be, I think the issue of students’ spiritual growth is unnecessarily shied away from,” he wrote. The study also broke down the data according to gender, race...
...Lala ’06, president of the Interfaith Council, cited time constraints as the main reason why the Salient was not included in the event-planning process...
...presents an opportunity to engage in dialogues with that opinion—the opinion that these cartoons should be published,” Lala said...