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...family in Amritsar, Punjab. Both 19th century Britain and modern India are societies with strict modes of behavior, where subversion is practiced with a raised eyebrow. (A recent, pretty decent Pride and Prejudice, available onDVD, was set amid another cloistered group, young Mormons.) But Chadha and co-writer Paul Mayeda Berges seem less interested in explaining India's social conservatism than in larkishly mocking it, pinching the cheeks of the supporting characters until they blush into stereotype: the wedding-manic mother, the catty friend, the nouveau riche boor. A true Bollywood film is ever on the verge of tears; this...
...There is a tradition in AAA to fight to get Asian-Americans recognized as a minority group," says Arlene M. Mayeda '91, co-president...
Responses to the survey will help steer the organization in developing new workshops, seminars and cultural events, said AAA Co-President Arlene M. Mayeda...
...Mayeda said that in recent years, the organization has grown increasingly diverse with the influx of more members from Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia...
...would be great if we could get 50 surveys back," said Mayeda. She said that in past years the group has used a suggestion box to solicit comment, but water damage to AAA's office made that tactic impossible...