Word: subcontinentals
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Bihar is one of the sorriest places on earth. The eastern Indian state is the poorest and most illiterate in the subcontinent. Extortion and gang wars are rife, thousands of people die in floods every few years, and NASA recently discovered a cloud of smog over Bihar five times as...
Optimistic and extroverted, Franklin came to Harvard in fall 2001, landing in Straus A. A neighbor dared him to attend the first meeting of introductory Urdu-Hindi—the language most commonly spoken on the Indian subcontinent. He ended up taking three years of the language to get a...
But you can bet Rice will be a cricket expert the next time she hits the subcontinent. Are the disagreements among Bush foreign policymakers gone? Of course not. But for now, the nonstop dissonance of the first term has subsided, replaced by something new: a single voice who speaks confidently...
The sheer diversity of the acts on Saturday afternoon embodied what Ghungroo is all about, and this diversity also shed some light on the traditions and current trends of the culture that tied the festival together. Ranging from dance and music to poetry and comedy, the acts spanned a broad...
Overall, Ghungroo accomplished exactly what it set out to do: by contrasting the modern with the ancient, while revealing the common ground that binds them together, it effectively revealed the complexity that dominates the culture and psyche of the modern South Asia. The juxtaposition of styles and influences made clear...