Word: subcontinentals
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But even if a passage to India isn't for the fainthearted, the country is fast becoming a hot spot for the jet set. A growing global awareness of Indian culture--thanks to offerings like Bend It Like Beckham, the writings of Jhumpa Lahiri and modish curry cuisine (not to...
“There has definitely been a rising interest in India and the entire South Asian subcontinent in recent years at Harvard from a variety of perspectives,” he said. “With the recent rise of South Asian culture making its way into the West?...
“From a political [and] economic standpoint, cities like Bangalore have thrived in the age of Information Technology, and the business world has been actively pursuing outsourcing strategies in recent years toward all sorts of industries in the subcontinent,” he said.
In addition to the student-written skits, the night’s highlights included a wide variety of dances—from Classical to Modern that represented different regions of the subcontinent.
“At a lot of other schools, you see a lot of Hindi psalm after Hindi psalm. We try very specifically to make sure that we have different regions of the Subcontinent represented,” she said.