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...appreciated Summers’ interest in the rise of South Asia. “President Summers obviously understood this in a way that few others at Harvard do. We’re concerned there will be a slowdown” under Harvard’s next president. Arjun Vasan ’07, co-president of SAA, said he felt the discussion would motivate people to study abroad and take more classes in South Asian language and culture. “Harvard does have these resources to do great things with South Asian studies,” he said...

Author: By Grace H. Lee and Joyce Y. Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Summers Talks On Rise of India | 4/27/2006 | See Source »

...part of the world or one racial background who—despite that common bond—exhibit divergent cultural identities.For instance, the South Asian Association’s area of focus includes over 1.3 million people and dozens of languages.The group’s co-president, Arjun Vasan ’07, said that South Asian students used to be members of an even broader cross-ethnic coalition of Asians.But in 1986, South Asian students moved to “shoot off” from the pan-Asian group and concentrate on a narrower geographic base, Vasan said...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ethnic Groups Reach Beyond Blood Ties | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...Although it would be too much to say that the show went off without a hitch—problems of the technical variety, unfortunately, were plentiful—the 17th annual celebration of South Asian culture, produced by Alka R. Tandon ’07 and Arjun Vasan ’07 and directed by Saikat Chakrabarti ’07, Kamilka Malwatte ’07, and Tilottama Riya Sen ’07, overcame these difficulties with an infectious sense of fun. Modern and classical acts alike took to the stage (and were often combined together), interspersed...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ghungroo Rings in the Fun and Funny | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...lyrics with pulsating rhythms. Sketches satirizing Indian culture bookended acts like the Raas Gujarati dance, which was performed with sticks. Tickets for Ghungroo were in high demand. The Saturday night performance was sold out in less than two days, according to Ghungroo co-producer and SAA co-president Arjun Vasan ’07. “This was the fastest selling Ghungroo ever,” said Ghungroo House Manager Vikas V. Mouli ’09. Some students who hadn’t snapped up tickets quickly enough sent out requests on open-lists, But Mouli and Vasan...

Author: By Sarah Mortazavi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: South Asian Culture Celebrated in "Ghungroo" | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...crowds poured into Bangkok's royal plaza last Saturday, Vasan Sitthiket was there again-just as he had been in May 1992, when people power rocked Thailand and ousted a government. Then, the target of the people's wrath was a military regime. Now it's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, re-elected in a landslide victory just a year ago but vilified in recent months by many of Bangkok's residents. Demonstrations in the capital have become a weekly feature, led by a businessman-turned-political opponent of Thaksin, Sondhi Limthongkul, whose rallies draw tens of thousands. Vasan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Heat | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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