Nazar - A South Asian Perspective

Earlier this week, a solemn crowd gathered at the Main Mall to participate in a candle light vigil that honored the victims of the Fort Hood shooting.Organized by Beta Chi Theta (BXO) Fraternity, the vigil was intended to honor the soldiers who had lost their lives at Fort Hood earlier ...

What: Roundtable conference hosted by the South Asian Institute, from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm, followed by a pizza break, then a screening ofrecent independent films from (and on) India’s Northeast, from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm. When: Friday Nov. 20 Where: Meyerson Conference Room,WCH 4.118. ...

This article has been amended from its initial form. This past Friday night the Lyndon B. Johnson auditorium echoed with the sound of rock, 80s, Qawwali, Bollywood, and original acapella music and arrangements by the internationally acclaimed acapella group Penn Masala...

I envy Sachin Tendulkar's team-mates; even more so, his fellow batsmen. If there is one thing I desire more than anything else, it is to be on the opposite end of the pitch when Sachin is batting. To see the front foot drives from up close, the measured flicks, the ...

It’s a sight that the Indian eye has got accustomed to seeing: a shack-like old building that could badly do with a coat of paint, on a tiny piece of land, looking unwelcoming and uninspiring - the last place you’d imagine a child getting educated. Yes, that’s a government school ...

We live in a world where the US government does not have money to spend on education or healthcare, but can spend limitless amounts on wars that kill thousands of Arab, Muslim and South Asian people. The Afghanistan war is the longest US war in modern history and as an ...

Early this semester, the Austin Chapter of Association for India's Development (AID-Austin) putan eye-raiser on the South Asian event calendar. The prospect was a fusion concert starring one of Hindustani Shahtriya Sangeet's1 greatest and Grammy Award-winning Pt...

The Old Man The Old Man is done in acrylic paints in primary and secondary colors on canvas. My inspiration for this piece was a non-idealized face. The glasses show that he is trying to hide something. He is confronting the viewers about the truth of life which is that time ...

The Hogg Auditorium was already impressively full when I arrived at 6.45 pm, and that's testament to the popularity of Jhalak. Organized by the Indian Cultural Association (ICA), it is probably the biggest South Asian event on campus...

To read part 3, click here. Learning I never went back to Salsa lessons, and eventually dropped the others, too, as the thought began to settle: mom was suffering. Somewhere between my being here to support her and the realization that she was living this life in total secrecy, my stomach knotted...

I love visiting places that are off the map as far as Desi tourists go. Until this summer, I had been to twelve countries on five continents, the last being Canada in 2005. I decided that it was time to add one more to the list. I was in the process ...

First formed in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Masala captivated South Asian and Western vocalists alike with their unique blend of Western and Eastern a capella music...