Chapter 1 |Chapter 2 |Chapter 3 |Chapter 4 | Chapter 5BecomingMom never found out I went up there, not ever. I took care to clean the dust away and to replace the flashlight at her bedside, where she had been in the habit of keeping it ever since I went ...

My jeans and all “modest” tops were packed into my suitcase while shorts, tank tops and any outfit that happened to show off my hard-earned summer tan were relegated to the back of my closet to be used next year. I was traveling to India for the latter half of ...

Backpacking across Peru; the legalization of homosexuality in India; atheism in Hindu thought; Penn Masala's resounding success at UT; a tribute to Tendulkar. This semester, our writers pulled together a great variety of articles - from arts to politics to sports to travel. We bring you the best of these ...

October 14th, 2009: brilliant Austin weather, a chaotic campus at lunchtime, and chaat. Nazar held its first ever Cookoff, distributing classic Indian street food that ran out an hour earlier than we'd expected. Passersby stopped at our tent to pick up their dahi puri, but they also walked away with ...

Seen Slumdog Millionaire? How about making a real impact in a similar environment? The Association for India’s Development is offering qualified students an opportunity to intern at a non-profit educational institution supporting children from a slum in Mumbai, India. This institution is called Parivartan, and provides informal education to children ...

What: "Who is In-Charge in Pakistan: The Military's Great Come Back", by Dr. Kamran Aliof the University of Texas Department of Anthropology.When: Nov 23rd, 4.00 pmWhere:House of Tutors,2400 Pearl Street. The lecture will look at the Military's role in recent Pakistani history and argue that, despite its retreat from formalpower, ...

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. 20Where: Meyerson Conference Room,WCH 4.118.There has been a great deal of ...

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.Though the auditorium itself was a bit of a hike ...

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 ...