President of India

as a fashionable women, because of the constant makeup she puts on whenever she leaves the house. Rubaiha migrated from India for educational reasons. As a kid she decided to graduate high school in India, and move on to college in America. This way her studies would be advanced, because Asians are known to be faster and quicker at learning than most Americans. “Leaving India was not an easy task. This would mean leaving behind my homeland along with my family and friends.” Rubaiha had token…

Anthony Seeger illustrates the musical and cultural traditions of the Suya Indians in his paper, “What Can We Learn When They Sing? Vocal Genres of the Suya Indians of Central Brazil.” Music is a very important aspect of Suya culture, but musicians and anthropologists have found it difficult to document why their music is so important. One of the reasons that makes it so difficult is that in some cases, the Suya Indians’ performance of one song can last up to fifteen hours. Also, their…

The Enlightened Ruler or Rutheless Conqueror More than 2,000 years ago, a ruler named Asoka led the Mauryan Empire. Around this time period, Asoka was making many different decisions and basing his actions off of his personality and thoughts circa that time period. Asoka was a enlightened ruler because, he believed that everyone deserved forgiveness, he rejected the path of violence, and Asoka stopped himself from influencing different wars with other countries. To begin, Asoka sought…

Jhumpa Lahiri is an accomplished American born, Bengali author who wrote many well-known successful short stories. She began to admire books and writing at a young age, but was not privileged enough to have her own collection. As we explore Jhumpa Lahiri's works, "Trading Stories" and the novel "The Namesake" which is now a motion picture, Lahiri's core values are displayed. Her value of belonging is what drives her to be a writer. This value is displayed in “The Namesake” as Gogol strives to…

about “who are Christian” and all the different diversity dazzles in the land of India. I learned that there are languages and tribes and castes by the numbers. I learned that there are a lot of religion of Hinduism, Sikhism which is a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Gura Nanak, and Buddhism is a religion in India, but it is spreading out throughout China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and Asia. India have one of the biggest Muslim population…

On a Saturday morning I decided to do a family tree project for my English class. On one of the websites I went to an ad popped up on the screen telling me I can learn more about my family history through my DNA and it was for free. I decided to try it because I was curious about my family history, so I had applied for it. Three days later I had gotten a DNA testing kit. I had put the tooth cotton swab in my mouth and moved it around to get my saliva on it. After that I had sent my DNA back and…

For years, India had been under complete control of Britain, and the people didn't like it. They made stupid rules, and they forced the Indian People to buy their goods instead of making their own like they used to. The Indians had very low wages, so they couldn't afford to buy the products either. The people wanted change, and this is where Gandhi comes in. He was a very charismatic leader that wanted change, but by using nov-violent, peaceful methods. The people liked his ideas, so he…

Asia is the world’s largest continent and they speak hundreds of different languages. Asian Americans come from over 50 continents. There are over 1.6 million Asian Indian origins in the United States and most practice Hindu. “Hindu is a very complex belief system.” This is more than a religion but a way of life. Hindus have great respect for medical professionals. The men and women of this culture have different roles. If there is a medical concern of any sort, the decision is typically made…

“Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie is a short story that really captures whomever reads it. The structure of the short story is quite a unique one. I have never seen a story told this way, which is one of the reasons it compelled me to read it. It’s told as episodes, from first grade all the way to postscript: class reunion. Each episode tells the reader more about the narrator’s Indian background and how each important event in life and education that happened that year, shaped his identity.…

Traditional Japanese music is basically meditative in character. Its performance is highly ritualized, as much in the music itself, as in the composure of the musicians when performing it. Japanese chamber and solo music have a slow meditative pace. Westerners obviously discern melodies and musical structures, but ones which do not have much in common with Western music. The performance of Japanese music has traditionally been of a spiritual character, similarly to martial arts and other art…