So, unlike Sharran, Asif, and Rehan, I will have a completely new experience with this trip. Maybe not completely new; having gone on similar mission trips to Jamaica and parts of the US with my church growing up, and following my parents’ mission trips to orphanages of Romania, the Czech Republic, and bateys of the […]

I am unable to go to India on the Project Pyramid trip for many reasons, but I really wish I was going… especially because its home. I wish I was going for one big reason, I have changed a lot since I was there last. My experiences over the last few years have helped me […]

About 24 hours to go before I leave Nashville for Hyderabad. I am really looking forward to it. As the sole South Asian on the trip, and the only one who apparently speaks the local language, I suppose I have the ubiquitous role of playing host, ambassador and translator for everyone on the trip. It […]

U2’s Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, have started a clothing company (Edun) that aims to alleviate poverty by spurring economic growth in Africa. Take a look at the Edun-Live website to see how you can get involved using your own campuses resources.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. ~Charles Darwin
Today, Sunday February 25, 2007, the first of 25 Vanderbilt University graduate students and faculty members left for Dubai and Hyderabad, India. This trip is monumental for both the […]