India

University welcomes teaching assistants from other countries

Three international students from India, Russia and Brazil are teaching their native languages and taking classes at the University under a grant from the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program.

Prayer, meditation and innate practices in India

Staff writer Consuelo Naranjo discusses meditation and her experience in India.

Rail trains, fake hopes, raping cases on the road

Photo credit: Consuelo Naranjo/The Beacon Consuelo Naranjo/Columnist For some, the dread of fear is bigger than the fear itself; however, what happens when, for the first time in your life, every night you go to sleep with the fright that someone may break into your hotel room and sexually assault you? Before my trip […]

The Taj Mahal: Truly a world wonder

Consuelo Naranjo/Columnist Go to the temple of love, touch the cold dazzling white marble walls, close your eyes and ask for a wish. The absolute devotion of this infrastructure will give you what your heart truly desires, a famous legend said. Taj Mahal, one of the Seven World Wonders, welcomed me with unpredictable chaos, persistent […]

Curtains unveiled: Bursting the Bollywood bubble

Photo credit: Consuelo Naranjo/The Beacon Consuelo Naranjo/Columnist Sun block, light clothes, an armament of anti-malaria and Imodium pills fell into a big, black luggage and became part of my hasty packing. Deep breathing and western expensive meditation techniques helped my heart calm down minutes before the flight to the unknown began. Could the land […]

Indian police search for evidence in bomb attack

Omer Farooq/ AP Writer Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a movie theater and a bus station in the southern city of Hyderabad, a police official said Friday. The group, the Indian Mujahideen, is thought to have links with […]

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