You Know You’re South Asian When…
1. Your relatives give you food after you say you’re full and could not possibly eat anymore
2. Your parents call overseas and scream at the top of their lungs, even though connections are 100 times better today than five years ago. [...]
With the Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship, this summer I investigated the work of an NGO to localize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh. As a Bangladeshi, I have been interested in issues related to human development in my homeland for many years. I worked with a grassroots Bangladeshi NGO named Unnayan Shamannay (“Coordinated Development”). What [...]
QUOTES: “The fact that we have the means and ability to help end the crisis in Burma but choose to look the other way is the true failure of humanity.” -Niraj Shah “Although economic sanctions can be used against the military government in Burma, a lot of times they hurt the lower class people first [...]
