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To Hyderabad and Back: A Student Journalist's Hard Lessons in India
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailySix months ago I had no idea how to hail a rickshaw, when to eat curry with my hands, or that a 2-rupee coin is engraved with a peace sign. I didn't know that every Indian state speaks its own language, and I certainly didn't know anything about Indian politics, education, or culture. I went to India for a four-month study abroad program in Hyderabad (a city of 6 million in the heart of South India) to study sociology and culture, both in and out of the classroom. As a journalism major, I also wanted to improve my writing and reporting skills, but I had no idea that I would have a chance to ...
16-Foot Pen Is Mightier Than a Sword -- and Heavier
By David Moye - AOL News(June 3) -- The pen is mightier than the sword, but a man in Hyderabad, India, has just made a pen that, in a pinch, could make a mighty fine weapon of its own. Social studies teacher M.S. Acharya commissioned the construction of a 16-foot-tall, 1-foot-wide brass pen that he calls "Bharatiya Pali," or "India's Pen," to honor the government's passage of the Right to Education law. The work of making the pachyderm-sized pen was done by two Hyderabad artists, Ratnam and Malikarajan, who etched various Indian dance styles and musical instruments all over it. Noah Seelam, AFP / Getty Images ...
Telangana State Movement: Student Suicide Sparks Protest, Boycott in India
By Riane Menardi - Politics DailyRiane Menardi is reporting for The Cram while studying abroad in Hyderabad, India. Click here to read her first piece on the Telangana state movement. HYDERABAD, India -- Hundreds of college students boycotted classes and forced businesses and transportation to shut down for about 48 hours last week after a fellow activist in the Telangana separatist movement committed suicide. When Osmania University students refused to let K. Venugopal Reddy's body be cremated, police responded with tear gas and batons, and several students and police officers were injured. This latest wave of unrest ...
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