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...year history by holding a business conference in Mumbai, India. “HPAIR has concentrated on East Asia so far, and if it wishes to be a truly Asian conference it can hardly afford to ignore South Asia, and particularly India,” said Siddhartha Sinha ’07, co-director of the Harvard College Asia Business Forum (HCABF), HPAIR’s newer business arm. He said that having the forum in India would allow delegates to understand the unique challenges that Indian businesses face and consider how India’s growing economy and affluence...
...said she was happy to have a ceremony marking her achievement. “All my blockmates and friends graduated last year. I mentally checked out in October.” Although she has several job offers she said she wants to travel before deciding upon her next step. Siddhartha K. Agarwal ’06, who was graduating early with advanced standing said, “I feel inspired, tears in my eyes. I’m not done with classes yet but this is a nice gesture by all the organizers.” He plans to work...
...tree in Bodh Gaya, a town in eastern India, is the holiest place in all Buddhism. According to local lore, the tree is a direct descendant of the bodhi (a type of fig tree) where a prince named Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment 2 1/2 millenniums ago and became the Buddha. Today Buddhism is a religion associated with East Asia--with Thailand, China or Japan--where most of the world's Buddhists live. Yet Buddhism began in India at that very spot. The Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal, lived in eastern India, attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya and then wandered...
...shadow. Behind him two Tibetan monks are counting off their prayer beads and whispering. But as you walk to the back of the temple, you see another tree, even larger, with green metal beams holding up its branches. There is a stone fence around it; a sign says, PRINCE SIDDHARTHA ATTAINED BUDDHAHOOD [FULL ENLIGHTENMENT] ... SITTING UNDER THIS PEEPUL [BODHI] TREE...
...Buddhist heartland in eastern India has fared worst of all. The original fig tree at Bodhgaya?under which Prince Siddhartha became the enlightened Buddha?burned down centuries ago. Today, hawkers sell leaves from a replacement tree for $1 apiece. A swath of hotels and shops encroach on the temple complex, and police say looters have stolen hundreds of artifacts, an allegation that temple manager Kallicharan Yadav dismisses as "baseless." What is undeniable is that Hindu priests have turned parts of the Buddhist holy site into shrines to their own gods. A day's drive away, Nalanda University, the wellspring from...