Photo Courtesy Springfield Public ForumAward-winning author Mira Kamdar spoke on United States-India relations Thursday to a crowd of about 100 people at the Karl Anatol Center.
She said that the world as a whole can learn a lot from India and its actions because India itself "is a microcosm of our planet."
India' s diversity and progress as a world power reflects the changes happening in the whole world, she explained.
The Beach Bollywood dance team preceded the lecture with a surprise performance to several songs from Bollywood films.
Also, Bipasha Baruah, the interim director of CSULB's Yadunandan Center for India Studies, announced the winner of the D.R. SarDesai essay competition, Zackary Talbert.
Kamdar's lecture was the eight in the annual Uka and Nalini Solanki Foundation Lecture Series.
While only a handful of students were in attendance, the few attending found the lecture was in accordance with their beliefs.
"India's always been a big area of curiosity for me," said Ojaala Ahmad, a second-year international studies major. "I always felt that India itself is like a whole world."
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