We are planning to hold many events of interest to the south asian community and to people interested in South Asia in general during this semester. The events include celebration of various common festivals, perfomances by South Asian Artists, Discussions on topics relevent to the region, movie/documentary screening, food events etc. Your input is always most welcome. Please email to < asap at princeton dot edu > with your suggestions.

Diwali/Tihar/Shab-E-Barat : November 12

We are planning to hold a combined celebration of Diwali, Tihar and Shab-E-Barat the festival of lights celebrated in India, Nepal and Pakistan respectively. If you want to be part of the organizing team or if you want to give any suggestions, please send an email to < asap at princeton dot edu >.

Satyajeet Ray Films: Fall 04

Screening of a series of films by Satyajeet Ray is being planned for this semester. Keep checking for exact dates etc.

Open House and Movie Screening: Feb 27

We kicked off our events calendar with a grand dinner (South Indian food) followed by the movie "Pushpak". For more information, see the flyer. We have some photos from the evening.

Bhopal Express: Feb 28

This is a movie about about a newly wed couple in the backdrop of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. This event is organized by the newly formed Princeton Chapter of Association for India's Development(AID). More information and driving directions to the theatre are available here.

: March 6

Its Holi, the festival of colors, this Saturday! And this time we're really celebrating it- on the same day! Join us for a memorable Holi and some great fun at the GC. There will celebrations this Saturday starting at 7pm, in the New GC common room. We will have gulal, Indian snacks, sweets, and drinks (Thandai); and of course great Music to dance to :) For all those enthusiastic in playing with water colors in the traditional Holi ishtyle, some of us will be meeting earlier in the GC lawns facing the golf course at around 3:30pm. If you are enthu about it, we will provide balloons and buckets... you can even get your own of course.

Evening indoor event: Venue: New GC common room Day : Saturday, 6th March Time : 7pm

Afternoon outdoor event: Venue: GC lawns near Golf course Day: Saturday, 6th March Time: 3.30pm

P.S. There might be a nominal fee of $3 for the evening event. For more details please contact Sunil (sahuja@).

Travelling Film South Asia: March 23-28.

The TFSA is a series of 15 excellent films on South Asia. The films were selected from over 40 films screened during the Film South Asia Festival that took place in Kathmandu in September 2003. More information and the schedule of films TFSA is being organized jointly by Drishti, ASAP, SASA and AID Princeton.

New Year Festival: April 16th

ASAP is celebrating the SOUTH ASIAN NEW YEAR AND HARVEST FESTIVAL on Fri, 16th April. This will be a combined celebration of traditional South Asian festivals like Baisakhi, Gudi Padva, Poila Boishakh, Vishu, Puthandu, Aluth Ayurudhu and others celebrated in the month of April. We invite you to join us for South Asian food (dinner) along with traditional music and dance, painting rangolis, an antakshari competition with attractive prizes and more all for only $4 a person. The details of the event are given below:
Date: Friday, 16th April 2004 Time: 7:30 P.M. Venue: The New Graduate College Common Room Program: Dinner, Music, Dance, Painting Rangolis, An Antakshari Competition and more Cover Charge: $4 a person PLEASE RSVP to asap@princeton.edu NO LATER THAN 12.01 PM (noon) ON THURSAY 15th APRIL. Come in your favorite ethnic clothes to add more color to the event. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Carl A. Fields Center, the Office of Religious Life and the International Center in organizing this event.

Hiking: April 18th

The outdoor adventures club is organizing a hiking trip to the Delaware water gap on Sunday, April 18th. Please RSVP to Pallav (pgupta@). If you have a car and are willing to drive, please mention it in the RSVP.