Hello!

The Indian Students of Charlottesville invite you to a cultural
extravaganza on the 15th of August (Friday) at 6:30pm in the Student
Activity Building. The occasion is:

                50 YEARS of INDEPENDENCE!!

Our nation has come a long way since we achieved independence on August 15th,
1947. We would like to share with you the culture, music, food, games, art
and languages of India. Light refreshments will be served. Come prepared to
be immersed in Indianness this 15th! Admission is free!!

The festival begins at 6:30pm and will go on till 8:30pm. You are invited,
naturally, and we would like you to bring as many guests as you can. Not
just Significant Others and family, but also neighbours, office-mates,
friends, professors, people you meet on the street...

Please spread word about this event as widely as you can! And do accept our
warmest invitation to share in a unique moment for a nation that is at once
ancient and young, that is the largest democracy in the world, that has
more spoken languages than all of Europe combined, that spearheaded the
Non-Aligned Movement, that taught the world about non-violent struggle,
that invented chess, Arabic numerals, "zero", and much more!

Venue: Student Activity Building, at the corner of Stadium Road and
       Alderman Road, Opposite Gooch-Dillard dorms, Next to Scott Stadium
Time:  6:30-8:30pm, 15th August 1997
Web:   http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~an4m/independence.html

Thank you!

Anand Natrajan
(On behalf of the Indian Students of Charlottesville)