By Hari Tyagi on May 6, 2010
Greedy, money-grubbing, arrogant. These are a few of the many insults bandied about by President Obama and his media allies to describe the scapegoat du jour: Wall Street bankers.
Similar epithets can be heard all over this campus, spat by aggrieved students and professors, their faces flushed with the venom of self-righteousness. These loudmouths [...]
Posted in Lead, National
By Hari Tyagi on July 9, 2009
Last semester, I went to a dean to petition for two independent studies which I wanted to add to my schedule. One was a Russian Literature class about the influence of the KGB in modern Russia, with Professor Claude Carey. The other independent study was about opening an Indian restaurant in Providence that my two [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged May 2009, Volume VII Number IV
By Hari Tyagi on January 28, 2009
I get a sympathetic response from my friends when I talk about my relationship with my parents. Growing up, video games and television were virtually non-existent in my household. Discipline from intensive education and sports dominated my childhood. I rarely have phone conversations with my parents. Our communication is primarily through email and usually about [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Hari Tyagi on October 24, 2008
I have wanted to go to medical school and law school since I was 16 years old. I was so passionate about saving lives that I wanted to be a doctor. I had a knack for science, so I had already won half the battle. Yet, I was also so passionate about [...]
Posted in Brown University | Tagged October 2008, Parents’ Weekend, Volume VII Number II
