Indeed music defines the world’s cultures. Ask anyone across the world to visualise the one thing that defines the way of life and invariably the answer you get is the same- the vibrancy, dance, songs and music instruments. This was evident at the event -the dirges of the Sudanese and Ethiopians to the gyrating duo from the Fiji Islands and the Nepalese troupe, the bamboo dance of Vietnamese and the fleeting movements of the artists from the former states that made Soviet Union -Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the melodious beats of the taarab orchestra in the mduara dance (dancing in circle) presented by the Tanzanian students to the Yemenese and Afghan dances. There was everything on display. A fashion show event put up by the Mauritian students also attracted a good response.

Talks on the student’s experiences more often than not delve on academics as a measure of success. But the accounts of the international students after the show point out to subtle benefits too. As pointed out by
Dr. Joseph. V.G, students are bound to encounter challenges and negative experiences while studying away from home but the best thing to do in such circumstances is to pick the good aspects and discard the bad. Bangalore and the state of Karnataka could as well take the credit for having played the host role with much aplomb.