Pakistani students study arts in India

Vadodara, Aug 6: The much-awaited student from other side of the border reported at the Faculty of Fine Arts of MSU on Saturday. Tatheer Daryani, a girl student who has graduated from Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi, has enrolled in the first year of the faculty's sculptor department.

This year MSU campus is abuzz with foreign students. Apart from SAARC countries, students have come here from countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, West Asia and Kenya.

Said Daryani: "Though I don't have any friend, people here are very helpful and kind. There is no much cultural difference. My father accompanied me but he left today. Now I am slowly getting acquainted with new surroundings."

Purvi Pokhariya, warden S D Hall, said: "Daryani has been given accommodation on a temporary basis as she has applied for permanent hostel accommodation. She has put up here for last two days."