Our goal was to make this magazine a reflection of the varied perceptions of India. We hope not only to educate others about Indian culture, but also to provide a forum of expression where individuals can creatively convey their ideas through literature and art. In our continuing quest to expand Darpan, we placed the magazine on the World Wide Web in the summer of 1995. The response we have received has been phenomenal. People from places such as France, Japan, and New Zealand have been touched by Darpan.
Letters flood through the internet supporting the magazine.
This year our primary goal was to accommodate for the greater interest in Darpan by increasing our staff and the length of the magazine. We elected to open the magazine to anyone who was interested in writing for Darpan. Such a decision was met with a flood of submissions from all over the world. This issue presents a sampling of those submissions. We are both leaving the position of Editor in Chief of Darpan after this issue.