In 2019, Mayor Mukta Tilak of Pune (India) and former District 10 City Council Member Alison Alter signed into effect a sisterhood between Austin and the second-largest city in the state of Maharashtra. Several years – and one pandemic – later, Austin-Pune Sister City International partners with fancy-footwork folks Monsoon Dance for the 11th annual celebration of India’s Independence Day on the Capitol’s south steps. Promised enjoyments include Bollywood dance performances, Dhol drumming, and a parade across the Capitol grounds. – James Scott