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| Our Voice And Yours |
Here are 10 reasons why it costs more to be single women! [more]
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| Lokvani Talks To Dr. Aparna Pattewar |  |
(This section is sponsored by Immigration Solutions)
Vaidya Aparna Pattewar is an Ayurveda and Panchakarma specialist. She is classically trained in Ayurveda.Vaidya Pattewar is the student of world renowned Dr. Vasant Lad and has learned pulse diagnosis under his guidance. Recently she has written and published Ayurveda Cookbook - Eating for Mind, Body and Consciousness. Aparna shares great insights on health and wellness. [more] |
| In Conversation With Aaditi Joshi, Artist | (This section is sponsored by Tanna Insurance)
Four artists from South Asia are included in the exhibition: Subodh Gupta and Asim Waqif from Delhi, Hema Upadhyay and Aaditi Joshi from Mumbai. Aaditi Joshi, a younger artist for whom this will be her first museum show in America, works with plastic bags that she sources in her native city of Mumbai. Aaditi recently answered questions from Lokvani about her work. [more] |
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| Bollywood Baatein |  |
(This section is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
After hitting seven million followers on Twitter, actress Anushka Sharma thanked her fans and well-wishers for the love, support and being a part of her digital family.
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| Boundary-less Education: Connect, And Collaborate To Transform Education | (This section is sponsored by Masala Art)
IIT AGNE conducted a symposium on March 5, 2016 which brought a panel of experts, thought leaders and practitioners from academia and industry to illuminate some of the transformative opportunities presented by the blurring of boundaries in education, as well as the systemic “readiness” conditions for success. [more] |
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In 2014, Akshaya Patra USA launched the Youth Ambassador Program, an elite social justice engagement program for students in the US. Today, Akshaya Patra USA has over 100 youth activists in the Ambassador Program and is actively recruiting compassionate and ambitious young people from across the US to act as representatives for the organization in their communities. [more]
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| LearnQuest Music Conference 2016 |
LearnQuest Academy of Music presents its 11th Annual Music Conference from Wednesday, March 23 to Sunday, March 27, 2016. As in the previous years, the conference is a combination of a set of lecture demonstrations and concerts at a three day festival of Indian Classical Music. [more]
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| Sri Krishna Parijatam – Celebrating 20 Years Of Samskrita Bharati |  |
by K. Arvind
Samskrita Bharati USA is celebrating its 20th anniversary with “Sri Krishna Parijatam”, a colorful and vibrant Kuchipudi dance drama choreographed by the eminent dancer Padmabhushan Sri Vempatti Chinna Satyam, and presented by gifted dance teachers and professional artists including Prafulla Velury, Sushma Yechuri, Krishna Sampada Velury, Leela Mennillo, and Roger Mennillo. The opera, based on a story drawn from Harivamsha Purana, is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, 2016 in Framingham, MA. [more]
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| IMANE Conducts Be Fit, Be Cool - Obesity Awareness Campaign |
Indian Medical Association of New England (IMANE) had a successful event ’Be Fit, Be Cool-Obesity Awareness Campaign' in collaboration with American Association of Physicians of India (AAPI) at Sharon High School on March 4th. [more]
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| Tamil Makkal Mandram, Inc. Celebrates Its ‘Movie Fun Day’ |  |
Nonstop entertainment, fun and togetherness throughout the year are the ultimate outcome if you are a member of the Tamil Makkal Mandram, Inc. Shortly after the highly spoken about grand inaugural event (Thai Pongal Vizha 2016), TMM-USA brought yet another family gathering in the form of a Movie event exclusively for TMM-USA members. The movie was sponsored by and screened at Apple Cinemas in Cambridge, MA on February 27th. [more]
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| Mona Daarrling!! |
by Siraj Khan
The March 19th evening will raise the curtain to Mona Daarrling!!, where the Dancing Divas Boston and other prominent local stars, passionately present a very powerful and high-energy concert combining dazzling cabaret-styled dances, racy music and songs to go together with stand-up comedy, a blend that the South Asian community has not seen before in Boston. [more]
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| Empowering South Asian Women By Building Positive Self-Esteem In Healthy Relationships |  |
Saheli Support Group will host a 8-session program on Empowering South Asian Women by Building Positive Self-Esteem in Healthy Relationships starting March 2nd.
Every Wednesday from March 2nd 2016 to April 20, 2016
Time: Mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. [more]
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| Shiv Yog Healing And Meditation Shivir |
Shiv Yog New England seva team is happy to announce a Shiv Yog Healing and Meditation shivir at Shri Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Temple in Billerica, MA. This Siddha Healing shivir is guided by Avdhoot Baba Shivanandji through audio/video medium. In this shivir, sadhaks will learn sacred kriyas for subtle and physical purification, guided healing meditations and receive initiation with empowerment for powerful self-healing process for achieving total health. [more]
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| Dawat 2016 - IANH Grand Fundraiser |  |
IANH is organizing its Grand Fundraiser: Dawat 2016 on Saturday April 2, 2016 at Alpine Grove in Hollis NH. This year IANH has chosen to donate proceeds from the event towards the nonprofit organizations Learn to Love Incorporated, and Tamil Nadu Flood Relief. [more]
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| TeamAIDAsha Half/Full Marathon 2016 Program |
My journey from non-runner to marathoner started in the spring of 2015 and ended in the fall, on October 25, 2015, when I ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. After several years of chasing deadlines at various corporate jobs, followed by 7+ years of motherhood, I felt ready for the next big challenge: running a marathon. [more]
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| Raag Rang Returns |  |
by Pallavi Nagesha
On April 9th, the Scottish Rite Museum will resonate with beautiful music created by eminent musicians from New England and beyond. Singers at Raaga Rang include Shuchita Rao, Meena Sundaram, Dilip Acharya, Shekhar Shastri, Sankar Gangaikondan, Uma Sankar, Meesha Acharya, Shubhra Bhattacharya-Chandra, Aditya Rohit, Vijay Kumar, Kshitish Biswas. Our instrumental section consists of Sujeet Phanse, Hiral Parikh, Koushik Chakrabarty, Phil Scarff, Abhilash Mehta, Phil Kaplan, Kaushik Majumdar, Anirudh Nagesha. [more]
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| Dr. Atul Gawande To Headline Akshaya Patra Annual Boston Gala |
The Akshaya Patra Foundation will be holding its 2016 Annual Boston Benefit Event on Sunday, May 1st. Dr. Atul Gawande, author of the recently released bestseller Being Mortal, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. [more]
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| Swami Chinmayananda Centenary Celebrations |  |
On Sunday, May 8, 2016, members from all four centers of our ever-growing Chinmaya Mission Boston family will celebrate Gurudev’s 100th birthday with great fanfare! The young and the young at heart from our centers in Andover, Newton, Metrowest, and our newest center in Dover, NH will participate on this joyous occasion. [more]
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| Smita Jayakar: Chakra Healing And Meditation Workshop |
Come spend a day nurturing and caring for yourself through a one-day Chakra Healing and Meditation workshop with renowned Chakra Healing and Meditation expert from India – Smita Jayakar. Learn about the Chakra system and techniques to tune in to and open up the seven energy centers of the subtle body for your most vibrant and balanced mind, body, and soul.
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| Ankur Moitra And Yogesh Surendranath Of MIT Named 2016 Sloan Research Fellows |  |
Ankur Moitra and Yogesh Surendranath of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Venkat Chandrasekaran of the California Institute of Technology, Abhinav Gupta of Carnegie Mellon, Devi Parikh of Virginia Tech, and Surjeet Rajendran and Nikhil Srivastava of the University of California, Berkeley, receive 2016 Sloan Research Fellowships. [more]
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| Anant Agarwal Wins Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize In Higher Education |
Anant Agarwal of MIT, CEO of edX and a graduate of IIT Madras and Stanford University, was among the three winners of the 2016 Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education. [more]
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| Seven Indian Americans Crack Forbes World’s Richest People List |  |
Romesh T. Wadhwani, Bharat Desai, John Kapoor, Rakesh Gangwal, Kavitark Ram Shriram, Vinod Khosla and Brian Sheth are among the 1,810 individuals on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires List. [more]
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| What College Tours Do And Don’t Tell You |
With school vacations fast-approaching, many families will soon be visiting college campuses to get a first glance of where their son or daughter may call home for four years. Tours are a great opportunity to see campus for the first time; however, it's important to have an understanding of what college tours do and don't tell you. [more]
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| 18 Genius Home Hacks |  |
by Stephen Friree
Check out these wonderful home hacks... [more]
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| Weekend Entertainment |
Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Holi Hai Mela, Mona darling, Prerana Deshpande, Sikkil Gurucharan, Rang Barse Holi Hai, Kaifi Aur Mein, Dawat 2016, Holi Aiye Re, Raaga-Rang, Thappo Gujarat Play, Sri Krishna Parijatam, Ranjani-Gayatri, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, T.N Krishan and Priyadarshini Govind, Hindi Drama Chanakya, NEMA Thaikkudam Bridge, Suguna Varadachari and Nayan Ghosh Concerts. [more]
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| For The Mathematically Inclined |  |
Congratulations to Avanish Gowrishankar, Amit Lele and RK Sambangi, who were the winners of last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all! [more]
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| Music Review: Top Ten Bollywood Songs Of The Week |
by Priyanka Jain
Spring is just around the corner and Bollywood is blossoming with some new tracks! This week’s hits come primarily from the upcoming film, Kapoor & Sons starring Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, and Fawad Khan. Check out the spunky video for “Let’s Nacho.” Another great dance/workout track is “High Heels to Nache” from Ki & Ka. These tracks will surely be on your next party playlist! [more]
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| Book Review: Sea Of Poppies |  |
Sea of Poppies is the first of the Ibis trilogy. Ghosh has done a remarkable job of creating a character portrait of the main people in this epic saga. He has made good use of his background as an anthropologist to do extensive research on the natives and their perspectives. [more]
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| Cartoon: Movie With Neighbor |
by Mahendra Shah
Does anyone nowadays make movies fit to watch with the family! [more]
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| Laugh A While |  |
When work is what it is [more]
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| Recipes - Tofu Desi Style |
Tofu - As bland as it is, the tofu can be made spicy by adding the spices the desi way. [more]
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| Picture Of The Fortnight |  |
Photo Caption contest - The best three get to the next round [more]
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| Thought For The Day |
The ship that you're waiting for to come in may very well be the ship that you need to build." - Eddie Harris Jr.
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