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Happy Navratri to all our readers!
Forbes just released the list of 400 wealthiest people in America. It includes a number of people from Massachusetts.
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| Lokvani Talks To Hemal Rathod |  |
Hemal Rathod is the founder and CEO of Amrit Sabha ADHC Inc. He is a native of Zimbabwe and currently resides in Massachusetts with his wife Priya. Lokvani talked to him about the South-Asian focused Adult Day Health Care center located in Northboro, MA.
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| In Conversation With The RangManch Trio |
The RangManch team of Madhavi, Ashwini and Vaishali has come together to put a fabulous Bollywood night featuring a set of incredibly talented singers and musicians. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Keefe Technical High School Auditorium in Framingham, MA at 4:00 pm. The team shared some insights on the program.
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| Bollywood Baatein |  |
(This section is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Actress Taapsee Pannu, who is currently riding high on the success of her latest release "Pink", says she doesn't find a difference between southern cinema and Bollywood as she has had good and bad experiences in both.
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| New Dawn At “Ekal Vidyalaya” | (This section is sponsored by Masala Art)
‘Ekal is pulling all stops on village development in India and adopting ground-breaking methodology in the way it operates in rural-tribal areas’.
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| Inesh Vytheswaran Wins 1st Prize In The CMANA Competition |  |
Inesh Vytheswaran, a student of Sri Mali Santhanakrishnan, placed first in the Intermediate Plus category for Mridangam at the Carnatic Music Association of North America competition.
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| Kasim And Babu Brothers Present Nadhaswaram Concert |
by Geetha Patil
On Sep. 25, 2016, Shri S. Kasim and Shri S. Babu Brothers offered one-of-a-kind performance at MIT. Hundreds of beautifully dressed audience assembled at the auditorium to relish the melodious duet Nadhaswaram Carnatic by eminent brothers.
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| Arangetram: Shruti Das And Srimayi Chaturvedula |  |
by Preethi Ramesh
Great infusions of talent and energy have been increasingly exhibited by young talented dancers of Boston area. One such performance was the arangetram of Shruti Das and Srimayi Chaturvedula, disciples of Guru Smt. Poornima Risbud, held in Sharon, MA on September 17, 2016. Both dancers provided a perfect amount of entertainment and a fine augury for the prosperity of the ancient classical dance form.
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| A Vocal Concert By Antara Pal |
by Rahul Ray
On September 10, 2016 Swaralipi Academy of Music celebrated the ‘Samabartan’ (Graduation) ceremony of Miss Antara Pal at Thoreau School, Concord, MA. Antara started taking lessons in Rabindrasangeet from her guru Ms. Swapna Ray at a tender age of six. At that time, she did not speak a word of any Indian language. But, through her music-training she sang effortlessly in fluent Bangla for almost two hours to a capacity audience who listened to her in rapt attention.
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| Captivating Melodies On The Sarod By Pandit Debojyoti Bose | .jpg) |
by Shuchita Rao
Pandit Debojyoti Bose visiting from Kolkatta, India presented a Sarod concert at Learnquest Baithak on September 30 and created a powerful listening experience for Hindustani classical music listeners. He was accompanied by Pandit Hindole Majumdar on the tabla.
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| Sonu Nigam Sets Foxwood Stage On Fire |
Sonu Nigam held the audience spellbound for over two hours with his fabulous music with no back-up singer to support him at the Foxwood Casinos Theater. The orchestra, the dancers and the fabulous lighting and background visuals made for a fabulous event that had the audience absolutely mesmerized.
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| Gayathri Maha Yagna At The Hindu Temple Of New Hampshire |  |
by K. Arvind
The Hindu Temple of New Hampshire, Nashua, NH, inaugurated the Dasha Laksha Gayathri Maha Homam at the Temple premises on September 11, 2016. This year-long chanting marathon where volunteer ritwiks will perform havan, and simultaneously chant the sacred Gayathri Mantra a million times collectively over the year, is intended to seek the grace of the Almighty for the well-being of the community, especially the youth. The Temple invites members of the community to attend, participate and/or be a sponsor.
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| Eleventh Annual Hindu Mandir Executives Conference (HMEC) – 2016 |
by Jaya Asthana
The 11th HMEC was held in Atlanta, Georgia from September 16 to 18, 2016. There were over 25 Grand Hosts and Co-Hosts of the conference mainly from USA and Canada. Some 200 adult and youth delegates drawn from over 70 organizations and 5 countries participated in the conference. The theme of the conference was: Awareness and Awakening: The Future Role of Hindu Mandirs and Institutions.
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| MIT-India Fall Reception And Book Talk With Professor Ross Bassett |  |
by Geetha Patil
MIT arranged its MIT-India Fall Reception and Book Talk with Professor Ross Bassett of NCSU on September 29, 2016. Prof. Bassett did very extensive research using students’ information from MIT Commencement Programs that listed the name, hometown of every graduate. This allowed him to construct a database of every Indian graduate who graduated until 2000 with roughly 1300 graduates from the start and wrote a book titled, ‘The Technological Indian-MIT and India: A 130-Year History’.
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| AIF Launches Light A LAMP Campaign |
Light a Lamp campaign will run from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2016.
https://my.aif.org/fundraise/team?ftid=92105
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| Two Big Cultural Events At The Chinmaya Mission, Boston In Andover |  |
The Chinmaya Mission, Boston in Andover has now developed an undisputable reputation for organizing high quality cultural events such as dance and music by top artists visiting from India as well as our own local artists.
Two such great events will be taking place this month: Bharathanatyam program titled Desh and Carnatic Vocal concert by Oscar nominee Smt. Bombay Jayashri.
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| Navratri And Diwali At Satsang Center |
Upcoming events at the Satsang Center in Woburn, MA.
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| Garba-Batukamma-Dussera-Baba Maha Samadhi Pooja At NESSP |  |
New England Shirdi Sai Temple is celebrating Samuhika Aksharabhyasam, Garba Raas on Friday and Durgashtami and Batukamma- Gauri Pooja on Sunday followed by Dussera celebrations and Baba Maha Samadhi Pooja on Tuesday. On occasion of baba Mahasamadhi, NESSP will be performing Baba Abhishekam, Samuhik Satcharitra parayan and palkhi procession on October 15th and Karva Chaut pooja on October 19th.
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| Live Shivir With Acharya Ishan Ji |
Acharya Ishanji will be conducting a live interactive shivir in 5 cities in USA from Oct. 21st through Oct. 23rd. In Boston area, this live shivir will be held from 11 am to 7 pm in Helm Auditorium at 67 Union Street in Natick, MA.
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| Boston Bhangra Competition 2016 |  |
The Boston Bhangra Competition, called BBC for short, will be hosted on November 19th, 2016 at the Orpheum Theatre. The event has been sold out every year at one of the most historical theatres in Boston so buy your tickets now.
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| N.P. Narvekar Appointed Endowment Chief At Harvard |
N.P. Narvekar, 54, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company, which manages Harvard's $36 billion endowment and related financial assets, the largest college endowment in the world. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BA in economics from Haverford College.
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| Coveted Literary Award To Alok Misra Of New England |  |
Alok Misra, a longtime resident of New England, was felicitated for his lifetime contribution towards Hindi language and literature at a state event in Lucknow on 14 September 2016. Misra was conferred with the coveted literary award by the UP Hindi Academy for promoting Hindi language internationally.
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| Weighted Vs. Unweighted GPA |
by Stephen Friedfeld
Parents and students often wonder whether weighted or unweighted GPA will be submitted as part of the application, and which is given preference by an admissions committee. First, it's important to note that the use of weighted vs. unweighted GPA is at the discretion of your child's high school. As such, students do not choose between one or the other.
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| On Losing My Cell Phone |  |
by Parveen Minocha
It was an interesting period for three weeks, of losing the cell phone and getting the new one activated. I feel like it changed my life a bit or made me think about how I was doing things. I got some faith that people survived without a phone until a few years back and so can we. It is okay to be on your own sometimes, don’t have to count on the phone all the time. Probably there is a balance of using technology and still being able to live your life rather than being hooked to it.
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| Weekend Entertainment |
Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Yeh Shaam Mastani, Harsh Narayan, Dopehri, Desh: Sunanda Narayanan and Soumya Rajaram, Mashkoor Ali Khan, We Care Charity: Dil Se, Ramayan in English, Shadaj: A. Gokhale - P. Joshi, Bombay Jayashree, Diwali Extraordinaire, R.K. Shriramkumar, Belmont Diwali and TriNethra 2016.
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| For The Mathematically Inclined |  |
Congratulations to Ramachandran Balakrishna, who was the winner of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all!
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| Music Review: Top Ten Bollywood Songs Of The Week |
by Priyanka Jain
This Autumn, don’t miss out on hit tracks from the upcoming blockbuster Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, and Anushka Sharma: “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” and “Bulleya” are the most popular from this album so far. New on the top 10 this week are songs from M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story: “Besabriyaan” and “Kaun Tujhe.” These are soft, soulful tracks – great for a romantic mood or relaxation!
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| Cartoon: Walking Trail |  |
by Mahendra Shah
Desis on walking trails...
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| Laugh A While |
It is the season....
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| Recipes - Fall And Pumpkins |  |
Squashes and spice make fall colorful and nice.
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| Picture Of The Fortnight |
On the trail near Kerala.
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| Thought For The Day |  |
Art is not the name of the copy of reality, art seems reality and that is the specialty of a true Art: — Premchand, the great author of India.
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