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| Our Voice And Yours |
Lokvani wishes all its readers Happy Lohri, Pongal, and Makar Sankranti!
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| StartMIT Innovation Night Seeks To Inspire |  |
StartMIT, a unique MIT event crafted under the leadership of Prof. Anantha Chandrakasan, to inspire MIT students to become entrepreneurs, hosted its Innovation Night on January 11, 2017 where attendees had a chance to see the amazing array of MIT based interesting startups and listen to an all-star all-woman panel set to inspire budding entrepreneurs.
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| Ekal USA Founder Wins Pravasi Bharatiya Samman |
Ramesh Shah, who is the Founder of Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA was honored at the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman for his work to support the development of remote rural villages in India. New Englander Mahesh Mehta also received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman.
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| Deshpandes Launch Centre For Innovation & Entrepreneurship At IIT Madras |  |
Mrs. Jaishree Deshpande, Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande and Senapathy "Kris" Gopalakrishnan - come together to launch a Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at IIT Madras.
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| Antakshari - IAGB Style |
The India Association of Greater Boston hosted the semifinals for the IAGB Antakshari competition. The battle was intense and finally four teams emerged ready to move on to the final rounds that will be held on January 28, 2017. And the winners are ...
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| South Asian Showdown 2017 |  |
by Rohit Bambi
Biggest Bollywood/Fusion competition on the east coast!!! Buy now before it sells out! Bollywood vs Fusion teams...which is the best? Come find out at the South Asian Showdown! We will have the best teams from all over North America competing for the South Asian Showdown crown!!
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| Buteyko Breathing |
Wholistic Health Alliance, an organization committed to bringing awareness about a variety of alternate health care techniques presented a seminar on Butyeko breathing technique by Ivan Pardo. The event was hosted at the Dwarakamai Sai Temple on January 8th. A simple breathing technique, it has powerful benefits.
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| Boston Sri Kalikambal Siva Temple Consecrated |  |
On December 9, 2016, the Boston Sri Kalikambal Shiva Temple was consecrated in the traditional Saivagama way. Special Archana's and Poojas were performed throughout the Mandalam. The temple is located at 15 North Main Street, Unit A1, Bellingham, MA.
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| Asian Parents' Attitudes About Their Children's Health |
Maya Ragavan, a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center, is conducting a research study to learn more about Asian parents' attitudes about their children's health and is requesting your participation.
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| HPHC: Asian Indian Survey |  |
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is conducting a survey about its insurance program for visitors from India, Eastern Harmony and many of its other services. There is a prize drawing of 1 prize of $500, 2 prizes of $250, and 10 prizes of $50.
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| Surya Namaskar Yagna At Satsang Center |
HSS Satsang BalGokulam will host a Surya Namaskar Yagna at Satsang Center on January 15th as part of the Annual Surya Namaskar Yagna (SNY) performed all over the world.
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| Dharma Center Of America Hosts Inauguration Of A New Food Pantry In Lowell |  |
Dharma Center of America (DCA) opens a new community service center on Merrimack Street, which will provide a food pantry, tutoring services, and yoga classes, all at no cost to the public. DCA is hosting the inauguration ceremony on January 15, 2017 at the Center location, 144 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA from 10:30-11:30 am.
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| India Discovery Center To Sponsor 'Study Of The Vedic Period' Seminar |
India Discovery Center is pleased to present "Study of the Vedic Period", the second seminar of its historical period series, on January 21, 2017 in Lincoln, MA. Mr. Thomas Burke - Harvard University and Pandit Krishna Bhattar - Sri Lakshmi Temple will be the Guests of Honor at the event.
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| Art Contest For Kids |  |
GuruKool is excited to announce its First Annual Art Contest for Kids. This contest while promoting our creative talent in New England - is also a fund raiser for CRY (Child Rights & You) America.
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| Surya Kriya: In Tune With The Cycles Of The Sun |
Surya Kriya is a potent 21-step yogic practice of tremendous antiquity, designed as a holistic process for health, wellness and complete inner wellbeing. Angamardana means gaining complete mastery over the limbs, organs, and other parts of the body. Be part of it from January 21-23, 2017.
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| Contribute Towards The Kitchen Construction For Groton Sai Temple (NESSP) |  |
New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar is excited and looking forward for the completion of temple construction. The temple is currently operating in a leased space located in Chelmsford, MA and will move to permanent temple located in Groton-MA. The temple construction is going in fast phase and currently looking for contributions from the community.
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| Harvard India Conference |
The 14th Annual India Conference 2017 at Harvard is scheduled to be held during Feb. 11-12, 2017 in Boston.
Get your heavily discounted early bird tickets now before they run out :)
We have created a special discount promo code for Lokvani readers. Please enter the code LOKVANI at checkout and get a further 10% off!!
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| Michelle Obama Picks Swetha Prabakaran |  |
Swetha Prabakaran has been selected by US First Lady Michelle Obama to serve in the inaugural Student Advisory Board of an education campaign to provide educational opportunities for teenagers in America.
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| Avni Madhani Of CA Wants To Change The Way India Eats |
California-based Avni Madhani was 14 when the first diabetes-related death in her family in India took place. Type-2 is largely a preventable lifestyle disease and a healthy diet and half an hour of physical activity every day can reduce your risk of developing it.
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| Parag Havaldar Bags Oscar For Technical Achievement |  |
Parag Havaldar, a computer engineer from IIT-Kharagpur, is part of the Oscar Academy Awards' list of winners for Technical achievement.
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| Obama Honors Kaushik Chowdhury Of Northeastern University |
President Barack Obama honors Kaushik Chowdhury from Northeastern University, Pankaj Lal from Montclair State University, Manish Arora from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Aradhna Tripati from UCLA with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the US government to scientists and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
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| DAFs Bring An Investment Angle To Charitable Giving |  |
If you're planning to make significant charitable donations in the coming year, consider a donor-advised fund (DAF). These accounts allow you to take a charitable income tax deduction immediately, while deferring decisions about how much to give - and to whom - until the time is right.
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| Weekend Entertainment |
Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Rang Barse Holi Hai and Raaga-Rang 2017.
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| Obituary: Actor Om Puri |  |
One of India's finest actors, Om Puri, died in Mumbai on Friday, aged 66.
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